Anubias - Advice On Stopping It Attracting Algea!

[craynerd]

Hi all,

I have a piece of anubias at the foot of my bogwood. Not the latest picture but you can see its position:

My tank is primarily algea free, but the anubias seems to be a magnet for the stuff! It gets like little dark green patches and also a few light green patches. It isnt easy to get off either, even scrubbing it!

If i can`t find a cure for this pretty soon, its comming out of the tank!

Any thoughts or advice?

Chris

 

[soggyhome]

I think you have got to shade it m8, they like low light conditions

 

[craynerd]

oops, its got 2.4wpg on it full pelt!

 

[leafs]

I had the same problem with mine. I just moved it under a plant for shade and it's doing fine now. They don't need too much light.

 

[soggyhome]

oops, its got 2.4wpg on it full pelt!

Lol maybe another piece of bogwood over to form shaded area or a tall plant would help it thrive

 

[lljdma06]

oops, its got 2.4wpg on it full pelt!

Lol maybe another piece of bogwood over to form shaded area or a tall plant would help it thrive

You have to shade it. I shade mine with duckweed, but wood or a tall plant will do just as well.

 

[qwikimpss]

I have the same problem with mine, get a full 3 wpg. I gotta literally scrape the algae off of the leaves every other weekend with a fingernail. Altho It doesn't seem to stunt their growth! Mine are pretty big and two of the 5 are flowering right now!