tadpole tea and blackwater extract

[flybyferns]

I agree with Terry, although I do prefer using Indian almond leaves.

Hi Kurt,
Indian almond leaves ?
Please, please , share details !!
Thanks, Lynn

[velvety14u]

Lynn check them out on eBay, also Josh's frogs has them too.

[flybyferns]

Lynn check them out on eBay, also Josh's frogs has them too.

Oh ! Thank You !!
I just order them. 2 seconds ago. lol
Now, I just need to know what I will be doing with them?

Seriously, I do know.
BUT , I still want---- AND need- KURT'S advice !

Lynn

[wesleybrouwer]

You can just use it as oak leaves or alder props.
It's also very suitable to use on you're tank floor as leaflitter.

In aquarium it's used for a long time for it's healing, anti-fungal and anti parasite properties for example.

Some tribes still use the different parts of these trees as a homeopathic medicine to cure all kind of things,
there are different scientific researches done to the properties that approve these abbilities.
For example it's used to get rid of intestinal parasites in human, against traveling nausea, to stop bleeding, against burns, eye problems and even against certain types of cancer.

Here are some links you may like to read about it, or just google if you like to find more about the indian almond leaves


~ Indian Almond Leaves (T. catappa) for Aquariums ~

http://www.ajol.info/index.php/bajop...le/58449/46794

Acta Horticulturae

Terminalia catappa health benefits

Terminalia catappa Linn. (Combretaceae)

Antiparasitic, antibacterial, and antifungal activities derived from a Terminalia catappa solution against some tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) pathogens | Mendeley

New Cures » cancer cured with terminalia catappa plant products

Antimetastatic effects of Terminalia catappa L. on oral cancer via a down-regulation of metastasis-associated proteases 10.1016/j.fct.2010.01.019 : Food and Chemical Toxicology | ScienceDirect.com

Terminalia catappa Linn. (Combretaceae)

[flybyferns]

You can just use it as oak leaves or alder props.
It's also very suitable to use on you're tank floor as leaflitter.

In aquarium it's used for a long time for it's healing, anti-fungal and anti parasite properties for example.

Some tribes still use the different parts of these trees as a homeopathic medicine to cure all kind of things,
there are different scientific researches done to the properties that approve these abbilities.
For example it's used to get rid of intestinal parasites in human, against traveling nausea, to stop bleeding, against burns, eye problems and even against certain types of cancer.

Here are some links you may like to read about it, or just google if you like to find more about the indian almond leaves


~ Indian Almond Leaves (T. catappa) for Aquariums ~

http://www.ajol.info/index.php/bajop...le/58449/46794

Acta Horticulturae

Terminalia catappa health benefits

Terminalia catappa Linn. (Combretaceae)

Antiparasitic, antibacterial, and antifungal activities derived from a Terminalia catappa solution against some tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) pathogens | Mendeley

New Cures » cancer cured with terminalia catappa plant products

Antimetastatic effects of Terminalia catappa L. on oral cancer via a down-regulation of metastasis-associated proteases 10.1016/j.fct.2010.01.019 : Food and Chemical Toxicology | ScienceDirect.com

Terminalia catappa Linn. (Combretaceae)

Hi Wesley,
Thanks for posting a reply. And thanks for all the links!!! I will read all of them.
I am not raising red eye tads.
I am interested in 'softening' water I have 'stacked' and waiting for my red eye's enclosures.



I have filtered soaking areas in my enclosures for my red eyes. No little dishes.
Our water - (from the tap hear on Long Island, NY) -it is neutral--but hard.
As mentioned, I have used the tetra blackwater for many years in 2 discus tanks.
So, just wondering how I might soften the water in these gallons of treated H20 that I prepare ahead of time. And, if it will be safe for my red eyes to soak in.

Thanks Again ,Lynn

[wesleybrouwer]

The leaves won't help you lowering the GH/KH significantly.
It;s more because of the anti fungal properties etc.
If you really need to lower this, best is to boil water or use reverse osmosis.

There are many "recipes" for black water with different ingredients.
I tried using alder props, oak leaves, rooibos tea and catappa leaves.
The thing i like best are the leaves, mainly because my tads will be able to nibble on them as well.
Since there are back up studies providing evidence of the healing properties of the indian almond leaves i now mainly use these.


You may boil water and drop in any of these ingredients, sift it and you got yourself black water.
This can be stored in bottles and mixed with tap water for usage.
I don't know the quality of the tapwater in the US, but in Holland tap water has an even stricter protocol then bottled water,
so i just take the calcium for granted.
Used RO water for a while, but it gives a lot of "waste" water, so i now descided to just clean the calcium of the windows more often
Otherwise you may take some leaves and put them in stockings, just put them in your cannisters while they are ventilated.
It will give you a similair effect.
The black water is easier in use when you tap you're water or use an osmosis system,
you just have to put in the black water and you're ready to go.
Putting in some crumbled leaves in stockings will take a while to draw the tea from.
Just as in regular tea, boiling water draws a lot quicker.

Don't know if it is a proper saying in English, but as we say,
there are many roads leading to Rome

[flybyferns]

The leaves won't help you lowering the GH/KH significantly.
It;s more because of the anti fungal properties etc.
If you really need to lower this, best is to boil water or use reverse osmosis.

There are many "recipes" for black water with different ingredients.
I tried using alder props, oak leaves, rooibos tea and catappa leaves.
The thing i like best are the leaves, mainly because my tads will be able to nibble on them as well.
Since there are back up studies providing evidence of the healing properties of the indian almond leaves i now mainly use these.


You may boil water and drop in any of these ingredients, sift it and you got yourself black water.
This can be stored in bottles and mixed with tap water for usage.
I don't know the quality of the tapwater in the US, but in Holland tap water has an even stricter protocol then bottled water,
so i just take the calcium for granted.
Used RO water for a while, but it gives a lot of "waste" water, so i now descided to just clean the calcium of the windows more often
Otherwise you may take some leaves and put them in stockings, just put them in your cannisters while they are ventilated.
It will give you a similair effect.
The black water is easier in use when you tap you're water or use an osmosis system,
you just have to put in the black water and you're ready to go.
Putting in some crumbled leaves in stockings will take a while to draw the tea from.
Just as in regular tea, boiling water draws a lot quicker.

Don't know if it is a proper saying in English, but as we say,
there are many roads leading to Rome

Thank You, I appreciate ALL of this information AND ---your time !
I would make ,only very, tiny changes at a time.
I'll am always very systematic about anything I decide to do/or change.
We'll see.
Lynn