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So happy with the find I thought I have to share :-) [emoji111] [emoji173]

Thanks! I'm so stoked about it!! :-) There's this fella @gbang who deserves most of the credit though .. he's not posting much here anymore but. This is only 2 generations for me.. [emoji173] [emoji111]

Great looking male@revolutionhope

Welcome to SKF, Don't listen to @revolutionhope he's a spoon :p

Awesome! Welcome and thanks for sharing your story with us :-)

I have been an advocate for mulberry leaves for a long time. I noticed several years ago that the survival rate of babies increased when the leaves were introduced. I have mulberry leaves in all my tanks at all times now and leave them in until they are just veins -although even they get eaten once soft-or until water change day when I siphon them out and add new leaves. You need to be very careful when siphoning the leaves out as the babies love to hang out under neath them. I blanche and freeze them for a supply over winter or I sometimes dry them by placing them in a cotton bag and hanging on the clothes line until thoroughly dry -they stay nice and green and refresh overnight in a bowl of water or straight into the tank where they float for a day or 2. Mulberry trees are very easy to propagate just from a few thin branches -they are best kept in pots as they grow very large in the ground. The added bonus is sweet mulberries this time of year -I picked a big bowl full from my 4 year old tree today but usually just eat a few every time I go ut near the pot! I also keep a pot of mixed lettuce, spinach and kale growing through the year and pick these as they grow, plus I have nasturtiums growing and feed the leaves after blanching. We had an incident with one of our members a few years ago who lost a large part of his CRS colony from spinach leaves bought in a prepack bag from the super market -despite blanching the leaves his shrimp started dying soon after the leaves had been added to his tank so my advice is if you don't know where your leaves have come from or if you find a tree with leaves but you don't know if it has been sprayed don't take the chance.

A picture of the Blechnum obtusatum var francii, an endemic aquatic fern from the south of New Caledonia. This fern is able to thrive at 10 meters depth. the deeper it is, the longer are the leaves, around 60/80 cms. Closer from the surface, leaves are around 10/15cms. I have one, very nice. In aquarium, the leaves are translucant, turning to a very nice lime green.