Anubias Plant question.

[Swiftwind]

Please ignore my ignorance, I'm new to plant keeping.

I have an Anubias plant in my 6 gal tank and it has one yellow leaf. Is this normal or some kind of disease? I just want to make sure it's fine.

Thanks!

 

[quiksilver]

do you have it planted in the substrate or tied to a piece of wood/rock?

 

[Swiftwind]

It's growing on driftwood.

 

[quiksilver]

check the base of it see if it is rotting, other than that is there a new leaf coming up, just could be getting old.

 

[Swiftwind]

Yes, new shoots are growing through. The plant isn't a 'seedling', it's pretty mature as I bought it with the driftwood (it was already grown onto it). The yellow leaf is one of the biggest on the plant.. So I guess it could be an old leaf.

 

[Captain Hook]

New leaves are yellow. It will turn green, don't worry.

 

[plah831]

she's saying the oldest leaf is turning yellow. I would just cut it off. That also frees up resources to feed the newer leaves

by the way, yellowing of older leaves is a sign of nitrogen or phosphorus deficiency. you may want to consider dosing some nitrates and a little phosphates.

 

[Swiftwind]

Thanks for all the info! I'll be pruning back my plant this weekend for sure.

 

[plah831]

you're most welcome! The older Anubias leaves definitely need to be pruned off once awhile. Otherwise, they tend to grow hair and beard algae, too. It's the curse of the extremely slow-growing plants. I love Anubias, though. They're lovely

 

[Swiftwind]

Haha that's kind of funny in a way!

Here's my Anubias..

Not a fantastic photo, but I took it when I first got my tank (no fish in there at the time). The tallest leaf in the middle (the one near the filter) is the one that's gone yellow.