🍃 Catappa Leaves - premium quality. 
 
🍃6” - 9” Premium Natural Indian Catappa Almond Leaves For Betta, Shrimp and Cichlids. Catappa leaves are great way to introduce tannins into your tanks, and are, great for lowering the PH of the water.
 
Fish that LOVE catappa leaves: 
Freshwater snails
neocaridina/caridina shrimp
 discus, angelfish
most tropical fish overall! 
 
Biofilm growth is also super important to your shrimp/shrimplets and snails/snaybies to graze on. It is a natural food source for them, and is the perfect side dish to KatsAquatics Calcium.
 
Tannins that leech from these Indian Almond Leaves (IAL) are beneficial health wise as well, providing anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. 
 
Place one leaf into your aquarium and let it break down. When the leaf breaks down to just the skeleton of the leaf, remove skeleton and replace leaf with a new one. 
 
Not only are these great for your shrimp tanks, but also make great betta hammocks, and make for great leaf litter in blackwater or South American set ups.
 
A few of the Ultimate benefits: 
Natural remedy and prevention of mild bacterial and fungal infections.
Supplemental Natural Food source for your Shrimp and Shrimplets.
Releases beneficial tannins into the water column.
Betta Hammock
Leaf Litter
 
🍃All the leaves are shipped from USA. The leaves are from South East Asia with quality premium tannin for your beloved fish. The leaves are naturally dried on the tree, as it produces the best tannins for your fish. The leaves have been cleaned and dried up under the sun, then washed again after importation to ensure premium quality. 
 
You only need 1 leaf for 3 gallons water.