Moving an Anubias

[UpNorth77]

Hello All,

 

Say I am wondering if it is possible to move an Anubias plant.  It is growing in one direction which I believe to be normal but I as a noob put the plant right in the center of the wood.  Can I gently lift up or remove it and slide it all the way down the log so it will continue to grow over the remainder of the wood?  Also, the non-growing end seems to have lost it's leaves and no longer sprouts any there.  Should I leave that section as is or can I remove that also by cutting the rhizome?

 

Here is a photo... I'd like to slide it to the right.

 

sorry for the cloudy water.. combination of cleaning and bad lighting from a window....

 

anyway Thanks ahead of time

 

 

[Fish Folk]

The key is not damaging the rhizome. Roots can be cut as necessary, and leaves can be lost. But this rhizome — the stalky, “caterpillar-like” stem that leaves and roots both shoot out of — that must not be damaged…

Edited February 26, 2022 by Fish Folk

[UpNorth77]

Thanks... 

 

If you don't mind me picking your brain... Lower in the photo.. behind the roots and on the lower section of wood.. there is another anubias that was put there at the same time as the HUGE one on top.  The lower one has never done a thing.  It doesn't grow... doesn't extend.. nothing.. Do you think it's a light thing??  Like it's too low or not enough light, therefore stumping it's growth?  I could move them both if need be.  Move the huge one as far right as possible and let it continue to grow to the left .. covering the upper section.  Or move the lower one up to the right side and higher so it would get more light>?

 

thoughts?

It also seems that is where all of the algae in the tank grows.  I have a Siamese algae eater in there... and there were a couple of snails.  However, the snails have passed into snail heaven.. and the Siamese algae eater is somewhere between 3.5 - 4" long ... he doesn't seem interested in that algae.  

 

Any thoughts on what to put in the tank to help clean the plants leaves of algae??

[Odd Duck]

With a rhizome that long, you could cut it into several sections and attach them so they grow to meet/cover the base of the current plant.  Cutting it would likely also trigger some sprouting from the original section of rhizome.  This undertaking is not without risk because you could lose sections of rhizome, or potentially lose all of it, but that’s uncommon if the sections all stay in the same tank.  Make certain your scissors are clean and keep your water extra clean for a few weeks.  I’ve divided Anubias and Bucephalandra this way and had decent luck procreating them.

I would recommend that you cut at least 2 sections.  Each should have at least 2-3 root and leaf nodes.  I would attach them so they’ll grow toward each other in opposite directions and cover each other’s rhizomes as they grow.  You want them to kind of interweave as they grow.  Hopefully you can position one so it will also grow past the oldest “bare” section of rhizome.

That bit behind may not be getting as much light.  You might be able to slide your light back further on the tank.  May only take an inch or so.  If you can increase water flow across the Anubias, they tend to get less algae.

Edited February 27, 2022 by Odd Duck

[Mydonkeyfish]

On 2/26/2022 at 7:21 PM, UpNorth77 said:

Thanks... 

 

If you don't mind me picking your brain... Lower in the photo.. behind the roots and on the lower section of wood.. there is another anubias that was put there at the same time as the HUGE one on top.  The lower one has never done a thing.  It doesn't grow... doesn't extend.. nothing.. Do you think it's a light thing??  Like it's too low or not enough light, therefore stumping it's growth?  I could move them both if need be.  Move the huge one as far right as possible and let it continue to grow to the left .. covering the upper section.  Or move the lower one up to the right side and higher so it would get more light>?

 

thoughts?

It also seems that is where all of the algae in the tank grows.  I have a Siamese algae eater in there... and there were a couple of snails.  However, the snails have passed into snail heaven.. and the Siamese algae eater is somewhere between 3.5 - 4" long ... he doesn't seem interested in that algae.  

 

Any thoughts on what to put in the tank to help clean the plants leaves of algae??

I left the light off for 3 days and my anubias grew more leaves. If that is helpful