Benefits
of Indian almond tea bags
No Mess. You simply remove the bag while cleaning the fish tank or aquarium.when you feel it's fine and done with bag.
Dosage recommendation
1 tea bag for every 10 galloons of water.
Things to know are below if you interested about Indian almond leaves.
Indian almond leaves come
from the Terminalia catappa tree. The leaf of this
tree is especially known for its ability to act as a natural medicine and
aquarium water conditioner for betta fish and shrimp tanks when the leaf has
emerged in water for extended periods of time. Indian almond leaves are said to
help combat fungus and bacterial problems like fin rot and can further help prevent
fish from getting stressed by mimicking the water they are naturally found in.
When placed in water,
Indian almond leaves slowly start to decompose. While this happens, the leaves
turn the water a yellow or brown colour by releasing tannins. These tannins
gradually lower the pH of the water and are said to have antifungal and
antibacterial properties, which comes in handy when you have a fish suffering
from fin rot or when you?re raising vulnerable fry.
A common myth about the
Indian Almond Leaf is that their benefits only come from their tannins. This
view has been proven to be false. Humic acids this is including tannins do
offer great benefits, Tannins offer many bacterial properties and are a component
in many herbs. Almost any source of tannins will benefit an aquatic
environment.
Analysis of Indian Almond
Leaves thus far has revealed flavonoids, isovitexin, vitexin, isoorientin,
rutin and triterpenoiods. Further identified are volatile oils, quercetin,
corilagin, kamferolphenols, saponin, saponin glycosides, cardiac glycoside,
balsam, and squalene. T. catappa leaf tannins include punicalagin, punicalin,
geranin, granatin B, tergal la gin, tercatain, terflavin A and B, chebulagic
acid, and corilagin.
The medicinal properties
of T. catappa have been proven repeatedly in scientific studies:
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