Indian Almond Leaves

[DavidW]

I bet it is just fine for indian almond stingrays

 

[yodaLBC]

I can totally see the benefits in a breeding situation, especially for wild caught fish from a soft water environment but when keeping rays the regular water changes will cause an issue as you are going to be constantly adding fresh water on a weekly basis and this will lead to a fluctuating ph which will be far more negative than the pros of using.

In my opinion it is not worth the hassle of moving ph from the native water. You can cause too much stress.

- I agree!

 

[pi-eyed]

I use almond leaves in my aro tanks. During water changes I take a large stock pot, fill it with water, and boil the leaves. I strain the water, let it cool, and add to the tanks.


---Chris

 

[jdbrock]

Well but if I don't buffer the water first (again, I use all RO/DI) the pH should stay the same. I also have an extra barrel which I would be willing to put more almond leaves in when I make up water for the rays only.

 

[Just Toby]

If you can monitor the ph and can be bothered to stick to the same regime then it will be fine and I am sure the rays will appreciate it, if you struggle with the supply or to stick to the regime then it will cause stress.


Let us know how you get on.

 

[bishigirl]

hi there everyone ,well i'm a newby as of today, and i have used almond leaves in two of my tanks and they are wonderful, they do indeed make the water go like a honey colour it's really quite nice and i have silver dollars and ghost knife fish in one tank. and i can honestly say they love it the ghost fish become in oare of their surroundings and yes i have 2 adult that never fight and the dollars are alot calmer and yes they make the fish spawn, well in actual truth the dolars haven't and neither have the ghosties , but in the other tank i have angels and they are forever laying eggs because of the leaves. and they are also good for bacterial and fungal issues. I bought them because i hada discus problem but they arrived too late aND I LOST $3000.0O worth of discus. my ghosts were in with them aswell and those leaves saved the ghost fish from certain death. i got them off ebay fro a ladt from singpore and they are 100% quality,when i got desperate with trying to save my discus, my method of thinking was that a piece of home that is a natural part of their eco system can;t do any harm, and lets face it thats what we are all trying to imitate, i did work, but not for my big guys

 

[Just Toby]

Out of interest, what was killing the discus that the leaves cured?

 

[orlando88]

out of curiosity,

Will boiling the leaves and extracting the water out of it change the character of the leaves chemically?
I am trying to lower my PH to 7, and I always failed.
My ph stays at 8... it's way too high

 

[hereticlosmorte]

my pH is at 8, but stingrays can still thrive in it as long as it's not constantly fluctuating.

the problem i would see is the fluctuations because of water changes coming in at the higher pH's. i guess this is where a drip system might be helpful, since it would slowly be added and not spike the pH.

 

[Just Toby]

out of curiosity,

Will boiling the leaves and extracting the water out of it change the character of the leaves chemically?
I am trying to lower my PH to 7, and I always failed.
My ph stays at 8... it's way too high

I expect that the hardness of the water is buffering the water well, therefore any changes will bounce back to ph of 8. I would leave well alone.

I thought my PH was 8 based on around 4 different test kits - I calibrated an electronic test on my aquatronica computer and it sits at around 7.6...it deviates by around 0.2 based on lighting, feeding and dosing of the nitrate filter.

PH8 as a constant is fine...battling with chemical to sway from 7 to 8 would be more of a worry.