Indian Almond Leaves

[JPDonohue171]

Lately I have been adding a couple Indian Almond (Katappa) leaves to my tanks. I get them from a lady in Singapore.
They are reported to have antibacterial properties. They also stain the water a little with the tannins they release . It makes the tank look like a very natural environment.
I recently picked up a small Jardini arowana with some torn fins and NO chin barbels. He healed up very nicely in a few days. In about two weeks his chin barbels were back completely. I suppose he may have healed just as quickly in a clean tank without the almond leaves, but I am beginning to think they work.
Has anyone else heard of or tried using these leaves?

 

[SiApA2]

yeh its similar to using black water extract. few breeders use almond (katappa/ ketapang) leaves to help stimulate fishes into mating. great for injuries,stress reliever, breeding etc

 

[hatorihanzoe]

that lady is rich man, you do know that in india and singapore, those leaves are like on the ground hahah. litterally gold for picking

 

[SiApA2]

that lady is rich man, you do know that in india and singapore, those leaves are like on the ground hahah. litterally gold for picking

im from singapore and they are hard to come by. you will need to go out in the bush to get these so idealy better just buy from shop. less hassle

 

[jerrym]

I have never seen those before.
pictures would help.

 

[BIGGIE525]

that lady is rich man, you do know that in india and singapore, those leaves are like on the ground hahah. litterally gold for picking

money does grow on tree's, lol.

 

[Lupin]

I have never seen those before.
pictures would help.

Google is invented for a purpose.

 

[Koji]

Dude... I got one big container fully packed with these leaf in there in the shop

 

[oshiet]

I ordered these off the ebay. Just leave it in my aged water ready for the next waterchange. Also helps buffer my PH.