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Keta-Peat Nuggets

Post by: Edmund on February 14, 2006, 06:22:45 PM
Contains 'ketapang' (whatever THAT is). It's essentially a peat-based product that replicates blackwater conditions. I just tried it in my 225 Amazon tank and, while I'm not thrilled with the way it tints the water brown, the effect on the fish is remarkable -it's as if they were 'plugged-in' -their colors are deeper and more vibrant, and my Bolivian rams (which I just placed in there a week ago) are spawning already. Anyone else use this product?
 
Re:Keta-Peat nuggets Post by: Jessie226 on February 16, 2006, 08:13:09 AM
No, but I've heard of ketapang extract and it's supposed to be great for fish. I use blackwater extract which is basically the same thing. They all come from Peat.
 
Re:Keta-Peat nuggets Post by: PPulcher on February 16, 2006, 09:30:08 AM
Ketapang is a kind of leaf that is used in Asia as a supplement to get fish to breed.
 
Re:Keta-Peat nuggets Post by: Edmund on February 16, 2006, 03:35:28 PM
Mmmmmmm, interesting. Does it release hormones into the water, or just make the water conditions more conducive to breeding activity?
 
Re: Keta-Peat nuggets Post by: Zero on February 18, 2006, 08:42:51 PM
hmm... I'd like some of these peat plugs...
 
Re: Keta-Peat nuggets Post by: Edmund on February 19, 2006, 07:29:58 PM
Quote from: Zero on February 18, 2006, 08:42:51 PM hmm... I'd like some of these peat plugs... I got it from Big Al's Online. Great stuff!
 
Re: Keta-Peat nuggets Post by: Edmund on March 13, 2006, 06:39:22 PM
This is NOT a paid endorsement, but I can't get over the effect this stuff has had on my 225 Amazon tank: since I began using it the Bolivian rams spawned, Emperor and rummy nose teras spawned, my angels spawned -it's amazing. Plus I swear my plants look better: more growth, lush and green. I am also using it in my E. zonatum tank -the white clouds I put in as dithers spawned; I can't tell if the zonatum did or not: the tank is too thickly planted and there are too many non-visible areas where they might have spawned, but the males are velevety black with irredescent blue markings, and the females' bellies are bulging with salmon-colored eggs.

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Comment : Have used for about 6 mos. when Me and My wife could no longer find fluval peat geting the same results in my soft woter tank helps keep the ph at 6.0 highly like it.
Posted by TIM on 2008-02-17


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