Leaf colourgreen
Native range
- Cameroon
- Congo
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Gulf of Guinea Is.
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Nigeria
rhizome on stone and wood cichlid-proof midground background foreground nano tank Conservation status: LC
A variety of Anubias barteri with elliptic to lanceolate leaves, widespread in the West African tropics, from Guinea to Gabon. In the trade it is also found as 'Anubias minima' and 'Anubias lanceolata'.
- Light
- low
- Difficulty
- very easy
- Height
- 3 – 40 cm
- Temperature
- 12 – 30 °C
Parameters
Plant typerhizome
Growth rateslow
CO₂ demandlow
Tolerates lightlow – high
pH5 – 8
Carbonate hardness0 – 21 °dKH
General hardness0 – 30 °dGH
Placementon stone and wood +5
Propagationrhizome division, division +1
Grows emersedyes
Appearance
A collective name for forms of various sizes with elliptic to lanceolate leaves; it is not always possible to separate it clearly from the other varieties. It resembles var. angustifolia, but that one has more elongated blades. Height 10–20 cm, plant width 10–30 cm.
Keeping
Less well known than var. nana, but just as undemanding. Growth very slow. Light from dim to bright, CO₂ 5–40 mg/l, temperature 22–26 °C.
Placement
Tie it to a stone or wood, wedge it between stones, attach it with suckers to the glass, or plant it in the substrate — keep the horizontal stem above the substrate, or it will rot. Midground and foreground, cichlid tanks, nano aquarium.
Trade names
Small plants were imported from Cameroon as 'Anubias minima' and are still labelled that way. 'Anubias lanceolata' is also a synonym, used for larger plants with narrowly lanceolate leaves. 'Anubias kruising' is also placed here.
Fish and this plant
Water conditions match
The water suits 1034 of 1249 species in the catalogue — these are the ones people look up most often.
Swordtail GuppiesCobra GuppyBlood Red MollyButterflyfishRed Zebra CichlidJulii CorydorasFeatherfin SynodontisRed-finned ParotocinclusGastromyzon monticolaEgg-shaped GoldfishFlame TetraGardner's KillifishAfrican TetraKenyi CichlidCuckoo CatfishGolden SwordtailHypsolebias picturatusCommon ZaccoLabeo BicolorGambusiaFlying barbGastromyzon scitulusAlbino Zebra DanioGeophagus Brokopondo
Will eat this plant
These species damage plants, especially when their diet is short of vegetable food.
Bengal LoachZebra LoachBurmese Border LoachEmperor BotiaSpined LoachMarbled HeadstanderPellegrin's LeporinusLeporinus striatusFalse Black TetraCommon MetynnisMylossoma duriventreRed Whiptail CatfishMolly sphenopsBalloon MollyLyretail MollyMarble MollyHi-Fin PlatyHawaii PlatyBlue PlatyPintail PlatyBlack PlatyChocolate MollyMoonlight GouramiMelanotaenia parva