planted125 Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 hi, i have had almost all of my anubias plants rot out and die over a 3-4 week period, and am wondering if anybody else has had this happen. i ordered these plants with a group of echinodorus and some bulb plants, which have all flourished in my tank. i bought these anubias var -afzelii -bateri var. caladifolia -congensis -heterophylla var. lanceolata they were all huge, over 16 inches. over the course of 3 weeks almost every one of the anubias plants i bought has rotted out. it starts out dark around the stem and gradually the rhizome rots out. when if first received these plants everything looked nice and green except the roots on the anubias were brown. i just figured it was stress from shipping. thanks bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 DId you plant them in the gravel or have them attached to a decoration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planted125 Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 nope, i just let them sit on the gravel with lead weights around the rhizome bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 If the rhizome is in the gravel, even 1/2, it will rot. However, I've kept many different Anubias spp. just as you mentioned - without the lead weight - and have had no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planted125 Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 i put the anubias plants into my cichlid tank and set the plants in and around and on my lava rocks and the rhizome was only set on top of the gravel in places . because the roots were all brown i wanted to make sure they had a good chance to sprout a bit before tying them down. another part of the reason for the lead weights was to keep them from being blown around my tank. one of my anubias plants was closer to 20 inches so a lot of plant to get caught in the current. i'am down to my last 3 plants and i already have the darkening of the stem happening to these also i wonder if it has anything to do with the size of these plants. i have had lots of other anubias plants but they never got bigger then 6-7 inches. the ones that i got are the biggest ones i have ever seen. its just sad to see them all melt away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werner Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Given the size, I'd suspect they they were not grown submerged. You might want to try pulling the remaining ones mostly out of the water and giving them a shot as "marsh plants". If they survive and get a bit stronger, then you could try to convert them to submerged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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