Submersed Anubias hastifolia and frazeri?

[Sgooosh]

Hello! I recently just got two very large hastifolia and frazeri plants in those tube things, but I'm wondering what they look like submerged for a long time. Does anyone have any photos of these?
Thanks!

 

[CassCats]

Hastifolia here, from one of my older setups

 

[Sgooosh]

Hastifolia here, from one of my older setups
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nice! How fast does it grow new leaves, and does it do well submerged long term?

 

[Sgooosh]

here is my new one, hopefully the new leaves can also grow well

 

[CassCats]

nice! How fast does it grow new leaves, and does it do well submerged long term?

It's slow to grow. Mine did alright for a year or two until I needed to move it to another tank--which it didn't like and melted away lol.

Most anubias are pretty sturdy longterm. I've got some (nana, golden, barteri, caladifolia, coffeefolia, lanceolata, minima, and mini kirin) that have been kicking for 2-6 years submerged fine.

 

[Sgooosh]

It's slow to grow. Mine did alright for a year or two until I needed to move it to another tank--which it didn't like and melted away lol.

Most anubias are pretty sturdy longterm. I've got some (nana, golden, barteri, caladifolia, coffeefolia, lanceolata, minima, and mini kirin) that have been kicking for 2-6 years submerged fine.

thanks! I plan to keep at least a portion of this one in the tank i have it in now, so I hope it grows nicely.
I have some nana that's grown very fast, i find that nana grows so much faster than congensis for some reason, i bought 2 baby plants around 4-5 years ago and the nana has almost covered my whole tank, but the congensis just sized up a fair amount.

which anubias grow the largest leaves underwater for you?

 

[CassCats]

thanks! I plan to keep at least a portion of this one in the tank i have it in now, so I hope it grows nicely.
I have some nana that's grown very fast, i find that nana grows so much faster than congensis for some reason, i bought 2 baby plants around 4-5 years ago and the nana has almost covered my whole tank, but the congensis just sized up a fair amount.

which anubias grow the largest leaves underwater for you?

Caladiifolia. It's got wide heart shaped leaves. It's also a favourite of mine. Goldfish uprooted this one a couple months back.

Mini kirin though is by far my favourite of the anubias. It's sooo small, but grows pretty. I have it mixed in my buce in my betta tank.

Faster growing than nana is golden nana. That stuff is fast for anubias. It makes for a great bright colored plant for dimly lit blackwater tanks though, it pops because of its bright green color.

 

[Sgooosh]

Caladiifolia. It's got wide heart shaped leaves. It's also a favourite of mine. Goldfish uprooted this one a couple months back.

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Mini kirin though is by far my favourite of the anubias. It's sooo small, but grows pretty. I have it mixed in my buce in my betta tank.
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Faster growing than nana is golden nana. That stuff is fast for anubias. It makes for a great bright colored plant for dimly lit blackwater tanks though, it pops because of its bright green color.

Thanks! I'll definitely look for these! The mini stuff looks really nice! I've never seen a small one with sharp leaves.

 

[anewbie]

The conversion from emersed to submersed will go faster than the actual normal submersed growth because the plants will 'eat' the old leaves to create new leaves. I can't give you a time frame - but i will say 6 to 8 months later you might still have the emersed leaves - it takes a while. I have one huge Anubias Barteri 'Coffeefolia' which sadly is also one i like the least in terms of leaf shape/colour - but it just keeps growing and now the sucker is blooming. Oh well my chocolates like hiding their frys in it so i guess that is one positive aspect.

 

[Sgooosh]

The conversion from emersed to submersed will go faster than the actual normal submersed growth because the plants will 'eat' the old leaves to create new leaves. I can't give you a time frame - but i will say 6 to 8 months later you might still have the emersed leaves - it takes a while. I have one huge Anubias Barteri 'Coffeefolia' which sadly is also one i like the least in terms of leaf shape/colour - but it just keeps growing and now the sucker is blooming. Oh well my chocolates like hiding their frys in it so i guess that is one positive aspect.

nice, so you're saying that more submersed growth will grow while they are still transitioning? I find coffeefolia quite nice from the pictures, is it just in general that you don't prefer it or is it because it changed look when converting?

 

[anewbie]

nice, so you're saying that more submersed growth will grow while they are still transitioning? I find coffeefolia quite nice from the pictures, is it just in general that you don't prefer it or is it because it changed look when converting?

I'm saying don't remove the emersed leaves as the plant will use them to feed the growth of submersed leaves. My coffeefolia was purcahsed in submsered form - my dislike for it - is well just an opinion - one persons apple is another's orange

 

[Sgooosh]

Heres a cool variegated one i got a while back, its grown a few new leaves but the variegation isn’t as strong as on the emersed ones

 

[Sgooosh]

I'm saying don't remove the emersed leaves as the plant will use them to feed the growth of submersed leaves. My coffeefolia was purcahsed in submsered form - my dislike for it - is well just an opinion - one persons apple is another's orange

alright, that makes sense!- and for my variegated one, do you have any experience with the variegation not showing on new leaves?

 

[anewbie]

Well here is my 'platinum anubia' grown emersed:

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I have not purchased an anubias in about 18 years maybe more.

I bought smaller anubias, I filled many tanks from them over the years.