The anubias plant is an evergreen creeping grass and is not a very frequent visitor in the aquarium, as it is somewhat capricious in content, it grows slowly enough. To keep it in water, you need a nutrient soil with a lot of organic substances, since all useful substances anubias receives with the help of roots. In the aquarium, where anubias grows, water should be regularly refreshed.
It is very important for these plants to have proper lighting , it should not be excessive, so as not to cause fouling of anubias by algae. There are about 10 different species of aquarium anubias.
How to plant and multiply anubius in an aquarium?
Before planting anubias in an aquarium, nutrients should be added to the ground. They can be taken from another aquarium, in which this plant grows, in the form of silt. You can also use clay and a mixture of clay and peat. The primer should have a layer of at least 10-15 cm, substrate for the soil may be river sand, small pebbles, peat and humus.
Before planting plants, it is necessary to put nutrient additives in the new soil under the very roots, additional fertilizing is not necessary for the plant, after 1 or 2 months in the aquarium, silt is formed, it is quite sufficient for feeding anubius.
Reproduction of anubias in the aquarium occurs by dividing the rhizome, it is highly branched in the plant. From the mother plant should be very carefully, without damaging the uterine bush, to separate the lower part with 3-5 roots and 4-6 leaves, and transplant the processes into the free space. On the plant next to the cut after one or two months, a new kidney will appear, but new buds can form and in other places on the rhizome.
One of the Anubius species
Dwarfish anubias is planted in the aquarium in the foreground in groups, in which several plants are united and is shade-loving, therefore, bright illumination and direct sunlight should be avoided for its maintenance. Large shrubs are considered to have reached a height of 10 cm.
Dwarfish anubias reacts rather badly to poor quality water in the aquarium, so water must be filtered and weekly updated to ΒΌ of the existing volume. The optimal temperature for the content of dwarf anubius in the aquarium varies between 24-28 degrees, at a lower temperature, the growth of the plant slows or stops altogether.