Anyone have experience growing these plants emersed? I have one that's growing this way one. For the last week I have been watching it sprouting a new leaf. It has a reddish tent to it. Is this normal for this plant in this form?
I always thought that leaf color had more to do with light intensity than anything else.
Leaves on my anubias usually start out very light green and then darken as they mature.
The ones I have under water do the same thing. The newer leaves are a light green then darken up when they mature. This is the first anubias that I have grow out of the water. The sprout has been reddish brown since it started growing and now that it has turned into a leaf it is the same a reddish brown.
Yes and I can also take some more pics of the setup so you can see how I have it done as well. I have to go to walmart first though. Posted via Mobile Device
This a 29 gallon tank that is filled half way with water to allow emersed plants to grow
The water line is actually a little lower then I normally have it due to having to fix an issue with my filter. I plan on filling it up more tomorrow when i do a water change.
I tried to get a pic of my dwarf puffer here but it didn't work to well lol
I don't pay attention to the humidity level in this tank but I do try and keep it somewhat closed/sealed up. I have a glass canopy on this tank with two T8 bulbs on top. I have a fat cat who I fought with for several days to stay off the this tank but before I actually managed to win she broke the canopy.
I not sure if you can see the crack in it or not but it goes through both panels of glass. (Stupid fat cat!)
Before this happen the tank held more humidity.
I also try to keep the 30" light fixture over the back of the tank to cover the section of the tank that isn't covered by the canopy
The water temp is 80. Also I dose flourish comprehensive 2x weekly. Daily I mist the emersed plants including the Anubias in question. The water has a few drops of comprehensive in it (thought I would it might help out :-?). The bulbs in the fixtures are just GE daylight bulbs 6500k. Not sure what other info you were looking for Redchigh but if you have other questions i will try and answer them the best I can. I have to go to petco later today or after Christmas. I might see about getting a humidity gauge.
I've been rolling arod a idea similiar to that, except with a molded faux rock background with a shelf for plants and a small waterfall....
Are your emersed anubius "planted" in the gravel?
Do you use root tabs for them?
Do you think saran wrap would work, or is glass or plexiglass better?
I to have several cats, and one will jump 4 feet from the floor up to the edge of a 10g open top tank to drink and stare at the minnows..
I only have one anubias that is Emersed. Its actually attached to a piece of driftwood. The driftwood top is out of the water. The Anubias is kind medium size so half of it is under water and the other half is above water but all of its roots are in the water.
I think in your case Plexiglas would work better. I had a solid piece cut to the size of my old 55 gallon tank cause I couldnt find a glass canopy to fit it. The Plexiglas works very well at holding up to fat cats LoL. It also retains moisture tank very well too. I actually had to drill some hokes in the Plexiglas so some moisture could evaporate.
I have been wondering about put some Saran warp under the back half of my glass. Not sure if I want to cover the whole thing in Saran warp as that would seem like it would be a pain to keep moving every time I need to get into the tank.
Also I made the basket that the plants are in out of that black mesh material that you can get from Michael's that ppl use to divide tanks with plus egg crate. It has MGOPC plus gravel in it. Its held up by 2 pieces of driftwood and 2 large suction cups.
Is Anubias not supposed to be emersed fully all the time? I have an Anubias that was out of the water for an hour or two and it almost dried up! It's fine now but prior to this I noticed it had some yellow tinge to some of the leaves. Is this because it is fully submerged?
Many aquarium plants (not all) are bog or marsh plants. Many spend half the year out of the water and the other half under water. Anubias sp. are in this class of plants. They do still need to be in a humid environment. With the humidity being around 90% and the temp between 78-86° I have mine in a closed top tank.
To answer you question about the yellowish leaves. That tends to happen with too much light. Under water they tend to do best with low lighting or under shade.
Today I bought a humidity gauge and a temp gauge just to see what the air space is. Yesterday I put saran wrap on the top of the tank under my glass canopy to keep the humidity up. I can already see a difference today and see that it is making a difference for humidity. So now I just need to put the gauges in and see what they are reading.
Ok so I just looked at the leaf today and its much greener. It still has a hunt of yellow but it looks like a new leaf does usually. I also just put the humidity gauge in and its reading about 80%. I think the humidity lvl will go up more since I have been opening the lid to get water out to thaw some blood worms for the puffer. The temp gauge is reading in the 70's soo maybe that will go up too. Posted via Mobile Device
The leaf isn't red anymore more of yellowish green now.
Its been neat watching this plants growth with the different shades the leaves go through.
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