has any body used tea bags in their tank to give the look of the light brown coloured water found in the Amazon River ?.....

never thought of that

bogwood does it for my tank

I use this.

www.hagenservice.de/site/productInnovati...ts?setLanguage=en_EN

I'm trying to imagine Fish craving their Caffein fix in the Morning, I wonder if that would have any effects on them.

Kev.

I am using this:

but the brew green tea is doing the same job, and also is used to combat this (or prophylactic), algae (brown)

Are you serious Chris? it helps with Algae?

Kev.

bibsun wrote:


Now you have me thinking, here's a Post from another Site, now I'm really interested!!

www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/a...dex.php/t-37172.html

www.buy4now.ie/Bewleys/Product/Bewleys-R...s-Tea-25s/200455/2.1


Kev.

stretnik wrote:


well, it really helps, I was skeptical when I heard about it first time, but I tried and it worked, so now I recommend this method. green tea

OK, I'm sold !!

Kev.

so it helps with Algae, are they benefits for the fish,how much can you use per/L, also how much does it affect PH ? are they draw backs/disadvantages from using teabags....is green tea the only one you can use?

Just from what I know from College ( National Botanic Gardens ) Normal Tea Bags should have no real affect on the PH but Caffeine will have a cumulative affect as it interferes with Heartrate etc, the main reason that People having difficulty sleeping are advised not to drink before Bed. If you read the link you'll see what the benefits are.

I think the guy who posted the link that I posted suggested a bag steeped in a cup overnight and then a Tablespoon per day.

Kev.

There has been some work on looking at the use of green tea in the diet of fish as an immunoactivator to help protect fish against certain bacteria eg Aeromonas.

It has been used on some african cichlid and trout (everything is testing on trout because of the economic value) with promising results....and that could be good.

At high concentrations, the Theophylline found in tea may have some pretty powerful inhibitory effects (eg stop clarias catfish or Tilapia marie breeding, or make swordtails not change their colour under bright light) ...but you're unlikely to be reaching those levels of dosing.

That brings back memories of the days when I gave a presentation to pharmaceutical companies on the use of Theophylline from tea (a modified version) in treating asthma in kids. I was young, had no grey hair, and didn't need a goatie beard to hide the crinkled laughter lines around the old mouth.

And also used Tea in my amazon tanks back then as well.

I am a big strong tea and strong coffee drinker.....for my tarantulas that is a problem because if they decided to fang me, then as caffeins is toxic to tarantula, then I'd be more poisonous to them then they are to me
I don't have such a problem with fish.

As for Tea for us Humans......best drink of day anyday, and for good reasons.

ian

igmillichip wrote:


So funny, you crack me up.

Kev.

stretnik wrote:


get me a pallet load of them for the big tank kev

stretnik wrote:


I live in a mad house here with my zoo, 4 tanks in the bedroom and my young 41 year old glamorous grandmother (she's not my grandmother....she's grandmother of my grandson ).

bibsun wrote:


Green tea works like mangroves leaves, oak or alder cones, acidified water and enriched with tannins, and as we know at the appropriate pH and balanced view of algae should not be too much, of course, tea is the same as the extract from peat.

Draco wrote:


At the risk of being attacked by the whole forum here ......I wouldn't totally agree with the last bit Draco: tea is not the same as extract from peat (just me being technically nerdy and picky), but it's affects on some unwanted organisms in the water is very much likened to the effects of peat extract.

Ian

wanted everything to be clear - green tea is not the "golden formula" for algae, helps to prevent their "creation", algae can not tolerate acidic water (low Ph, less than 7)

igmillichip wrote:


Ian You are an authority on this forum who would dare to attack you