DeadFishFloating Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 just left fishroom for 4 days chucked some frozen mullberry leaves in the herbiverous tanks (prawns, goldfish, snails, b/n etc) came home to no losses no leaves left in tanks no water quality problems awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogs Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 cool nice cheap food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alasse Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Mulberry leaves can be left for a bit over week with no adverse effects i've found...i tried it with my shrimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah1234 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 I started to read it and feared for the life of your precious shrimps!! Phew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 would that be the black or white Mulberry leaves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matmatmat Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 would that be the black or white Mulberry leaves Did not know there was different types? But if you want to try some green I can give you some I have a bunch frozen, I'm in Shailer park 5 or so mins from underwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessismore0433 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Hey all! Quick questions is that dried out mulberry leaves or fresh???? I have a regular mulberry bush in the back garden..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted December 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 well I used black but I have used white with no drama as far as whether they were fresh or dried leaves. perhaps you missed my first post....... as they were neither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brengun Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 So green when picked, frozen breaks down the celulose in them making them easy to eat in the tank. Great idea if it doesnt wrap around your filter intake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted December 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 ah yes....... but then I use air powered sponge filters in all these tanks! you could dry them tho I spose but I find the fish/prawns/snails like them best when fresh then frozen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessismore0433 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Awesome will freeze some mulberry leaves today, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 If you want them to break down even faster you pick them fresh then boil them then freeze them. but I find just freezing them works fine. fresh picked ones (not frozen or boiled) usually last a long time long enough to get algae growing on them lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asunderf Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Beeping tryin to get a hold of mulberry leaves for my shrimp for awhile now good to no u didn't have any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 been using for a long time but first time I have used them for a holiday feeder. no one was more pleased than I, that there were no problems was getting mighty worried about the time we got 100 metres from me house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 no need to boil just blance (soak in boiling water for 1 min.) strain and sipbag it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 plenty threes here the white big fleshy leaves and the black come help yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawifish Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 how easy to get a hold of mulberry leaves in Brisbane? where do you get them from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 underwood sth side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brengun Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Got a couple trees at my place but the leaves are best after we've had good rain which doesn't happen here very often. Ten kms from Lowood it rains but not here lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 prune your three hard and it will shot new tender leafs very quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuffy_rana Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 the oldman has a mulberry tree that is male. it does not fruit so lucky i can use the leaves for something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted December 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 just remember they are loaded with tannins mullberry leaf tea is a good trigger to help spawn some tetra species but yea if you are not ready for it the water turning yellow from feeding them can be a bit lame easy fixed with carbon or purigen tho but I like it its a good reminder to water change anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asunderf Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Anyone willing to post some to rothwell. .?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozmo Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 here ya go!! Mulberry Leaves for sale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) how easy to get a hold of mulberry leaves in Brisbane? where do you get them from? Dead easy, take a walk down most creeks in Brisbane and you will find at least one feral mulberry tree. Bardon esplanade along Ithaca creek is a good place for Mulberry trees, I know for a fact that people come down there during the fruiting season to pick the berries. A lot of backyards in old Brisbane ie pre 1945 have a mulberry tree, its kind of standard . A lot of overgrown gullies in Indooropilly and Toowong also seem to have them. I know of at least 3 trees in parks in Forest Lake, the best example is a White Mulberry in the park diagonally opposite Grand Ave Primary school just near the swings. Use your eyes people, the mulberry tree is probably the most common feral fruit tree in Brisbane after the bananna Tree. Edited January 6, 2012 by grubby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
