Anubis 'nana' Petite

[MoreCoffee]

Hi,


I'm doing a rework on one of my tanks and after being badly let down on my Tropica order through Birstall garden centre (some items not ordered, some covered in algae and some badly damaged) I'm doing the re work with the plants I have.

I know many aquarium plants are not grown fully submerged, but does anybody know if Anubais Bart 'nana' petite will grow with the roots in water and the leaves above the surface ?

Basically it will be attached to bogwood with the leaves above the water, there is a constant supply of water running down the bogwood (mini waterfall effect), the water flows around the base of the plant and over the roots. The roots should soon grow down over the wood and into the water.

I'm fairly happy that the roots will have a constant supply of water, but will this be enough for the plant to grow.

Thanks


Mr G

 

[Themuleous]

I've not tried it but I reckon it probably would. Being such a root feeder it'll be able to get ferts from the water and CO2 from the air. Certainly worth a try I would say

 

[MoreCoffee]

I've not tried it but I reckon it probably would. Being such a root feeder it'll be able to get ferts from the water and CO2 from the air. Certainly worth a try I would say

Thanks for the reply.......

I've tapped into the return pipe from my Eden501 external filter, most of the returning water continues on to the spray bar, but a small piece of airline tubing has been tapped and runs a small stream through a tiny hole in the bogwood. The Anubis is sitting in this stream, it has some decent roots on it and these sit in the stream as it runs down the bogwood. It addition to this, if the roots grow another 1/2" inch then they will reach down into the water of the tank.

I set this up this morning as was just wondering if anybody knew this would fail !
Once I've finnished the planting, I'm going to update the journal for this tank.


....Al

 

[ChrisC]

More importantly then if it can be grown out of the water properly, where did you get nana petite in the uk? I've been looking for that stuff for ages!

BTW, the tank sounds really interesting, have you got any pics? Anubias is an amphibious plant.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[MoreCoffee]

More importantly then if it can be grown out of the water properly, where did you get nana petite in the uk? I've been looking for that stuff for ages!

BTW, the tank sounds really interesting, have you got any pics? Anubias is an amphibious plant.

Thanks,
Chris

I got the nana petite from a LFS. They just had 2 sitting there in pots ..... had to buy them !