Anubia Question

[Quepea]

Hi.
I got an anubia for my aquarium (it's been around 1 and a half months now) and its now seems to be getting holes and black dots on it's leaves.


Any suggestions on what it is and how i can treat it?

[Colin_T]

Hi and welcome to the forum

Anubias plants are marsh or garden plants and don't grow fast when kept underwater. They are also grown out of water and have terrestrial leaves when you buy them. These leaves die when kept submerged and start to break down and rot away. New smaller leaves usually grow in their place.

Basically you have a plant that was grown out of water and is now losing its terrestrial leaves.

If you have brown spots on leaves and it rubs off easily, it is usually algae. A mystery snail or small algae eating catfish will normally clean it up. However, make sure the water chemistry (GH, KH & pH) and tank size and tank mates are suitable for the catfish.

[Quepea]

Thanks for the reply. Ill give it some time and see how things turn out.
What's weird though is that i got it from an aquarium so i assume those leaves were already grown in a submerged environment. Then again it could be slowly adapting to it's new tank

[Aiken Drum]

My LFS takes the pre-packaged plants and transfers them to a display tank for sale. It can take months for growth to transition from emersed to submerged, the plants wont be kept at the store long enough for this to happen.

If you obtained the plant from an established aquarium and it was kept in there long enough to transition, thats another issue.