Oh ok, thanks for clearing that up! I didn't realize I have to use so much of the Bettafix. Since he's in a 5 gallon tank, I have to use 2 1/2 teaspoons a day. But, if I don't have carbon running that means the concentrations are being pushed up each day. It says not to change the water for 7 days during use, so that means by the end of 7 days he'll have about 17 1/2 teaspoons of Bettafix in his water. Wouldn't that be harmful? The bottle says it only treats up to 15 gallons, so I'll have to buy another bottle of it day after tomorrow. Is there a better medication I could use? If I use Melafix, would I just use half the dosage then? And would I use that with Pimafix? Or should I just get a different med all together? I have ParaGuard on hand, should I go back to using that after I run out of Bettafix?

That sounds like way to much with melafix its a few drops Post in the emergency or betta section rather than the FAQ more people will see this there

Back to the Betta SPA. Is ok to use it after every water change? Or is that too much? Do you know how often it should be used?

Where do you get the Extract?

The leaves can be bought cheaply from Singapore, just type amond ketapang leaves into your search engine, they are really cheap, alternatively if you want to pay that bit more go to plymouthdiscus website where they are on there too.

ive got a load if anyone wants just a few to try them, not sure how much to charge though, so open to offers.

I use them all the time in my tanks, they lower the ph slighly, the fish seem to like them, and since my friend added them her shrimps have bred, snails seem to like to much on them too once theyve been in there a few days. di

So this leaf is more or less the same as placing bogwood or blackwater extract into an aquarium if you've not got a Betta?

I'd noticed that my fish tanks with bogwood were always much less diseased.

Amazon or African water contains many hundreds of trace chemicals and we all know these aren't in tap water. So adding a small piece of bog wood will replace most of these. It does make sense to try to replicate the animals natural environment.

BTW, I'd love the original article more if the author has cited its sources though.

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