Microsorum Pteropus "narrow", Anubius Barteri How To Care For

[benjoey]

Hi I've just bought an anubias barteri nana and microsorum pteropus, a moss ball and TPN+.So a few questions I would like to ask are:
1. General care for these plants?
2. Having a low tech tank I should be ok pretty much leaving them to themselves right?
3. I have left the plants in the pots for now as I am adding new fish to the tank and want to let them settle in before I start disrupting them, Should ?I take them out in a couple of days?
4. Are both these plants rhizomes? Because they have roots and I didn't think Rhizome plants have roots?

Oh should say photoperiod is 6 hours, Lighting is 1.5 W / Gallon

Thanks for all the replies i'm sure will come

 

[ian]

Hi I've just bought an anubias barteri nana and microsorum pteropus, a moss ball and TPN+.So a few questions I would like to ask are:
1. General care for these plants? very easy, as you already know the rhizomes do have to be above the substrate, so generaly attatched to wood or rock
2. Having a low tech tank I should be ok pretty much leaving them to themselves right?yep leave them and they will grow slowly
3. I have left the plants in the pots for now as I am adding new fish to the tank and want to let them settle in before I start disrupting them, Should ?I take them out in a couple of days?they should be ok for a couple of days, above the substrate
4. Are both these plants rhizomes? Because they have roots and I didn't think Rhizome plants have roots?they still have roots, and the roots may bury themselves under the substrate, the rhizome has to stay above or i will rot.

Oh should say photoperiod is 6 hours, Lighting is 1.5 W / Gallon

Thanks for all the replies i'm sure will come

as for the moss ball, just move it position every week to keep it in a ball, they tend to flatten out if not moved around a bit.

 

[benjoey]

so the rhizome is the part where the leaves are growing out? do the roots need to be buried or will they be ok above the substrate?

I forgot to ask aswell my tank is also planted with cabomba, 2 small amazon swords and some small twisted vallis(which arent doing too well) so I bought some TPN+ it says to dose 10ml for 100 L should I do less as the tnk is not really heavily planted?

 

[Ryefish]

The rhizome is the chunky part where the leaves are coming out of. i have a java fern sat on top of the substrate that i just dropped in the tank that is doing pretty well. The plants will root themselves in to the substrate if you leave them.

 

[Nick16]

anubias and Java fern are the most easy plants to look after. anyone can do it!

eventually after the roots make it into the substrate you might start getting flowers if they like the conditions.

as you can see, if left anubias can make a lovely tank!

Many fish wont eat them either as they are too waxy. Most fish wont eat JF either.

cheers

 

[benjoey]

well I have now taken the java fern out of its pot and removed al the sponge, not easy lol the roots were growing through all the sponge so I had to pull it off bit by bit, I think I've removed quite a few roots , wil this affect the plant?

I then attached the rhizome to a small piece of terracotta using cotton was not easy lol very fiddly. Think I might buy some pre attached plants to bogwood next time lol

 

[pauld]

well I have now taken the java fern out of its pot and removed al the sponge, not easy lol the roots were growing through all the sponge so I had to pull it off bit by bit, I think I've removed quite a few roots , wil this affect the plant?

I then attached the rhizome to a small piece of terracotta using cotton was not easy lol very fiddly. Think I might buy some pre attached plants to bogwood next time lol

use elastic bands much easier