Hello betta lovers and what's up everybody and welcome to my video.
If you want to know how to use dried banana leaf and catappa leaf for betta fish then this video is right for you.
Today Im going to share tips or turorial about how to process dried banana and catappa leaf for adult betta and betta fry.
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Now I am going take the banana leaves first, These leaves look dry. And this is very good for my betta fish.
and by the way, from banana leaf you can make infusoria and give optimum water condition for your betta.
and why on this occasion I discussed banana leaves,
because banana leaves are one of the best alternatives if we don't have catappa leaves
but even so, Today I want to give you a little tips about how to extract catappa leaves.
and you need to know that Dried banana leaves and catappa leaves, both have important substances.
Dried banana leaf has polyphenols and catappa leaf has tannin
In several studies said that polyphenols have a role as antioxidants that are good for health.
One of the amazing benefits of dried banana leaf is it can increase immunity or immune system for betta fish
So if you have betta fry, I recommend you to use banana leaves and catappa leaves together.
And beside that Catappa leaves is very effective to prevent some bacteria, specifically, Plasmodium, and some parasites as well.
So highly recommended for betta fish hobbyists who are very lazy to water change to use catappa leaves
And now it is time to wash banana leaves, I wash it using water that has settled.
The purpose of soaking dried banana leaves is to remove the dust.
Soak for about 5 minutes is enough
And Slightly different from the catappa leaves, for this leaves I only briefly soak it,
if soak too long then this leaves will remove tannin. So I just rinse it
Okay next we move the leaves to the plastic basin and btw it will be the betta fry place.
But before I use. I will use this plastic basin to dry the leaves
and Now we dry in the sun the leaves for a while
Okay, while waiting the leaves to dry,
Now we put salt in the water. the purpose is to prevent fungle.
Especially when the temperature is drops
You can see this water is brown or yellow thin, this water contains extracts of catappa leaves and banana leaves.
Two important substances from dried banana leaves and dried catapa leaves are polyphenols and tannins
These substances are very good for maintain the health of adult betta and betta fry
And for betta fry, I also give catappa leaves.
You can see that my betta fry is very healthy. Btw this betta fry is around 2 weeks old
This is HMPK generation
Usually for betta fry I give 2 or 3 pieces of dried catappa leaves and a little salt.
and How to extract the contents of banana leaves and catappa leaves is very easy
We only need to put a few leaves, and then, pour the water
after 1 week this water will change color, become brown
This is a water extract of catappa leaves and banana leaves that are ready to use.
Okay now we pour the water.
After 4 hours the color of the water will become thin brown or yellow.
In my personal opinion, with this water Betta fish become more comfortable
Beside that, the water is not cloudy fast.
You can see these betta fish are very active when I play with
apart from the good character of betta, the water conditions are also very suitable.
Although in the fact this method has been proven suitable for betta fish.
But I do not recommend this method if applied to some betta fish such as blue rim and white opaque
I worry that the catappa and banana leaves extract can trigger discoloration,
especially in blue rim and white opaque .
This is the result of soaking dried banana that is ready to be used for betta fry
The thin brown color is a sign that this water is ready to use.
And this is the betta fry that will be moved.
They are still very young and their size is still very small, maybe around 1.5 cm
The purpose of moving the betta fry is to get the betta fry growing fast and get the new water quality
And about betta fungle, Maybe some of you, have a question
whether this method is very effective to prevent fungle and various diseases of betta fish ?
The answer is yes, I'm grateful this method is quite effective,
even though in old betta, sometimes can still be attacked by diseases
Old betta very vulnerable to disease when the water temperature drops.
and Just information, if you want to breed HMPK,
choose a female betta that is over 4 months old, beside that choose a female plakat betta that have a big caudal
A calm character must also be considered in choosing a prospective betta fry parent.
I once said that "Betta fry will follow the physical characteristics of their parents".
So be careful when choosing a pair of betta fish for breeding, don't waste your time.
And back to the topick,
You need to know that catappa leaves rot faster while banana leaves are more durable in water
Therefore, after using catappa leaves for 1 month, it is better to be replaced with new leaves.
And about the price, banana leaves and catappa leaves are quite cheap
The price of dried banana leaves is about 2 USD for 1 Kilogram
And dried ketapang leaves are about 4 USD for 1 Kilogram
Okay Betta lovers maybe you have different opinion or maybe you have a question
about dried banana leaves and dried catappa leaves
You can write in column comment
and finally thank you so much for watching this video and see at the next video