Dregea Pods
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Product Description: The Dregea Pod (Dregea volubillis) is celebrated for its soft interior which is eaten by shrimp, snails, and suckermouth catfish, and for the fibrous material left behind once it is broken down. These pods grow an abundance of supplemental nutrition like bacteria, fungi, and microfauna for our fish to eat. They have a soft and smooth inside and a ridged woody exterior that imparts a good amount of tannins to the water, and they will need a good soak in order to sink. Once these pods have been picked clean, a great deal of the 'pod structure' is left behind. We encourage you to leave this in the tank to develop your substrate. These pods tend to soften quite fast, breaking apart into long fibrous strands within a week or two, a facet we love because most pods don't do that. In the bioactive enclosure, those soft palatable insides are eaten by the clean up crew on the substrate. They are a delicacy for amphipods, and when positioned just right, make a great shelter for your frogs and geckos.
Not for Human Consumption. Preparation Required.
Quantities: 20c Dregea Pods. Sizes range. This is a natural product, and variation between leaves and botanicals is expected.
Aquarium Botanical Location: Sri Lanka
It entirely depends on your water chemistry. Soft water will allow the botanicals to lower your pH more than if you have medium or hard water. At Betta Botanicals HQ our tap water is Very Hard, ( 350+ppm) and we do not notice a change in water pH unless using Alder Cones or Macaranga leaves.
White growths are the colonization of biofilms and fungi in the aquarium. We call this the 'goo phase' and it is totally natural. Botanicals are fuel for the ecosystem and the populations of bacteria and fungi will naturally rise and fall.
100% yes. Our botanicals are for aquariums terrariums, vivariums and all natural enclosures.
We DO NOT recommend using botanicals that these fish can ingest. Botanicals like casuarina cones, small alder cones, and live oak are not suited for these animals. Large aquarium leaves like Indian almond, loquat, and jackfruit are preferred.
We recommend letting aquarium leaves and seed pods entirely break down into beneficial detritus. You can absolutely remove them after they don’t release tannins anymore, you just don’t get all potential benefits of leaving them in the aquarium.
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Live plant orders are only shipped on Mondays and Tuesdays to prevent them from being held over the weekend at the post office. This means it could take 6 days for your order to ship (live plant orders placed monday evenings after 9pm, ship the following Monday morning). Orders containing only botanicals will ship within 1-4 business days. Thank you!
We strongly recommend following the botanical preparation instructions. These instructions ensure that any 'potential contaminants' are removed if they find their way onto your leaves, bark, and seed pods.