Deep Dive: Guava Leaves An Amazing Aquarium Tannin Source. The Benefits of A Blackwater Wonder Plant
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This is probably the most underrated fish keeping channel, love how you focus on the science of nature. Not the science of the newest hang on back.
Thank you kindly. Nature is my church and am constantly in awe of the beauty found there.
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Thanks for the video Alex! I remember as a little boy when I moved to live with my aunt in Mexico. She had a massive 20-25 foot guava tree. I remember playing around there and having a plenty of guava in my diet. My cousin and I use to make cast nets and we would catch small fish, shrimp and crawfish and the occasional turtle.
There was also this natural springs we used to go to that had pools built along side and seeing the thousands of little fish that lived in the springs and pool. They would even pick at your toes if you were still enough.
Thank you for sharing the story Carlos 🥰♥️🙏
Whoa! That's awesome. Thanks for sharing
I have a question-
Can we use fresh (Green) guava leaves 🍃 and boil them for few minutes and add in tank with boiled water (after water gets cool).
Or First let them dry in sun light for 3-4 days but after 3-4 days they will be green but fresh but green not brown because they not die on tree right.
So pls suggest me what should I do .
For neon Tatras.
(Sorry for my English)
Can we put it in betta fish tank
Please tell me anyone??
fuck, I had a tub with fish near a guava tree when I was a kid, I was annoyed as hell that those leaves kept finding their way to the tub. and there were seasons where there were literally tons of catapa leaves on the beach.
Do you know if Feijoa leaves as good/ compatible to Guava leaves. Beeing in the same tree family
I don't know unfortunately. However, you could try some out on a small tank or even a bucket with an air pump on it
i regret buying cattapa leaf, i already found cattapa tree, jackfruit, guava in my area. n i can take it as much as i need -_-.
Well thats a good thing! Free leaves...score!
Hey there. Can I put the Malaysian guava leaves in my aquarium?
Indeed
What are the best dry wood that helps the fish good health.
Mopami, alder, apider wood, oak, saipan, tropical fruit trees.
Does aquatic arts ship to Australia?
Sadly not. But as i mentioned earlier. Jackfruit is grown all over coastal and Northern australia, i bet its around for less than i pay here in Seattle
Sounds very similar to jackfruit leaves. What's the difference?
I hope they save you from lightning lol we love you brother me and the wife are cracking the leaves 🍃 look 👌
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Oh yeah! I'm good hehe Thanks George
I just ordered myself some leaves. I feel like I should put them in a salad for me, not in my tanks. LOL.
I can't give medical advice, but I will say I've had guava/mango tea and it was tasty
That's what I'm talking about Ginger 🌿🤣🥰♥️
I accidentally did this by placing my tubs under my guava tree water was very clean and clear. I swear this was the leaves doing.
Right on!
Oak leaves?
Yup they're good. Avoid black walnut, apple and cherry though
Love from 🇮🇳 india. I want to ask you sir, do it need to be boiled first or just get and put it in the tank.? And for how many days for beta?
Check out my cattapa leaf specific video. But people do it boiled and raw. Either ways there are benefits
I have a guava tree and a jackfruit tree in my yard, great!
Thank you Alexander I will be adding these to my small but growing botanicals , so far I use Indian almond and jackfruit leaves. I’m getting a pair of wild type bettas in a week and a half , the betta rubra🙂 I’m hoping to breed these fish, thank you so much for all the great information💯⭐️
Right on! I just got a pair of rubra about 8 weeks ago, and I love them
Nice vid bro !!! Let's get some durian shells please !!!
foshizzle always got the good info.. checking out the leaves now
Glad you dig it! Thanks 😊
Do you boil your leaves first or just put them in your tank as is?
I have used Catappa leaves as is for Bettas and it really darkened the water, but was very beneficial to the fish.
These I just add as dry leaves, they drop the ph, but don't stain the water like almond leaves do
@@Fishtory thank you for the information on whether they stained the water. I didn’t mind so much for my bettas, but I have a few more projects going where I’d prefer clear water.
What's up Alex hope everything's going well and I hope your back is back into shape my friend...🐠🐙🐚
I'm doing better each day! Thanks my friend
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Aww thank you so much! I am very passionate and I'm trying to do this "full time", so I'm really trying to put all my energy into the material. I really appreciate you taking the time to leave this feedback and don't ever hesitate to ask a question or let me know if I get something incorrect... it happens sometimes when I'm trying to remember what I studied the week prior to a video, and I always leave corrections pinned if I hear about it.
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Hehe thanks! Good morning!
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Can i use this leafs for my shrimp tank
Yes yes yes! Just use one or two per week so it doesnt get too acidic over time
They got guava in Trinidad as well the fruit makes a tasty jam ✌🏽👍🏽👀
Yes! I've had the jam and fresh fruit! So tasty and healthy
Yum🥰
Very cool, mulberry is good also? Thanks as always!
Yeah I have a video on "collecting driftwood" and I list all the dangerous trees, leaves and wood that we know about.
Great video, good information 👍
Thank you kindly!
Can I use fresh guava leaves? I'm fortunate to have a guava tree in my backyard. Or do i need to dry it out before placing it in the tank.
You need to dry em but you can place them in an oven on 150f. Or 50c whatever your lowest temp on the oven is...and slowly dry them in a couple hours while slow cooking some stew or something. The issue is, our aquariums arent big enough to break down fresh green chlorophyll in the leaves without causing eutrophication and or high ammonia/biological debris... in nature it washes away usually. But you can also lay them in the sun or near a radiant heater for a few days... heat or UV light will break down the largest compounds that cause trouble
@@Fishtory great thanks. Such a knowledgeable and comprehensive reply.
Love the botanical videos ❤ thanks Alex! ❤
THANK YOU! had no idea I could use guava leaves till now. My dad has a ton of guava trees in his garden
Of course! Sounds like a sweet score on the Tannin front :) I wish they grew up her in WA state.
We also use to make sling shots with the branches
Good to know hehe!
We're going to have to keep you away from the guava trees 🤣
Wow. I am not familiar with these additional Guava, Cinnamon, Jack Fruit Leaves. Wow.
Theyre lovely hehe
Lucky! 🙂 15 leaves for free! I paid $9.99 Canadian for 5 leaves from my LFS.... 🤑✌
I usually do also haha. So I was pretty excited
Alex. Thank you son much for your videos. There's so much information packed here. Really appreciate your effort.
Hey I want to ask that can I put guava leafs in my betta tank??
@@abhiiaykanwar5275 yes
I’m looking for better leaf litter for my fancy shrimp tank.
Jackfruit is a great one
I’ve been adding Guava Leaves to my aquariums for years. I first boil them. Shrimps and all kinds of Catfish loves the leaves. I also add Almond Leaves, Tea Leaves, and Cinnamon Bark. All boiled first. Not all at the same time either. Once a week I alternate the nutritional ingredients. FYI!
But when you boil them don’t you get rid of their benefits?
@@AdriCr4ft
That's what I would think......
Thanks for the info! I love hearing what's worked best for others also... I've been doing guava, jackfruit, acorn caps, almond leaves and cinnamon to my lower ph tanks
@@AdriCr4ft -If to don’t boil the leaves you take a big chance of killing all of your livestock. Some pesticides, fertilizes, and insecticides are used to grow these trees and bushes. These contaminates will kill all your livestock when you add them to your aquarium. I learned that the hard way. Boil the leaves and bark to wash out t the bad stuff.
@@supremeleaderarmy9164 -Correct.
Chief Alex of the guava leaf tribe 💪
I love learning about all these botanicals!! Thank you for the awesome video and information on guava leaves!!!
It was very interesting to see how the fish interacted with this leaf 🤯
I hope you're having a great day my friend 🤗🥰🌿🐟🌿💚
Of course! Love you Mary! Have a great day yourself, my friend
I have a guava tree beside my house, is it okay to put freshly picked leaves in the aquarium or do I have to dry them out first?
Yes id dry them. Its best if they die on the tree and naturally fall or get picked? Because all the chlorophyll is taken back to the tree. Where as cutting leaves, The green ones will have more chlorophyll, which just rots and adds nitrates and ammonnia in small amounts to your tank
Good to know. Ty for your hard work and especially sharing your knowledge. Absolutely love your channel.
Thank you kindly for tuning in and dropping a comment 🙏
What you say about Guava and Almond leaves is spot on. Some people spend weeks culturing infusoria. I've looked closely at the water in a Betta breeding tub if you add Guava or Almond leaves and some live plants in 5 days the water is full of infusoria so by the time the fry are free swimming lunch is at hand ✌💚🍄
Nice🙏 thanks for sharing that 🥰
Yeah, it's just something I noticed recently...but I'm surprised it isn't more widely talked about. Botanicals really make a difference with those low ph loving fish and nano size fry! Thanks for your input on the matter
@@Fishtory thanks Alex
Guava leaves made my shrimp so much brighter and healthier! Honestly one of my favorite botanicals to use in my tanks, I get the leaves dirt cheap from a local guy who has a tree in his yard.
Score! Thanks for your experience and input! It really helps I think, when people can read that I'm not just some secret undercover guava salesman lol. Cheers!
Thank you a really great video, I haven't used those leaves only cattapa leaves, I'm wondering at the beginning you mentioned alder leaves there's a tree just down the road from me, I have collected and used the cones but just did not think about using the leaves, do you think I could go and pick some off the tree? or is it better to wait till autumn, how would you go about drying fresh picked leaves? Please. Thanks again.
Emma.
You generally want to use red, brown or fallen leaves in fall because they start to change their chemical makeup and there is less organic material to essentially rot when they've turned for the season.... so I'd say most trees native to non-tropical climates... you want to wait for them and also boil if they're covered in dark black white or brown spots...or fuzzy mold. Where as almond leaves never shift like that and you can slowly sundry them...jackfruit, banana etc
@@Fishtory ah ok thank you
I love these random but not random videos
Thanks. It's my favorite to make
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Hehe well thank you so much for the kind words. I try and get into the "college level" course on subjects and not just the high-school overview. For either curious folks (me) and the long term fishkeepers looking for "deep dives" into topics. But I'm so glad you found the channel!
Welcome! :)
And now I have discovered Father 🐟❤. Setting up my fist 20g long with this natural method by taking a trip to the pond store.
I've been looking for a good tanning source for my Oscar tank that's a sneaky build (pops will be pissed but its too late).
So you think Guava is more effective in giving color for my Betta compared to Almond leaves? I plan to combine both :)
ABSOLUTELY
Yes definitely...jackfruit also
@@Fishtory thanks! Got some guava tree in my parents place.
Alex, do you know if it is the pink flesh guava or the white flesh guava leaves? Or is it both types of guava leaves that you used?
So every species I read about seemed to be safe but the one native go south America had the most health benefits for humans in the studies. Sorry i don't know which is which by looking
@@Fishtory Thanks for the additional explanation. I love the interesting takes you have. The topics you discuss are different and fresh. Keep the fresh ideas flowing!
I thought the leaves meant you are king of guave island
Right 🤣👑
Can it still mean that?!
I have never tried adding dried leaves into my tanks. I can get dried guava leaves from a local online seller. I read from one of the comments below, that it is better to boil the leaves, if we are not sure how the leaves were obtained. I have a question, if I boil the leaves before adding them to the tanks, will the leave still be effective in growing infusoria?
Yes it will still grow some infusoria but the source of the tiny organisms will have to come from some other place ...so perhaps use a few scoops of existing tank water or plants/wood from an existing tank, since nearly all tanks over a year old, will have it.
Boiling them also breaks apart some molecules and compounds that sooth the fish...Like tannins. However you can be nearly assured that you won't introduce algae or some other pest, to your tanks...it's a bit of a gamble often times..but I say. Why not flash boil a batch or two and then if you want to try fresh dried leaves you csn
@@Fishtory Thank you!
Great video and information. We have guava trees on our property. Any info on avocado leaves?
I know they are used by some Aquarist. So they must be safe, but I don't have any research into avocados. I apologize
@@Fishtory Thanks for the quick response!
Hey, great video as always! Do you think Avocado leaves would be a possibility for tannins, I have a tree growing in my house and was wondering if i could use the leaves that sometimes fall off in my tanks?
I would assume so. But I'd Google if they're Toxic to cats or dogs etc and double check no one has had problems with Avocado. I just don't Happen to know off the top of my head. Apologies my friend.
@@Fishtory No worries at all, great advice tho, will probably trial it once ive done a bit more research, and report my results!
ok upon further research, I have found that avocado plants contain persin which is toxic to a lot of things, it seems fairly hit or miss as some people have successfully fed their plecos and guppies avocado skin where as some poor guy lost a lot of pleco fry after offering avocado, there is nothing really about the leaves themselves but they are slightly toxic to dogs and cats so I will avoid the risk. Real shame because botanicals are impossible to find at my LFS cause of Brexit and all the leaves outside are very damp from the recent storms and classic british weather.
Curiosity question Alex, does the Gourami have any relationship to the African Leaf Fish? Google searching hasn't helped me much, guessing no they aren't but see similar profiles in the body shape etc.
In a big sense...yes, recently- no. Both are in the class Actinopterygii, but most boney fish are. They definitely evolved in extremely similar ecosystems/ biomes and it is a major case of convergent evolution over millions of years.
The leaf fish in the Amazon and Africa are also very very similar. Their greek/latin naming is even super similar with polycentrus and polyoptoris being their names a continent away!
However... the Leopard Bushfish is 100% gourami related! Look like a leaf, breathes air and is an ambush predator of opportunity. In fact all those leaf fish even swim like a drifting leaf, sort of hanging in the water, twirling with currents and then attacking downward, like gouramis.
Great question!
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Have a great week, Mate
Cheers!
Alex.
@@Fishtory well said mate & thanks for all you do 🍻 Leo
Love you videos!!!!
That look's part way between Roman emperor and something from ye olde English folklore
So French lol (geographically).
Nice vid bro !!! Let's get some durian shells please !!!
I'd love to get some of those
my company sells all types of Botanicals - I find all of these to be very beneficial to tanks
100%
The branches of the pineapple guava is really beautiful. I use Jackfruit leaves but I might do a combo of leaves. Thanks Alexander.
Sounds great!
Alex I have a tree should I let then dry on tree or pick wash and dry them
Ideally pick them, rinse them while green then sun dry them some place where they aren't in a heap/ likely to mold. You could also flash boil already fallen leaves as well.
thanks for the video, as always, very informative. I have a guava tree on top of one of my outdoor tanks, and leaves are dropping naturally in there. All inhabitants seem ok. I also have a citrus tree on top of another tank. I can't find online anything about citrus leaves for aqaurium. I know that for humans, there are good, delicious, and healthy (vit. C for example). do someone have any experience or knowledge about them in a fish tank and their properties? thanks a lot
Some orange flowers can cause issues I've read, same with apples...but most fruit tree leaves seem pretty safe from all I've read
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Hehe thanks that's kind of you to say
Hey Alex, a very nice informative feature on the guava leaf 🍃. Thanks mate.
Of course! Thanks for tuning in, my friend 🙏
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Curious about dried rose petals and leaves. Should be an abundance of anthocyanins and carotenoids.
Correct! Great idea! I'm not sure if they contain anything problematic for fish...but if they don't, it's sure worth adding.
Thank you for the video watch it on a 65 inch tv hits different lol
Hahah oh whoa yeah
you name a few leaves ... also alder leaves ? or alder cones ? And hip hip hoeraa, I found a mulberry tree a year ago !
Yep! All great to add to your tank once dried and/or boiled. Alder cones can really put off a ton of tannins, drop ph and color water though, so go slowly when adding them
@@Fishtory yes i'm using the cones for some years already.
My neighbor has a guava tree. So can I just pluck off some leaves and plop them in my tank?
You'll ideally want to dry them, but yes! (Wet leaves have chemicals to prevent pests from eating them. And lots of chlorophyll which isn't always easily digested by fish
@@Fishtory that makes sense. I'll start drying some now!
@@Fishtory Already have an update: there were dried leaves under the tree, collected them, boiled them (the water smelled amazing...considered drinking it 🤣), put them in my tanks and my maturing male ancistrus has already started sucking on it! And they do look cool as I'm all about the naturalistic look.
@@alistercaddy1208 right on! Be carefull adding too many leaves unless it's a very blackwater species
@@Fishtory one medium sized leaf for a 20 gallon? I put 3 in my 150
You’re the man, Alex. This was really helpful and informative. I’ve only been using catapa, and they’re fantastic but I definitely want to try the jackfruit and guava leaves. How did they test it on humans, as a tea? Thank you for the great video as always.
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So they tested it as a tea, "a serum" and as powdered leaf added to food. But the effects seemed similar...with powdered leaves having the biggest effect on blood pressure, cholesterol and gut biome regulation. I have the studies cited for members, but you can just go to Google scholar and search "guava fruit leaves gut biome" and there's half a dozen or more studies out
@@Fishtory appreciate the response very much. I have some research to do!
"I was worried about my fishes high cholesterol; but than I learned about Guava leaves!..." "So, ask your veterinarian if Guava leaves are right for your fish." These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and drug administration.
Me right now; frantically searching through my Tannin Aquatics replenish leaf pack for Guava leaves...
Hahaha
You had me at:
“…I read the science…”
Haha it's amazing how few people in the TH-cam community seem to just do the basic ... *click on the citation...skim it ...make sure it seems legit or the source is respected / peer reviewed*... it only take a minute or two.
@@Fishtory I trust you to do those extra steps vetting the knowledge you share.
I trust anyone who wears the crown, better yet the Royal Touque of Guava!