Adding garlic to water

[janivr]

Hi,
How helpful/harmful is it to add a piece of live garlic into the discus tank for 24 hours or so?

[brady]

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE HARMFUL OR HELPFUL BUT MY QUESTION IS WHY
WOULD YOU WANT TOO?
jAY

[janivr]

Prevention of disease?

[LizStreithorst]

It won't harm them but it will not help either. If you're going to use garlic add it to the fish's' food.

[coralbandit]

I have never fallen for garlic ..I note my tropical D-Allio Plus food smells of garlic .
If I were to add anything [I do !] it would be orange peel like in the Reef To rainforest article .
https://www.reef2rainforest.com/2016/04/19/introducing-orange-peel-discus/

I may be getting know as crazy here so I will share how I have taken this one step farther ..Some of us have to push !
I add orange extract when I make water changes to my soft water fish [discus and rams] ..Not a lot as I may be the only one so I am exploring .
I have no clue of a conversion for orange peel or garlic cloves to gallon ?
I add 1 drop of orange extract to 20g water when changed for tank volume ..
Just me but my fish eat and eat !