Great video...I just boiled some catappa leaves for about 15 minutes and it didn't stain the water in my tank. On the other hand, I had to boil the alder cones like 20 times to get all the brown out and not stain my water
Great video thanks. It seems a lot of people don't worry about the boiling part at all, perhaps just steaming them would be better? So it kills any possible bugs but you don't lose a lot of the tannins - which afterall is what most of us want
Great experiment. I have never used catapa leaves, but I have used magnolia, and I do see the slight color change in the tank. I wondered how it compared to catapa and oak leaves. I'm also curious how it compares to birch and beech tree leaves. Thanks for sharing. Question - have you found any information about the benefits of using the magnolia leaf in aquariums? There is so much information on catapa leaves but I'm not finding much... if any ...on magnolia leaves except that they are safe to use.
Yeah I was curious for the same reason. Thought alot of it was because they where popular with bettas and so just the only leaf many knew to use but they do produce insane amounts of tannins too 👍
Thank you for doing this. Not a fan of tannins in my main tank as it's hard to grow plants in the tea coloured water. Cannot wait for my jackfruit leaves to arrive 👍
alot of people use tannins with shrimp + alot of people use tannins and fluval stratum + aquatic plants. will this really affect the growth of my aquatic plants?
Doesn’t boiling kill the bad stuff off ? I have a lot off tannins bottled up to add if needed. It’s from maple and oak leaves and a couple of itchy balls. lol
I would have thought boiling water would destroy any microbes either way? Maybe pollution is still on the leaf but the leaf might have released all its tannins by that point.
Imo, this test is not 100% valid. You should have placed each leaf in their dedicated pitcher as soon as you poured the hot water. Waiting minutes to re-boil water just didn’t produce fair results.
You can do it . I think you are "professional" from university , and here is really life. Just for me this experience is good enough !!! Thank you, author
@@slavalavi7865 what an ignorant response, temperature makes a huge difference in the rate tannins leech, his point is solid, without knowing the temperatures you can't even be sure the indian almond leaf produces more than the oak, this is far from scientific since variables weren't identified or catered for in even the most basic ways.
without testing the water to measure tannin levels, you are basing your conclusions solely on the visual discoloration of the water which renders this video pretty useless.
💕 great video! Thank you! 💕
Anytime, thanks for watching. Appreciate it 👍🏻
Hi sir, have you been try the indonesia teak dried leaves?
I guess thats why we use catappa leaves! Great experiment
Thanks mate and yes you can certainly see why it's the most popular in the hobby.
Very interesting video. Been thinking of adding some leaves to my new paludarium. Will for sure give it a try now. Thanks for sharing!
No problem. Hope it helped. Definitely give it a go. Once you start using botanicals it's hard to give it up 👍
Nice one mate 👍
Thanks mate. Appreciate it 👍🏻
Such a cool experiment
I know. I was generally shocked at how much more tannins the catappa leaf produces.
I love botanicals in my shrimp tank , some of the seed pods look amazing too
Yeah there's some fantastic botanicals in the hobby. I'm too obsessed with them, I kid you not boxes full! haha.
Great video...I just boiled some catappa leaves for about 15 minutes and it didn't stain the water in my tank. On the other hand, I had to boil the alder cones like 20 times to get all the brown out and not stain my water
Great video thanks. It seems a lot of people don't worry about the boiling part at all, perhaps just steaming them would be better? So it kills any possible bugs but you don't lose a lot of the tannins - which afterall is what most of us want
I was also pondering a elevated steaming method with dechlorinated water!
Great idea. Very good experiment and nice information. Love it.
Thank you. It was fun making this one. Was surprised by the results too.
Great experiment. I have never used catapa leaves, but I have used magnolia, and I do see the slight color change in the tank. I wondered how it compared to catapa and oak leaves. I'm also curious how it compares to birch and beech tree leaves. Thanks for sharing.
Question - have you found any information about the benefits of using the magnolia leaf in aquariums? There is so much information on catapa leaves but I'm not finding much... if any ...on magnolia leaves except that they are safe to use.
Same!
Same here.
Very good experiment video. So catapa leaves are the best. Ths
Thanks, they certainly have the most impactful effect if you want lots of tannins in your water in a short space of time 👍
This was helpful, thank you!
Thanks for the kind words. Glad it helped! 👍
This was a very nice and timely test. I've been struggling on why almond leaves are favored.
Yeah I was curious for the same reason. Thought alot of it was because they where popular with bettas and so just the only leaf many knew to use but they do produce insane amounts of tannins too 👍
wow thankyou so much for your video..
Thank you for doing this. Not a fan of tannins in my main tank as it's hard to grow plants in the tea coloured water. Cannot wait for my jackfruit leaves to arrive 👍
alot of people use tannins with shrimp + alot of people use tannins and fluval stratum + aquatic plants. will this really affect the growth of my aquatic plants?
@@squidgizzard definitely, if you have too many it will cause the water to darken and plants become very difficult to grow
I needed this video XD thank you brother.
Anytime. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍
Any specific oak?
Useful video 👍 And nice to hear an English accent not an annoying American one 🤣
Haha thanks 😆
Hey, have you triwd teak leaves? The color is darker than catappa leaves. I hv searched in Google, it gives very positive feedback!
“You stay safe.”? Is that a veiled threat? Safe from what/whom?
Doesn’t boiling kill the bad stuff off ? I have a lot off tannins bottled up to add if needed. It’s from maple and oak leaves and a couple of itchy balls. lol
Lol😂
Your test is showing color of the water, not tannin level?
Anyone tried laurel leaves in tanks for shrimps? Just wondering, since i have a ton around (from cooking) and they are save for humans ... Any ideas?
I use tea leaves for the dark water effect with mopani wood
Yeah that's a good one. I blend alder cones and make my own tea bags 👍
@@MrBrightfryed Yummy
Tea leaves are Camelia leaves
I have guava leaves in my tank
Great choice, I love Guava leaves! Thanks for sharing👍
Did you do a video on low tannin leaves?
I haven't but not a bad idea to do one! 👍🏻
@@MrBrightfryed Yay!
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That's a Great Video right There....💜
I would have thought boiling water would destroy any microbes either way? Maybe pollution is still on the leaf but the leaf might have released all its tannins by that point.
i need to know what leaves produce the least amount of tannin
From the experiment, I think I answered that question didn't I?
Imo, this test is not 100% valid.
You should have placed each leaf in their dedicated pitcher as soon as you poured the hot water. Waiting minutes to re-boil water just didn’t produce fair results.
You can do it . I think you are "professional" from university , and here is really life. Just for me this experience is good enough !!! Thank you, author
@@slavalavi7865 what an ignorant response, temperature makes a huge difference in the rate tannins leech, his point is solid, without knowing the temperatures you can't even be sure the indian almond leaf produces more than the oak, this is far from scientific since variables weren't identified or catered for in even the most basic ways.
without testing the water to measure tannin levels, you are basing your conclusions solely on the visual discoloration of the water which renders this video pretty useless.
Can’t be useless if someone wants to use them for tannins visually…