Anubias Barteri Var. ‘Nana Petite’ is a great plant to add onto driftwood or to attach to rock pieces like lava rock; due to it’s smaller leaves in comparison to most Anubias species, this plant makes a great foreground plant.

All Anubias species are slow growing plants which prefer shaded conditions, although they will grow under med/high light but you may have algae issues since the leaves take so long to grow.

Anubias species can always be quite expensive, here in Canada Anubias is commonly sold at $1 per leaf for the Barteri species and can increase significantly when dealing with species like Coffeefolia or Bangkok.

The great thing about Anubias is their tolerability to a wide variety of conditions like temperature and PH; however Anubias is best grown in either hard water or acidic water with low light, in the neutral PH state Anubias does not grow as well.

As always here are the specs of the tank it’s being kept in:

PH- 7.4 at night, 6.5 during the day when CO2 is on.
Temperature- 74-76
Lighting- 30″ Dual bulb T5HO – 6700k and Rosette bulb (7 hours per day). 24″ Dual bulb T5HO – 6700k and Rosette bulb (2 hours per day during the middle of the 7 hour lighting period)
Filtration- Marineland C220 Canister Filter
Substrate- Flourite Dark, Flourite Red, Flourite Black Sand, Muriate of Potash, Dolomite, Mineralized Top Soil, and Natural red clay from the earth.
Water Changes- X 1 a week
Dosing- Alternate Micro and Macro ( 1 day Micro, 1 Day Macro, etc)