Adding Oak leaves to aquarium

[Jbrock]

I've collected some brown, dried out oak leaves from a under a neighbors tree. Anything I need to do to them before adding them to my aquarium?

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

I would rinse them. Make sure there's no chance of pesticides on them. Why do you want to add oak leaves?

 

[Jbrock]

Just trying to make a natural looking South American river environment and read Indian Almond leaves would be best but dont have access to any right now.

 

[mistersprinkles]

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You won't regret adding leaf litter. A lot of south american fish enjoy flipping them over looking for food. It's good environmental enrichment.

 

[Jbrock]

Thank you.

10 Red eye Tetras and 3 Coryadoras. I lightly planted it and used gravel before I got more into the hobby and realized where my fish were even from. Now I'm slowly trying to transition my aquarium into more of a native habitat for my fishes, I've had most of them for around 10 months.