Indian Almond Leaves

Amour

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I don't know if any of you betta lovers have come across this little magic trick, but Indian Almond Leaves are WONDERFUL for bettas. I'm not sure about other fish, but it couldn't hurt them either hehe.

Indian Almond Leaves have natural tannins in them that help harden scales, repair damaged fins, and improve the overall health of bettas. It also builds up their immune system.

And an added bonus (to those interested) when you place the leaves in their water, it makes a tea which stains the water brown and makes it more like their water in Thailand, and soothes them and makes their environment less stressful when they're feeling bad.

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But I personally don't like my water being brown, so I found this really cool clear extract that in my opinion, is just as good at the leaves. I've been using it about two weeks, and I can already see a change in my bettas. My female betta tore her fin really deep because she got caught in her baffle (silly girl!) and now three days later, it's completely healed. My other boys have longer and better fins now as well.

Here's the extract: Clicky

That site also has a much bigger bottle. I ordered the small bottle and I've already used over half of it. But I liked it so much that we plan on buying the big bottle.

You guys should seriously try this for your bettas. I used to be skeptical about it because I read that there's no scientific proof that it helps. But really it does!
 
Question on the subject:

Is the almond leaf extract which comes in a bottle as good as actual leaves?
 
As far as I'm concerned it is just as good. Except that it doesn't stain the water brown, and to some people that's a benefit because it helps create an environment similar to their homes in Thailand. So it makes them calmer.

But I don't like brown water so I use the extract and it works wonderfully on my bettas.
 
you can find the leaves on aquabid and sometimes ebay. I use about one full leaf per 10g. You can either presoak them, boil them, or put them in dry. I put them in dry as I really like the tannins. I have never used the extracts as the leaves are so easy.

For my shrimp tanks, I crumble the leaves and they sink to the tank bottom. In my fish tanks that I use them (for dario dario, apistogramma, etc) i just lay the leaf in the bottom of the tank or under some driftwood. The almond leaves sit still alot better than hardwood leaves (oak, maple, etc) that you can harvest yourself.
 
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