Indian Almond leaves

[scuba123cliff]

Done some reading on these any one use these leaves .Are they the answer to all our problems, can we get these in this country.

Cliff

[Merrilyn]

Cliff, I love them. Use them in every tank.

They are growing in Cairns if you're lucky enough to have friends living there. They can be collected from the botanic gardens. You need the fallen leaves. Don't think about picking them off the tree, they still contain poisons. Once they have turned brown and fallen from the tree, that's the time to collect them. Sun drying them on racks will prevent them going mouldy.

If you can't get hold of the fresh leaves, then you can buy them in a "tea bag" form from one of our sponsors, Age of Aquariums.

Using them I have been fortunate enough to breed two of the most difficult and rare mouthbrooding bettas, Betta macrostoma and Betta pallafina. I know they're not discus (LOL) but I'm just optomistic enough to keep the leaves in the tank with the wild heckels. Who knows, maybe it's a fishy form of viagra :lol:

[scott bowler]

h cliff you can get them ,but i think they are a bit hard to come buy , guess we have to ask the right people hehe

[scuba123cliff]

To all of you that have access to these leaves and can spare any i would be great full if you could pass some on .I just had my wild heckels ask me to type this as they cant spell real good .
Thanks
Cliff

[Merrilyn]

Mate, PM me your address and I'll send you some.

If your fish are clever enough to ask, then they deserve the leaves :lol:

[TW]

Hi all

Are these leaves the same as "Natural Miracle Leaf ( Terminalia Catappa )". I looked on sponsors site, but I couldn't find "Indian Almond leaves"

Cheers

[ILLUSN]

they're the ones.

[ozarowana]

Merrilyn,

Are you able to get whole leaves? If so I'd be interested in some too. They can be old ones that have leached everything out already.

[FNQ]

Hi all

This is an australian native commonly planted as a shade tree on beaches from about Rockhampton north to the Torres Straits. It's also called the beach almond. It has a pagoda shape and sheds its leaves twice a year, mainly around august. The leaves are often used in the transport bags for imported discus to reduce stress. it can be shredded and placed in a stocking then in your filter for a quicker effect. As a breeding aid shredded leaves can be soaked in collected rainwater for several days and then the water used in a 50 percent water change at which time the temperature is also raised by several degrees. The increased temperature, soft water and tannins imitate the conditions created with the arrival of the summer rain season and induce spawning activity.

For those seeking a supply, try organising a group "scab" and getting a bulk load sent down for local distribution, as this will save the sender having to do a hundred mailings. :lol: One parcel isn't a big deal, doing heaps is what puts most people off helping out.