Totally, Arthur 😸 When I first got into the hobby, I thought black water tanks looked too intense. They've really grown on me now. The orange tinge is beautiful, and I especially love knowing that my fish like it 😊
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Just wanted to share that I”m loving your content! The graphics are getting better and better. Thank you for sharing your tips! To answer your question I have used them and i love the color it gives the tank as well as the beneficial properties!
Awww Kaitlyn 🥰 I really am trying to make my vids better. Always doing different things/spending more time. I appreciate that you've noticed 🥺 On another note, I have to say that NO ONE has said a single bad thing ab Indian almond leaves lol. Bless! :) I need to buy a tree now.
I use them in ALL of my aquariums (all 7). Every fish and invertebrate I have enjoys them. In smaller tanks, they change the water color, but the bettas like that. I have cory cats, bettas, gouramis, neon tetras, cherry shrimp, assassin snails, mystery snails, endlers, and tons of bristlenose plecos (separate communities) - and all of them gravitate to these leaves.
I love that 😇 Seeing how much everyone else loves these leaves makes me want to buy a tree! I want to have a shrimp tank one day so I need to prepare :)
I love Catappa leaves because they made my Betta so relaxed by simulating a natural habitat, it regrew some fins damaged by rot and its colour has increased from what I thought was a pale pink female betta from when I purchased it in a store to a vivid purple and red betta!! I'll never not use Indian almond leaves again 🥰🥰
Aww what a great story! 🥰 Nothing is better than seeing your fish colour up because they're so happy. I totally agree, I can never ever go without these leaves again!
@@anoobis_ i would say it took my betta around 2 weeks to see an improvement and around 4 weeks for full growth, however it did have plakat fins which are shorter than others such as rose tail, crown tail etc. Good luck! Make sure to keep testing water conditions too
Yesss Josiah 🙂 You can pick them up at almost any aquarium, but I bought mine online. It was cheaper that way! Let me know if you pick some up and like them 😄
I just grabbed a few today and washed them and put the leafs in a few minutes ago. first time trying it but first reason was because I was using Blackwater concentrates to get the rio negro effect but maybe the filter is too powerfull and it always clears back up in a few minutes. Second reason I just added cherry shrimp to the community tank and I figured it would help.
Dan! Don't you like the look? ☺️ I'm gonna look into buying an Indian almond tree here so I have an infinite supply lol. Also, I've heard another reason why fish like them is because the dark colour makes them feel safer! Such a cool leaf 🍃
@@JillsFishRoom I love the brown look! Going to see how dark I can get the water by adding more leaves. These trees grow near our beaches so the leaves are free! I'm also going to try breeding my peppered corys and putting leaves with the eggs for the fungus. Thanks for the great videos!
That's such a cool idea lol send me pics of your tank on Patreon when the leaves have time to soak 🤩 And pleaseee let me know how your cory eggs go, my cories aren't spawning right now because it's too hot where I live :( but I'm so curious if the babies will like it. Thank ya for being so kind! 😁 I appreciate ya.
I enjoy using Indian almond leaves for a lot of my tanks. My tap water has so much kh that the Indian almond leaves do not soften my water at all, however, I do have some tanks that I use remineralized RO water and it does work for them really well. I boil mine, but reserve the tannin water and use it particularly on my betta tank. I actually love keeping his tank as a black water setup and the plants benefit from the humic acid as well. Have you tried Jack fruit leaves? I hear they are even better than Indian almond leaves. I think I'm going to mix them with my Indian almond leaves. I just stumbled onto your channel and thought I'd leave a comment and subscribe. I love to see what everyone of us fish enthusiasts are doing.
From what I understand you can use oak leaves and get the exact same properties. You just have to be sure they have no pesticides or have been chemically treated.
I probably wouldn't try these, as I my last Betta lived close to 5 years without. the other thing is, when you do your water changes, do you have a bucket with these leaves in for a couple of days, or do you just use the good old hard tap water? which might shock the fish going from hard to soft and soft to hard water again. Like your video's by the way 🙂
I am thinking about using them. But idk if I can because of the fish I have. My 1.5 has 15ish neocaradena shrimp, and a black mollie fry. Ph of 6.6 the baby was born in that same ph so he should be okay if it gets a bit lower. I know fish prefer the ph they were born in. So a farm raised fish may not be used to the ph of there natural habitat. In my 10g aquarium I have a betta with 3 dwarf crawfish. Also a ph of 6.6. I believe I can use the leaves in there. In my 20g tank I have 2 black mollies (the parents to the baby in the 1.5g) 4 emeber tetras, 5 zebra danio, 6 neon tetras, about 15 neocaradena shrimp and 7 rams horn snails. I give egg shells to the snails to strengthen there shells. So far they are fine with out the egg shell though. Even though the ph is 6.6. Also what other products will work for black water but dont lower ph
Alyssa! 😊 Point me in their direction, I'll gettem'. Like how dare us care about the colour of our water more than our fish? And I even love the look 😠
@@JillsFishRoom I too love the look of backwater, and it helps with health sometimes.But Nooooooooo people just can’t wrap their tiny little brains around the fact that these are natural conditions
Hi I have a 20 gallon tank with two almonds leaves. 1 big and the other medium. I have hard water here but I still worry about getting nerite snails. Since almond leaves drop the ph will it be to safe for nerite snails. I have betta and a few guppies thus why i been ttying to lower the ph.
Hi! love your video. i have two catappa leaves in my bettas 10 gallon. (both are male and are separated by a divider.) each betta has a leaf. i have had them in for about a month now and they havent turned the water brown yet. they are at the bottom of the tank but so far there hasnt been much of a water color change. am i doing something wrong?
🎶 Andyyy 🎶 hello my good friend. Oh no, still fishie problems? 😭 Tbh I don't think ph is a HUGE deal. A higher or lower ph can cause stress but usually it won't kill a fish (I think). Maybe your tank is too hot or too cold? That silent killer got me when I first started keeping fish. 😔😔
Hi im new to fish keeping had tank set up 3 months got guppys & tetras i did 50 % water change now the water is cloudy please help.ps love your channel 🐠
Hi Stephen :) Is the cloud white? If so, I would say it's probably just a bacterial bloom and will go away in a day or two. Nothing to be worried about! Fish keeping can seem scary sometimes but it'll be a piece of cake soon 😄 Thank you!
@@JillsFishRoom yes jill its cloudy white my fish seem happy no losses yet.Thank you so much for replying it as put me at ease alot,ps your channel is the best.
Hi James :) I actually don't think so. Another subscriber told me they throw like 5 in a small tank. I guess it would depend if your fish likes soft water!
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