South American Blackwater & Biotope Botanicals

Peruvian & Colombian Blackwater Biotope 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 the jungles of South America. 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.

55 products

A large brown Ourico Mayan Nut Pod (Bertholletia excelsa) with a thick woody shell for Peruvian blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Ourico Mayan Nut Pods | Bertholletia excelsa
$11.50
$11.50
A group of large brown palta leaves (Persea sp.) for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Peruvian Palta Leaf Litter | Avocado sp.
$15.00
$15.00
Biome Builder - Fuel Your Ecosystem

Material: Seed Pod Builder

Biome Builder - Fuel Your Ecosystem
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A single maroon betta fish flare stick, 3D printed and photographed on a natural background.

Color: Betta Botanicals® Maroon

Betta Fish Flare Stick
$8.00
$8.00
A group of layered brown marupa leaves (Simarouba amara) for vivariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Peruvian Marupa Leaf Litter | Simarouba amara
$15.00
$15.00
A group of light brown Cows Ears leaves (Inga macrophylla) for vivariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Peruvian Cows Ears Leaf Litter | Inga macrophylla
$15.00
$15.00
A group of three brown tingui pods (Magonia pubescens) for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Tingui Pods | Magonia pubescens
$8.50
$8.50
Urchin Pods (Zeyheria digitalis) dried seed pod photographed on a natural background for South American Dart frog vivarium use at Betta Botanicals.

Quantity: 1c Zeyheria Pod

Urchin Pods | Zeyheria digitalis
from $5.00
from $5.00
A hollow, round brown sapucaia king pod (Lecythis pisonis) for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Sapucaia King Pod | Lecythis pisonis
$16.00
$16.00
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A long, light brown Coconut Palm Flower Stalk (Borassus flabellifer) for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Coconut Palm Flower Stock | Borassus flabellifer
from $16.00
from $16.00
Areca Palm Fronds are brown with thin leaf blades, perfect for blackwater botanical method aquariums by Betta Botanicals, Aquarium Botanicals.

Quantity: 1c Areca Palm Frond

Areca Palm Fronds | Dypsis lutescens
from $7.00
from $7.00
A group of round, golden-brown bael tree pods (Aegle marmelos) with hollow interiors for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Quantity: 1c Bael Pod

Bael Tree Pods | Aegle marmelos
from $5.00
from $5.00
A group of dark brown cacao pods (Theobroma cacao) for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Quantity: 1c Cacao Pod

Cacao Pod | Theobroma cacao
from $5.00
from $5.00
An assortment of hardscape, aquarium and terrarium botanicals, water conditioners for planted blackwater, biotope, and botanical method aquariums at Betta Botanicals.

20 Gallon Ecosystem Kit
$175.00
$175.00
Ecosystem aquarium kit by Betta Botanicals, for botanical style aquariums, betta fish tanks, betta biotopes.

10 Gallon Ecosystem Kit
$115.00
$115.00
A group of dark brown-red Mangrove leaves (Rhizophora mangle) for blackwater and biotope aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Red Mangrove Leaves | Rhizophora mangle
$14.00
$14.00
A group of dark brown fermented Indian almond leaves (Terminalia catappa) for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Fermented Indian Almond Catappa Leaves | Terminalia Catappa
$12.00
$12.00
A clear glass jar of red tinted aquarium tannins from tea bags of Betta Tea by Betta Botanicals.

Color: MAROON - 32c Re-Tinting Tea Bags

Betta Tea™ | Natural Blackwater Tannin Replenishment
$24.00
$24.00
A group of brown Cariniana trumpet pods (Cariniana legalis) for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Trumpet Pods | Cariniana legalis
$22.00
$22.00
A group of hard, brown Sterculia foetida jungle pods for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Quantity: 1c Jungle Pod

Jungle Pods | Sterculia Foetida
from $6.00
from $6.00
Aquarium gift card by Betta Botanicals, for betta fish tanks, botanical aquariums, and blackwater aquariums.

Amount: $25 Gift Card

Betta Botanicals Gift Cards
from $25.00
from $25.00
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Pile of brown and crinkled banana leaves for aquariums by Betta Botanicals.

Banana Leaves | Musa acuminata
$8.00
$8.00
A collection of brown catappa bark curls (Terminalia catappa) for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Style: 50g of Bark Sticks

Indian Almond & Catappa Tree Bark | Terminalia catappa
$13.00
$13.00
A collection of brown and orange loquat leaves (Eriobotrya japonica) for dart frog vivariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Loquat Leaves | Eriobotrya japonica
$12.00
$12.00

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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.