Blackwater Extract

[High City Rida]

IT WORKS WELL SILVER ESP . THE LEAVES

 

[Eleven Bravo]

Post some pics Austin.

 

[FishDojo God]

Does anybody knows why almond tree and oak leaves are good?

Does anybody knows what is the component that may preserve the leaves from putrefaction, is it tanins?

Would Teak leaves be ok?

 

[Austin]

sorry , was out of town. doesn't seem to tan the water at all. i just got the ones from the link i originally found on ebay. have ran them for about 2 or three weeks now. took quite a while to get them from Singapore but 200g of them is a whole crap load more than it sounds like I'll post pics later this evening possibly.

 

[silverdragon]

IT WORKS WELL SILVER ESP . THE LEAVES

sweet.. ill give them ago..
Do you guys think i can put the leaves in my sump, or should it go in the actual tank?

 

[Austin]

i throw them in the sump. i have sponges sitting in there and just use those to weight them down but i'm sure it doesn't matter.

 

[High City Rida]

i throw them in the sump. i have sponges sitting in there and just use those to weight them down but i'm sure it doesn't matter.

either way it is good for your cichla. And we do way to many WC in or tanks to see any real tanning of the water. The tannis from the leaves is soothing to the fish and also the leaves leach some other nutrient's that benifit them. Sort of natures vitamin's in the wild. In the amazon all kind of leaves and other natural plants fall into the water's also when the flood happens all the leaves and vegatation also are consumed by the water.

 

[Austin]

either way it is good for your cichla. And we do way to many WC in or tanks to see any real tanning of the water. The tannis from the leaves is soothing to the fish and also the leaves leach some other nutrient's that benifit them. Sort of natures vitamin's in the wild. In the amazon all kind of leaves and other natural plants fall into the water's also when the flood happens all the leaves and vegatation also are consumed by the water.

I will totally vouch for this based on the last two weeks of usage. my 30" silver aro is a completely different fish now....now if i could just get him to eat anything other than market shrimp

 

[LemonHead]

I will totally vouch for this based on the last two weeks of usage. my 30" silver aro is a completely different fish now....now if i could just get him to eat anything other than market shrimp

What does it do now that makes it a whole different fish?
Not being a jack@ss, I'm really curious

 

[Austin]

What does it do now that makes it a whole different fish?
Not being a jack@ss, I'm really curious

update: ok so the leaves seem to be making all the fish way more active and eat like horses! my big silver aro was on a non-eating hiatus for a while but now it's all i can do to keep him fed. My red tail giant gourami has redened up to a really really deep red too. for the price they were totally worth it if this is actually wht helped him/them.

temperament totally changed. much more active and aggressive. appetite has increased unbelievably.