Emersed Anubias

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Does anyone have suggestions on how to grow anubias emersed? I'm starting out with bare rhizomes, devoid of any leaves. The rhizomes look pretty healthy though. I've read that anubias plants grow faster out of water which is why I wanna try this route. I plan on moving the plants to an aquarium after I feel they've grown enough. Will moving the plants from a terrarium setting to an aquarium setting have ill effects?
 
you would have to provide humid conditions for the plant to survive. You can throw the plant into an empty 10g with a mist maker, cover the top and have the tank sit outside. Should grow well.

I bought a few anubias a while back (even from petco) which were emersed in their reptile section and the worst i had was just one leaf melt off.
 
saram521 said:
What kind of cover should I use? A regular cheap hood that would cover the entire top? Do I need to worry about ventilation at all?
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you can cover it completely with glass or even saran wrap.
If you use the mister then you can leave a small space open, but i think it would do best fully closed
 
Anubias are not true aquatic plants but rather are found along the edges of fast flowing water and waterfalls in Africa. They use their roots to grab a foothold and then benefit from the constant drenching and humidity for water and feed through their leaves. They are a slow growing plant that can be submerged where the plant doesn't seem to know it is under water where it will continue to do fine, except it will grow much slower when submerged.

They will flower when submerged but some or all (I am not sure) wont produce seeds when submerged. Hobbyists typically propagate them by cutting the rhizome thus creating multiple plants from one larger plant. It is important to have at least 3 healthy leaves on each cut section and more is better.

As noted above it can be grown emersed as long as there is adequate moisture for it.
 
I've got an Anubias plant growing emersed in my Fire bellied toad vivarium. I keep it moist in there with a water feature with a little pump hooked up to it. I keep the moisture in by covering about 3/4 of the mesh top with vynil sheet taped to the top. I keep the top open all day and I only close it at night so it gets even more humid in the tank.
 
saram, Check this out;
The plant next to the pico tank. Its an Anubias sp. attached to lava rock sitting in a bowl of water. It puts off red flowers.

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Cool plant FTM!

I had a couple in a bucket with only the roots submerged. They looked kinda pale from much more light hitting them than tank lighting. No lasting harm.
 
I'm going to revive this thread in order to ask another question, even if it is a stupid one. Ok, so I just sit an anubias in a barebottom tank with a mister in there, Or do I attach the anubias a wood or a rock, or do I put some sort of substrate down to give nutrients to the anubias? Please be specific, it'll really help!
 
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