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As more and more hobbyists are getting into the idea of using leaves and botanicals in their aquariums, we receive more and more inquiries about what leaves are useable, and how to collect and prepare them for aquarium use. This is a very interesting and fun topic. Although I've spent a lot of time studying and experimenting with various leaves in the aquarium, I am not a botanist, and am certainly no expert on every facet of using leaves you collect in your aquarium. However, the benefits of humic substances, tannins, and other compounds imparted to water by a variety of dried leaves is increasingly well documented and studied, so the growing interest in this subject is quite logical. First off, a lot of you are probably thinking I'm crazy anyways for encouraging hobbyists to collect and prepare their own

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