Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals - South America

Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals – a curated selection of botanical materials for the biotope aquarium and bioactive enclosure sourced from the heart of the Amazon Jungles. The place where many hobbyists fall in love with blackwater ecosystems.

Each botanical in our collection is carefully sourced from jungles of Peru in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest. Each item is hand-washed, air-dried, and carefully packaged, especially for your blackwater aquarium or your bioactive enclosures for dart frogs. 

While these botanicals were sourced with South American fish in mind–think tetras, rams, plecos and corydoras–these materials will benefit all fish. We 100% endorse utilizing a Sapucaia pod with your betta fish, they won't know they are 9,000 miles in the wrong habitat.

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

Color: MAROON - 32c Re-Tinting Tea Bags

Betta Tea™ - Blackwater Botanical Tea Bags
$24.00
$24.00
A group of three brown clamshell shaped sterculia pods for blackwater biotope aquariums and bioactive enclosures at Betta Botanicals.

Style: 3c Jungle Pods

Jungle Pods | Sterculia Foetida Pod
from $6.00
from $6.00
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Pile of brown, tan, and speckled Indian almond leaves & catappa leaves for aquariums by Betta Botanicals.

Indian Almond Leaves & Catappa Leaves (Small)
$11.00
$11.00
Bael Tree Pods are brown and hollow, they have a smooth outside and textured inside, South American Biotope Aquariums at Betta Botanicals.

Style: 4c Bael Pods

Bael Tree Pods
from $5.00
from $5.00
Pile of brown and tan Indian Almond Leaves & Catappa leaves for aquariums and terrariums by Betta Botanicals.

Indian Almond Leaves & Catappa Leaves (Large)
$13.00
$13.00
Singular cocoa pod from Sri Lanka showing its woody composition, smooth inside, and rough outside for blackwater botanical betta fish aquariums by Betta Botanicals.

Style: 4c Cacao Pods

Cacao Pod | Theobroma cacao
from $5.00
from $5.00
Monkey Pods - Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals in packaging at Betta Botanicals.

Size: 1c Monkey Pot

Monkey Pods - Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals
from $7.75
from $7.75
Catappa tree bark and Indian Almond Tree Bark for blackwater botanical method aquariums by Betta Botanicals, Aquarium Botanicals.

Style: Bark Sticks

Indian Almond Tree & Catappa Tree Bark
$13.00
$13.00
Pile of brown, tan, and green guava leaves for aquariums and terrariums by Betta Botanicals.

Guava Leaves
$12.00
$12.00
Brown and tan sapucaia seed pod against a white background for blackwater south american aquariums at Betta Botanicals.

King Pod - Sapucaia Seed Pods - Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals
$16.00
$16.00
3D printed flaring sticks for betta fish care at Betta Botanicals.

Color: Betta Botanicals® Maroon

Betta Fish Flare Stick
$8.00
$8.00
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Areca Palm Fronds are brown with thin leaf blades, perfect for blackwater botanical method aquariums by Betta Botanicals, Aquarium Botanicals.

Areca Palm Fronds
$5.00
$5.00
Biome Builder - Fuel Your Ecosystem

Material: Seed Pod Builder

Biome Builder - Fuel Your Ecosystem
from $45.00
from $45.00
Brown cariniana pods from Peru blackwater habitats in a pile of three at Betta Botanicals.

8c Cariniana Pods - Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals
$22.00
$22.00
Pile of brown and tan jackfruit leaves for aquariums and terrariums by Betta Botanicals.

Jackfruit Leaves
$12.00
$12.00
Pile of brown and crinkled fermented Indian almond leaves and catappa leaves for aquariums by Betta Botanicals.

Fermented Indian Almond Catappa Leaves
$12.00
$12.00
Brown and tan leaves in a pile for South American dart frog enclosures and blackwater aquariums at Betta Botanicals.

Marupa Leaf Litter - Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals
$15.00
$15.00
Pile of long, brown, and amber colored loquat leaves for aquariums and terrariums by Betta Botanicals.

Loquat Leaves
$12.00
$12.00
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Ourico Mayan Nut Pods - Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals

Ourico Mayan Nut Pods - Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals
$11.50
$11.50
A yellow, tan, and brown seed on laid on its side with a hollow inside for paludariums or blackwater aquariums at Betta Botanicals.

Style: 1c Zeheryia Pod

Urchin Pods - Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals
from $4.00
from $4.00
A pile of brown leaf litter for aquariums and bioactive enclosures replicating South American Habitats at Betta Botanicals.

Cows Ears Leaf Litter - Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals
$15.00
$15.00
Three brown seed pods with smooth outsides and rough insides for blackwater aquariums and paludarium enclosures at Betta Botanicals.

Tingui Pods - Peruvian Blackwater Botanicals
$8.50
$8.50
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Pile of long, brown, and crinkled mango leaves for aquariums by Betta Botanicals.

Mango Leaves
$12.00
$12.00
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Pile of brown and crinkled banana leaves for aquariums by Betta Botanicals.

Banana Leaves
$8.00
$8.00

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Build Your Ecosystem

Aquarium botanicals have varying levels of durability, which is predictive of the leafs waxy coating and the seed pods woody composition. All types are equally important to the botanical aquarium as they build different layers of the ecosystem.