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Kelakai and carbon revisit

Its been awhile since I find time to groom my maru, I was busy at work and neglected them, I've sold 2 of the 4 maru I've kept so other hobbyist can properly take care of them. But recently there is a new product in the market that kick start my curiosity again. I found a product that uses Red Kelakai for light Tannins and as we know from earlier research that red kelakai (Red Fern - Stenochlaena palustris) is packed with anthocyanin the active ingredients that color up fishes and just like astaxanthin the red pigment enhancer they somehow at the sametime increases flower development.

Second product that I found is the Dissolve Organic Carbon, organic carbon if you've been following my progress is the soul of the peat swamp. The dark water, the low PH are the echoes of the carbon. And from that vibration comes flowers.

I reset a tank and added in Light Tannins with anthocyanin and also Dissolved Organic Carbon, I restart the CO2 injections and light it up with my HO T5 12,000kelvin and a LED submersible. 2 days and this is what I got
White flowers just bloom like mad with the concoction. 














Dissolved Organic Carbon and Red Kelakai extract

The same fish early last month

I will continue the tanning for a week and monitor from then on to see how far a progress we can get from this new formula. Will update again.




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  1. AnonymousNovember 5, 2019 at 8:05 PM

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  2. beatjackNovember 11, 2019 at 3:35 PM

    Excuse me, what are the main ingredients of this bottled solution.Can I find this solution on Amazon app? I have a maru from Sentarum, which I think is a unique kalimantan basin individual but does not belong to sp species.
    If it is convenient, can you communicate on Twitter or online? I have some interesting photos I want to show you.

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    1. MoorishNovember 12, 2019 at 6:14 PM

      At my profile u can add me to yr facebook we can communicate from thr

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    2. beatjackNovember 15, 2019 at 10:23 AM

      Sorry , i can't see the Information at your profile . This is my facebook id: jack beat. Thankyou for your reply

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  3. beatjackNovember 11, 2019 at 3:52 PM


    There is a blackwater pigment used for raising Scleropages formosus, is its composition very similar?

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