Anubias Nana Bloomed, whats all the hairy stuff?

I've had 6 blooms at once in the same tank and have never seen any fuzz on the flowers.

I have 2 tanks with blooms in them now and no fuzz.

I have no idea what it is though.
 
Mine has done that before too. It's kinda firm, not squishy. I thought it's the anthers & maybe fungus between but I'm not sure. I cut it off when it does that or if the flower turns brown, don't want it to suddenly break apart & yuck up the tank.
 
this is the only questionable thing going on in the tank right now..

also it looks like someone ate half the fuzz last night.. the snail maybe? I don't know, but a big portion of the fuzz is missing.

I'll post pics later.
 
mine never did that either , but in regular plants some are male and some are female so maybe your is one and mine is another..
 
I had a clown loach & a tiger barb that liked it too. The loach even slept on a leaf to guard it, not that any other loaches or barbs seemed very interested. He quit when it got fuzzy so I removed it.
 
Olive, what lights do you use? I am wondering what stimulated the bloom. I specifically want to know the temperature and intensity.

Thanks.
 
the aquarium is set up on a workbench that also holds a number of house plants.. I already had a 4ft shop light w/ plant lights there.. so I just used them for the aquarium.. it's just a shop light hung from the "ceiling" with some plant bulbs I purchased at lowes in them.

They are different than the ones I see at Home Depot.. and I actually haven't been to lowes in a while to find out exactly what they are.. I did set up the aquarium AFTER I had the whole plant table set up so I didn't exactly plant my tank with these lights..

Unfortunately, I won't know exactly what the bulbs are until I get back to Lowes.. I do know that they are more pink than blue.. something that I like..
 
I see. Thanks. Just like I suspected. In hydroponics they use HPS lights to promote bloom. The lights are less K (more red). MH are used to promote green lush (more blue). I think your success is due to your pink grow lights.
Thanks again.
 
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