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Title: Orange peel for Discus
Post by: waterboy on February 24, 2017, 03:35:03 PM
Thought this was interesting, but I don't keep Discus.

http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2016/04/19/introducing-orange-peel-discus/
Title: Re: Orange peel for Discus
Post by: Mugwump on February 24, 2017, 03:40:29 PM
Quote from: waterboy on February 24, 2017, 03:35:03 PM
Thought this was interesting, but I don't keep Discus.

http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2016/04/19/introducing-orange-peel-discus/

...Josie sells those all the time....Liz should recognize what it's called......'
Title: Re: Orange peel for Discus
Post by: LizStreithorst on February 24, 2017, 04:24:33 PM
I have no idea what it is.  I have no clue what Josie sells other than good Discus.  It's sounds dodgy to me, but I'm the one who swears by Rooibos tea. 
Title: Re: Orange peel for Discus
Post by: Mugwump on February 24, 2017, 04:58:38 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on February 24, 2017, 04:24:33 PM
I have no idea what it is.  I have no clue what Josie sells other than good Discus.  It's sounds dodgy to me, but I'm the one who swears by Rooibos tea.

I know Josie had those at the last swap....but hers were albino, I think.... huh
Title: Re: Orange peel for Discus
Post by: LizStreithorst on February 24, 2017, 05:36:51 PM
Wait. are we talking about a strain called orange peel or using orange peel for internal parasites?  if it's the first it's just another silly Discus name.  If it is the second, I'll pass.
Title: Re: Orange peel for Discus
Post by: Mugwump on February 24, 2017, 05:41:09 PM
yup just another discus breeder name...

Royal Red...

(http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah239/chicagodiscus/IMG_5340_zpsodo5hliz.jpg)




..she also had tangerines?...

(http://forum.simplydiscus.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=102739&d=1476701972)
Title: Re: Orange peel for Discus
Post by: wallace on February 24, 2017, 08:10:50 PM
Toss an orange peel in the tank, its supposed to make the fish eat. Call me a skeptic, but it is another organic acid like peat, Rooibos... they've been talking about on Simply.

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?127932-Discus-not-eating-Orange-Peel-as-an-Appetite-Stimulant
Title: Re: Orange peel for Discus
Post by: waterboy on February 25, 2017, 12:58:21 PM
The article I posted is about adding orange peel as a feeding stimulant.  Someone that puts tea in the tank should be receptive to adding orange peel if they ever stop eating for some reason.  But I guess it is mostly for getting imported ones to start eating after they are unpacked.
Title: Re: Orange peel for Discus
Post by: Mugwump on February 25, 2017, 01:10:52 PM
I wonder if it works on other species too?
Title: Re: Orange peel for Discus
Post by: BallAquatics on February 25, 2017, 03:02:30 PM
Quote from: Mugwump on February 25, 2017, 01:10:52 PM
I wonder if it works on other species too?

I imagine so.  That's sort of the thinking behind the Fruut Luups gel food.  Lots of Amazon fish feast on the fruit that drops into the water and the bugs that come with it.

http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2016/04/01/1328410/ (http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2016/04/01/1328410/)

Dennis