Product Review

Every hobbyist knows how tough it is to keep their fish comfortable, healthy and calm especially with smaller fish species. But, with SunGrow Pack of 50 Almond leaves, you can sustain it. Shrimps, copepods, sparkling gouramis, corycats, and oscars love it. Some of them use it as a feeding dish. A few hide behind it and take turns sleeping in the shade of the leaf. Some will make a hammock out of it and sleep on top of it. Watch your mystery snail wear it as a hat.

Each leaf measures around 2" and is great for smaller tanks. They make it easier to control the amount of tannin you wish to introduce to your water. For a 10-gallon tank, introduce around 3 leaves daily till the water reaches the color or pH you desire. When you do the water change, just add 5 leaves and the water won't turn mellow and the pH will remain stable.

The water in our country ranges from 4.3 - 5.3 and these tropical or freshwater fishes want slightly neutral pH range (6.0 - 8.0). The low pH level can prove fatal whereas the high pH level might curl their fins. Even frequent fluctuations in pH levels cause lethargy and stress. The Ketapang leaves from SunGrow strengthen fish scales and keep them healthy.

If you have breeding fishes, Mini Catappa leaves also serve to provide fish with a safe place to anchor their eggs. Breeders claim it increases the male to female ratio of the fry. These fishes create a bubble nest and use this floating leaf to create them. Since you are using real leaves, you don't have to worry about artificial coloring that may be present in bottled forms of assimilators.

If you want to beautify your tank and keep it healthy at the same time with Catappa leaves, it is advisable that you place low-light plants such as anubias, java fern, and Amazon sword. Install driftwood so that the fishes get the privacy of their own.