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Anubias

Anubias nana

Portrait of Anubias: leathery deep-green oval leaves on short petioles along a creeping rhizome

Essential gear

  • Driftwood or rock
  • Cotton thread or plant glue
  • Medium-low light
  • Liquid fertilizer (optional)

Lighting

Low–moderate

CO2

Optional

Water temperature

22–28°C

Placement

Midground epiphyte

Tie to hardscape; do not use as a foreground lawn

Growth

Slow

One or two new leaves a month is normal.

Hardness

Soft to medium

Not fussy about water chemistry—burying the rhizome is the real risk

Suggested habitat

Tie mid-wood in planted tanks; in vivariums or stream paludariums half the leaves can emerge. Same species—works submerged or emergent; don’t treat it as a terrestrial pot plant.

Plates are husbandry references—not build plans or generator parameters. Check your own water, vessel, and stocking before you act.