Anubias barteri Nana, best way to plant it - Page 2 - Aquarium Advice

mr funktastic · 07-06-2006, 01:22 AM

i just got one aswell

have been looking for it for a while. i planted mine in the substrate though. left the green stem part above the soil then burried the roots. they are amazing little plants and i cant wait to see the growth from mine.

JRagg · 07-06-2006, 01:32 AM

I got one a little while ago and I'm just now seeing it start to grow. The rhizome on mine was only about an inch long when I got it, and now I've got two new leaves coming out. Really neat looking plant, I can't wait for it to get bigger so I can split it and have more than one (I paid too much for it at the pet store and I'd rather not spend that much again).

mr funktastic · 07-06-2006, 01:41 AM

how much is 2 much? i dropped 10 bucks on mine but the rhizome was almost 2 inches and it is a tropica plant. it has like 10 or more leaves on it already.

fish_4_all · 07-06-2006, 01:44 AM

I paid $8 or so for mine. 3 inch rhizome and 9 leaves and potted. It wasn't grown there but was placed there afterwards. It had been sitting at my lfs for a while and grew a little into the rockwool. Is very healthy and very green. $10 is a little higher than I would have paid but well worth it for a healthy plant, especially as slow as they are supposed to grow.

mr funktastic · 07-06-2006, 02:08 AM

well i paid for the name. like i said it was a tropica plant. it was also potted in rockwool and i bought it from big als so it was in a waterfall set up plant system with metal halide light and co2 injection. the plant is in impecable conddition and i just went and looked at it and it is larger than i thought. it actually has about 15 to 20 leaves on it. here it is.

JRagg · 07-06-2006, 09:02 AM

I paid $10.99 (USD) for a 1 inch rhizome with about 5 leaves. I'm just excited to see it growing, that would have been a fairly expensive loss.

The place where I'm forced to buy most of my stuff is very expensive.

joannde · 07-06-2006, 09:30 AM

Hm, I got mine off of eBay for (don't faint) $3.75, unpotted. They had a 1 - 2" rhizome and 6 leaves each. Two of them had flower buds. Great seller. If anyone wants the name PM me.

fish_4_all · 07-07-2006, 12:19 AM

I keep seeing deals on Ebay and keep thinking about trying them but shipping to my home town is a crap shoot at best. It always takes and extra day or 3 for anything that comes from out of state. In state, 1-2 days regular mail, out of state, I don't think most shipping companies even know Aberdeen exists.

Anyway, nice plant. We should keep it up to date on how many leaves we get every month to get a profile for this popular plant.

JRagg · 07-07-2006, 12:36 AM

I'm actually probably going to get most of my plants online from now on. eBay or Aquabid. If you find someone shipping from the US that will ship priority mail you can usually get a pretty good deal. Definitely better than where I normally get plants. Crypts are cheap, exotics are... well not so cheap.

fish_4_all, You'd be surprised what delivery guys can find. I worked for FedEx Ground one summer and helped deliver packages occaisionally. I'm absolutely amazed we even found some of the stops that we went to. People who didn't have mailboxes (only P.O. Boxes) and we would drive 45 minutes out of the way to deliver one package.

But I digress... nana's... go!

07-06-2006, 01:32 AM	#12
JRagg Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 847 Images: 3	I got one a little while ago and I'm just now seeing it start to grow. The rhizome on mine was only about an inch long when I got it, and now I've got two new leaves coming out. Really neat looking plant, I can't wait for it to get bigger so I can split it and have more than one (I paid too much for it at the pet store and I'd rather not spend that much again). __________________ 10g Heavily planted - 1 mating pair of Apistogramma Cacatuoides "Orangeflash" and a whole lot of MTS

07-06-2006, 09:02 AM	#16
JRagg Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 847 Images: 3	I paid $10.99 (USD) for a 1 inch rhizome with about 5 leaves. I'm just excited to see it growing, that would have been a fairly expensive loss. The place where I'm forced to buy most of my stuff is very expensive. __________________ 10g Heavily planted - 1 mating pair of Apistogramma Cacatuoides "Orangeflash" and a whole lot of MTS

07-06-2006, 09:30 AM	#17
joannde Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 1,724 Images: 6	Hm, I got mine off of eBay for (don't faint) $3.75, unpotted. They had a 1 - 2" rhizome and 6 leaves each. Two of them had flower buds. Great seller. If anyone wants the name PM me. __________________ 35G barebottom: 2 boesemani rainbowfish, 4 congo tetras, Low light plants (1.5wpg) attached to or planted in my own handmade ceramics - Anubia v Nana, Anubia v Barteri, Red Rubin Sword 2.5G - Spot (beautiful betta - Soft pink with red spots on his fins. Java Moss.

07-07-2006, 12:36 AM	#19
JRagg Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 847 Images: 3	I'm actually probably going to get most of my plants online from now on. eBay or Aquabid. If you find someone shipping from the US that will ship priority mail you can usually get a pretty good deal. Definitely better than where I normally get plants. Crypts are cheap, exotics are... well not so cheap. fish_4_all, You'd be surprised what delivery guys can find. I worked for FedEx Ground one summer and helped deliver packages occaisionally. I'm absolutely amazed we even found some of the stops that we went to. People who didn't have mailboxes (only P.O. Boxes) and we would drive 45 minutes out of the way to deliver one package. But I digress... nana's... go! __________________ 10g Heavily planted - 1 mating pair of Apistogramma Cacatuoides "Orangeflash" and a whole lot of MTS

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07-06-2006, 01:22 AM	#11
mr funktastic Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: alliston, ON Posts: 2,220 Images: 17	i just got one aswell have been looking for it for a while. i planted mine in the substrate though. left the green stem part above the soil then burried the roots. they are amazing little plants and i cant wait to see the growth from mine.

07-06-2006, 01:41 AM	#13
mr funktastic Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: alliston, ON Posts: 2,220 Images: 17	how much is 2 much? i dropped 10 bucks on mine but the rhizome was almost 2 inches and it is a tropica plant. it has like 10 or more leaves on it already.

07-06-2006, 01:44 AM	#14
fish_4_all Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aberdeen, WA Posts: 1,809 Images: 4	I paid $8 or so for mine. 3 inch rhizome and 9 leaves and potted. It wasn't grown there but was placed there afterwards. It had been sitting at my lfs for a while and grew a little into the rockwool. Is very healthy and very green. $10 is a little higher than I would have paid but well worth it for a healthy plant, especially as slow as they are supposed to grow.

07-06-2006, 02:08 AM	#15
mr funktastic Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: alliston, ON Posts: 2,220 Images: 17	well i paid for the name. like i said it was a tropica plant. it was also potted in rockwool and i bought it from big als so it was in a waterfall set up plant system with metal halide light and co2 injection. the plant is in impecable conddition and i just went and looked at it and it is larger than i thought. it actually has about 15 to 20 leaves on it. here it is.

07-07-2006, 12:19 AM	#18
fish_4_all Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aberdeen, WA Posts: 1,809 Images: 4	I keep seeing deals on Ebay and keep thinking about trying them but shipping to my home town is a crap shoot at best. It always takes and extra day or 3 for anything that comes from out of state. In state, 1-2 days regular mail, out of state, I don't think most shipping companies even know Aberdeen exists. Anyway, nice plant. We should keep it up to date on how many leaves we get every month to get a profile for this popular plant.

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