Mother pots

[KALgxh]

Does anyone have experience with mother pots? More specifically, anubias mother pots? I have some anubias in my tank but they’re all small, so I’m thinking of getting a mother pot for my betta. Has anyone had problems with them melting back?

[Guppysnail]

Some do and some do not for me. I have the best luck if I remove the pot and rock wool right away. I ordered 6 mother plants. 4 did not melt 2 did 🤪

[nabokovfan87]

Most anubias can be pretty forgiving in terms of melting back.  A mother pot vs. some other size pot just usually refers to the size of the plant.  For a betta, I think you'd be fine with basically anything that says "anubias" on the label regardless of size of the initial plant.  You can even use suction cups and some thread/fishing line to tie the plants up high for the betta to rest on.  🙂

The main thing is to just check the rhizome when you first get them for signs of decay and see what you can see. 

[tolstoy21]

On 10/30/2023 at 1:45 PM, KALgxh said:

Does anyone have experience with mother pots? More specifically, anubias mother pots? I have some anubias in my tank but they’re all small, so I’m thinking of getting a mother pot for my betta. Has anyone had problems with them melting back?

The anubias mother pots I have received from a well-known online purveyor of aquatic plants were large and wonderful. The only time I have seen anubias melt is once when I put some meds in my tank that the plants clearly did not appreciate.

Edited November 6, 2023 by tolstoy21