Dying anubia nana - suggestions

[Rasbo]

Just setting up a new tank using the dry start method, been two weeks now. HC is getting going, pogo is starting to show new growth and pygmy sword looking fine. Christmas moss attached to wood showing new growth but anubia leaves are dying. Probably my fault as they had a little algae so when I split the rhizomes I wiped leaves with Easycarbo and rinsed them before attaching to the wood. The other possibility is that it is too cold as whilst the tank is in a centrally heated room it is probably at the minimum that anubia would like. All four plants are in similar state.

My question is should I ditch them and take new cuttings or just remove the dead leaves and wait for new growth?

 

[Vinkenoog1977]

Did you use pure,undiluted Easycarbo? If so, they are doomed; did the same thing myself not too long ago, and undiluted liquid CO2 sterilises the plant, and they will die off.

 

[Mick.Dk]

If you only "wiped leaves" when using EasyCarbo........there's a reasonably good chance, that you also only "wiped out" leaves. If you can mobilise patience and tolerate the ugly looks, you could choose to just remove doomed leaves and wait for possible, new growth from rhizome (stem). It might take quite some time, before new growth show - if at all, though !!

 

[parotet]

Hi all

My two cents: I have a clear plastic container in the terrace with some bits of plants. It is my personal reserve of plants I don't want to lose. Stems plants are really easy to keep, some light, some daily spraying and that's all. When it is hot they grow like mad. But I have found some plants are really difficult to keep in this condition, i.e. Anubias, Bolbitis and Microsorum. They need much more constant spraying and adaptation is not easy at all (my guess is that the crucial point is adaptation and they grow very slowly which makes this part more difficult). Actually I keep the stem plants in spare plastic containers with some substrate. The large plastic container that hold the small ones is filled with a few cm of water and the only way to keep the above mentioned species is having them semi flooded, so most of the parts of the plant are really submersed. It is harder but worth it... Emersed Bolbitis is even more beautiful than submersed!

Jordi