Sunlight for anubias plants?

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will it be beneficial for anubias tpo recieve sunlight?
i'm setting up a tanj outdoors.also planning to move my anubias oputdoors.
will this be a good idea? it'll have a roof... but ity'll recieve morning sunlight:) :troll:
 
anubias..

by the way these are pictures of my anubias..
are they ok? they almost died before... but after i stuck them into my driftwood. they produced new leaves.. is this a good sign?
i sometimes add tetra florapride , but tank doesn't have co2 injection:)

any suggestions? i also have a coffefolia... but its not really doing well.

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It won't be any more beneficial to receive sunlight over artificial light. Anubias are slow growers and the extra light won't be proportional to growth. Algae would most likely be a problem too.
They look like they're doing better. Why did they almost die? They're a pretty hardy plant.
 
beviking said:
It won't be any more beneficial to receive sunlight over artificial light. Anubias are slow growers and the extra light won't be proportional to growth. Algae would most likely be a problem too.
They look like they're doing better. Why did they almost die? They're a pretty hardy plant.
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thanks, i had a hard time getting them to cling onto the driftwood.
even when i tried tying it with a fishing line...
also the leaves turned yellow because i tried to give it more light... didn't give it fertilizer...
they finally clung onto the wood when i stuck the roots into a whole in the driftwood:)

the other one i planted into gravel with the rhizome sticking out:)
i'm moving them out soon. since i'm moving my arowanas outdoors:)
would they need fertilizer?

thanks:)
 
They need nutrients. How they get them, from biological processes like fish waste or "artificially" like fertilizers, doesn't matter. They won't need much. You did read the sticky on fertilizers at the top of the page didn't you?
 
my anubias barteri are doing well in their tank..
but my coffefolia isn't doing too well..
i bought another coffefolia tied to a piece of wood.
would it benefit my other coffefolia if imoved it to a 2.5 gallon tank and try to grow it emersed? just the roots unfer the gravel... but leaving the rhizome out of the gravel?


just looked at my old coffefolia... and it also has many small leaves..
but the leaves aren't really that green..
is it ok? also i stuck them in a hole inn the driftwood and now the roots have clung on...
but the hole is not really that big... will it be ok for them to grow there?
what will happen if the rhizome or roots become too big for the hole?
 
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New leaves are lighter in color and will darken as they mature. Water changes replenish some nutrients the plants can use (in general). Do you know where your water comes from and what is in it, chlorine, chloramines, nitrates, phosphates, Mg, Ca, sulfates, iron?
If the roots are too big for the hole, they will grow out of the hole. I don't know about growing Anubias emersed.
 
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