Botanicals for the Aquarium & Vivarium

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

Betta Tea™ | Natural Blackwater Tannin Replenishment

From $15.00

Jungle Pods | Sterculia Foetida

From $6.00

Water Spangles | Salvinia minima

$8.99

Indian Almond & Catappa Leaves (Small) | Terminalia catappa

From $5.75

June 2026 PRIDE PACK | Botanical Variety Pack Fundraiser for Trevor

$28.00

Alder Cones | Alnus rubra

From $8.00

Jambolan Leaves | Syzygium cumini

$12.00

Cacao Pod | Theobroma cacao

From $5.00

#TanninBae Beginner Variety Pack

$17.00

Mulberry Leaves | Morus alba

$12.00

Betta Botanicals® Unisex Cut Hoodie | White Logo

$55.00

NEW! Texas Live Oak Bark | Quercus fusiformis

From $14.00

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 maroon tinting tea bags containing high tannin botanicals to retint blackwater aquariums 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 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 32 brown tinting tea bags, photographed against 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

$24.00

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Color: 32c MAROON Re-Tinting Tea Bags

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

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Willow Live Oak Leaf Litter | Quercus phellos

From $8.00

Build Your Ecosystem Static Cling Tank Decal

From $3.00

Anubias Coffeefolia

From $10.00

Peruvian Cows Ears Leaf Litter | Inga macrophylla

$15.00

Peruvian Marupa Leaf Litter | Simarouba amara

$15.00

Starwood Manzanita | WYSIWYG Pieces

From $34.00

Areca Palm Fronds | Dypsis lutescens

From $8.00

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 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.

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

A close-up surface view of iridescent oil sheen, microplastic substrate, and sawdust silt particles suspended at the water surface of a blackwater aquarium, photographed in situ at Betta Botanicals.

OCTANE Accurate Habitat Replication for the Blackwater Aquarium

Crude oil. Microplastics. Deforestation. If you want your aquarium to reflect the actual rhythms of nature and its most biodiverse ecosystems, nothing is more current. OCTANE drops today.

(April Fools. The pollution isn't.)

Read moreabout OCTANE Accurate Habitat Replication for the Blackwater Aquarium

Comprehensive guide to recreating the natural habitat and caring for Betta Hendra, with tips on maintaining optimal conditions in a biotope aquarium at Betta Botanicals.

Betta Hendra: A Comprehensive Care and Habitat Guide

To keep Betta hendra is to preserve a fragment of a vanishing world; a living story written in tannin-stained waters and fragile ecosystems. These fish carry within them the memory of Borneo’s disappearing swamps, a reminder of everything that’s at risk beyond the glass. Their survival depends on more than the forests they come from; it depends on us, on the choices we make, the care we give, and the respect we show for the wild they represent. 

Read moreabout Betta Hendra: A Comprehensive Care and Habitat Guide