Currently, I have about thirty Anubias nana 'petite' plants. I started out with just two plants and just divided the rhizomes over the years. As with other species from the anubias genus, growth is rather slow. I would like to speed up their growth rate.
I'm thinking about putting my plants into a 10 gallon tank with 55 watts. I know that I'm just asking for algae, but I would probably dose Excel to combat this as well as add a carbon source. Even if a use Excel, will I still get algae?
The other method that I'm thinking about doing is growing my plants emersed. From what I've read, many marginal plants grow much faster when their leaves are exposed to the air. I think that some anubias plants grow extremely large when emersed, will my plants do the same? Obviously, I want my leaves to stay small on the 'petite.'
I just want faster growth, so which method should I use?
I'm thinking about putting my plants into a 10 gallon tank with 55 watts. I know that I'm just asking for algae, but I would probably dose Excel to combat this as well as add a carbon source. Even if a use Excel, will I still get algae?
The other method that I'm thinking about doing is growing my plants emersed. From what I've read, many marginal plants grow much faster when their leaves are exposed to the air. I think that some anubias plants grow extremely large when emersed, will my plants do the same? Obviously, I want my leaves to stay small on the 'petite.'
I just want faster growth, so which method should I use?