Botanicals for your Aquarium & Vivarium

Sustainably sourced natural leaf litter, seed pods, bark, and water conditioners in home-compostable packaging, curated for the Botanical Method, blackwater, and biotope aquarium, and bioactive vivarium.

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Betta Tea™ | Natural Blackwater Tannin Replenishment

From $15.00

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Red Root Floaters | Phyllanthus fluitans

$7.49

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#TanninBae Beginner Variety Pack

$18.00

Betta Plant Pack for the Botanical Method Aquarium

From $26.99

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June 2026 PRIDE PACK | Botanical Variety Pack Fundraiser for Trevor

$28.00

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Jungle Pods | Sterculia Foetida

From $6.25

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Water Spangles | Salvinia Minima

$6.99

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Indian Almond & Catappa Leaves (Small) | Terminalia catappa

From $5.75

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Alder Cones | Alnus rubra

From $9.00

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Jambolan Leaves | Syzygium cumini

$13.00

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Cacao Pod | Theobroma cacao

From $5.75

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Mulberry Leaves | Morus alba

$12.75

5 Years venturing beneath the leaves

Hey TanninBae,

5 Years is a lot of catappa leaves and Betta Tea that have moved through our hands at Betta Botanicals. What started as a small floating plant shop has turned into a global supplier of ecosystem materials with over 20+ brick and mortar retail partners. Helping you build your ecosystems has been a privilege over the last 5 years, and I look forward to the next 5 years. I've compiled some of my favorite moments from the last few years over on Ben's Aquarium blog. Grab a mug of tannins (coffee or tea!) and read all about it.

Ben, Founder & Chief Ecosystem Officer

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Betta Botanicals' Tintiversary Blog Post

build with nature.

Our Story

Since 2021, our ethos has been to sustainably curate aquatic botanicals, leaf litter, and seed pods for the Botanical Method, blackwater, and biotope aquarium and vivarium. Our products are designed to reconnect your critters with their natural habitat.

Ecosystems. Sustainability. Inclusion.

Uncover a New Shade

A planted aquarium with natural brown botanicals, leaf litter, and seed pods and vibrant green aquatic plants, photographed against a green wall by Alex K for Betta Botanicals.

Before Betta Tea

A planted aquarium tinted with brown and red aquarium tannins containing natural brown botanicals, leaf litter, and seed pods and vibrant green aquatic plants, photographed against a green wall by Alex K for Betta Botanicals.

After Betta Tea

A kraft colored compostable pouch of 32 brown tinting tea bags, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Kraft colored compostable pouchs of 32 and 16 count maroon tinting tea bags, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

A side by side group photo of brown and maroon betta tea for aquariums in kraft brown compostable pouches and paper tea bags on a wooden desk, photographed by Alex K for Betta Botanicals.

A clear glass jar of red tinted aquarium tannins from tea bags of Betta Tea by Betta Botanicals.

Betta Tea Bags with maroon tannin botanicals, photographed on a white background for blackwater aquarium use at Betta Botanicals.

A pile of 16 Betta Tea bags containing maroon botanicals, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

A kraft colored compostable pouch of maroon tinting tea bags containing high tannin botanicals to retint blackwater aquariums at Betta Botanicals.

A kraft colored compostable pouch of 16 maroon tinting tea bags, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Kraft colored compostable pouchs of 32 and 16 count brown tinting tea bags, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

A clear glass jar with a tea bag in it releasing brown tannins for blackwater aquariums at Betta Botanicals.

Betta Tea Bags containing dried botanicals of brown tannin botanicals, photographed on a white background for blackwater aquarium use at Betta Botanicals.

A pile of 16 Betta Tea bags containing dried brown tannin producing botanicals, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

A kraft colored compostable pouch of 16 brown tinting tea bags, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

A kraft colored compostable pouch of catappa tea bags, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Betta Tea™ | Natural Blackwater Tannin Replenishment

$25.00

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Betta Botanicals curated Betta Tea™ in the Spring of 2021 to solve the issue of re-tinting a blackwater, biotope, and botanical method aquarium. We went beyond just brewed tea in the aquarium - we curated a thoughtful blend of pure and natural botanicals native to your fish's habitat that we feel does a better job than conventional teas.

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Build Your Ecosystem

Explore botanicals in situ by hovering over the colored dots.

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Willow Live Oak Leaf Litter | Quercus phellos

From $9.00

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Build Your Ecosystem Static Cling Tank Decal

From $3.00

Example product

$19.99

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Peruvian Cows Ears Leaf Litter | Inga macrophylla

$15.00

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Peruvian Marupa Leaf Litter | Simarouba amara

$15.00

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Starwood Manzanita | WYSIWYG Pieces

From $34.00

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Areca Palm Fronds | Dypsis lutescens

From $9.00

A school of black neon tetras among submerged roots, branches, and biofilm in the tannin-stained water of a South American blackwater habitat, photographed in situ by Tai S. for Betta Botanicals.

It came in even better than expected! I highly recommend and will definitely be purchasing again for future projects! Thank you all so much!
— Nick R.15/10 HIGHLY RECOMMEND

These needles make all the other botanicals look good. They add such fine and beautiful texture to my aquariums. And I love that Betta Botanicals packaging is compostable.
— Ryan N.Casuarina Pine Needles are always in my Botanical Box

Worked like a charm. I put one bag in a 15 gallon, and withing a few hours the water was a nice, natural, brown color!
— Samuel

Ben's Aquarium Blog

Go beneath the leaves with our guest blog posts, personal stories, and aquatic guides that help you recreate natural habitats.

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A blue and yellow amazon fringed leaf frog clings to a black and green branch in a paludarium, photographed by Hayley Zimmermann for Betta Botanicals.

Designing a Paludarium for Amazon Fringed Leaf Frogs (Cruziohyla craspedopus)

After 7 months of evolution, Hayley Zimmermann's Amazon Fringed Leaf Frog paludarium was finally ready for life. Go beneath the leaves on this weird-looking frog, learn how to build its forest floor, and learn what care Cruziohyla craspedopus needs.

A red, brown, and black Betta macrostoma in a dimly light blackwater aquarium with blue iridescent fins, photographed for Betta Botanicals anniversary.

Five Years of Betta Botanicals: The Origin Story, and Where We Go From Here

Five years ago I was selling floating plants on Etsy to fund a single order of leaf litter. Now the garage is completely full. In between: Pride Packs, a magazine feature, thirteen ambassadors, and one Betta macrostoma fry.

A dense network of submerged oak roots and branches in tannin-stained water with small schooling tetras moving through the structure, photographed in situ by Tai Streitman for Betta Botanicals.

Using Oak Leaves and Twigs in Our Aquariums: The Case for Generic Tropicals — A Guest Post by Scott Fellman

Scott Fellman has spent a decade testing the most exotic leaves for The Botanical Method. His favorite turned out to be the one growing in everyone's backyard. A guest post on Live Oak, in situ curing, and why "yucky" biofilm might be exactly what your aquarium needs.