I read that if you cant get a Mandarin fish to fatten up, you can, strangely enough, feed it skin from a mandarin (hence how it got it's name) I didnt have mandarins so put a small piece of sliced up orange peel on the bottom of the tank. Wow, he actually started to eat it! All the other fish weren't interested though. Apparently they need a large amount of vitamin C in their diet and the roughage from the skin does wonder for their digestive system. Trying to find the link I read now...

Cool might give my fatty a taste

ok, now that we're over 30-odd views, how many of you put mandarin or orange peels in your tanks? Hahaaaaa, what date is it today????

I thought it was beyond stupid, but didn't want to say and get me banned

Nice one...

Pie

Chimera - did it work? Is it fattening up? A pal of mine in the states - Eric Bornemann used to advocate not keeping them in anything other than a well established reef tank as they need a good supply of copepods to scoff. He will be interested about the mandarin skin though. Good on you if it was successful. Beautiful fish aye !

it was an april fool's day joke. if eric's your friend, introduce us all too him. a legend to say the least!

Hmmm,,,,,

HOOK, LINE AND SINKER

Revenge will be sweet....... :lol:

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funny that, I have been trialling some stimubait products (for an angling magazine), supposed to be pheromones in pellets spray oil etc. I did try it on mine with the oil just floated on the surface to see the reaction, well it worked. Thing is, maybe it might entice your fish to eat a little of the bait enhancer mixed with food.