Anubias
Anubias barteri
Aquatic Plants Difficulty: Easy
📖 About this plant
A hardy, slow-growing aquatic plant with thick, dark green, slightly waxy leaves. Perfect for beginners as it tolerates low light and a wide range of water conditions. Often attached to driftwood or rocks in aquascapes. Produces a creamy white flower spathe underwater or above the surface.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
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Light
Low to moderate light
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Water
Submerged in aquarium
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Humidity
N/A (fully aquatic)
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Temperature
20-28°C
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Soil
Can be planted in gravel or attached to driftwood and rocks — does not need substrate when epiphytic
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Fertilizer
Liquid aquarium fertilizer every 2 weeks, benefits from CO2 supplementation but not required
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- West Africa — Cameroon, Nigeria, Congo River region
- 📏 Max height
- 15-30 cm
- 📐 Spread
- 15-30 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Spring - Summer
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White, Cream
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Dark Green
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Slow
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Non-toxic to fish and humans, calcium oxalate crystals may irritate if ingested raw
- 🌱 Propagation
- Rhizome division — cut the rhizome into sections, each with 2-3 leaves
🛡️ Health & Safety
🐾 Pet safe
✅ Non-toxic
Non-toxic to fish and humans, calcium oxalate crystals may irritate if ingested raw
Common issues
- Rhizome rot if buried in substrate, Algae growth on slow-growing leaves, Botrytis if kept too humid emersed
💡 Care tips
- Attach to driftwood or rocks rather than burying the rhizome,Slow-growing but extremely hardy in aquarium settings,Tolerates a wide range of water conditions,Tough leathery leaves resist most herbivorous fish
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