Anubias Round Leaf care guide
Anubias Round Leaf (Anubias barteri 'Round Leaf') — low light, 22-28 °C, pH 6-7.8, no CO2.
Overview
Anubias Round Leaf (Anubias barteri 'Round Leaf') is a broad-leaved plant of the family Araceae, grown as an aquarium plant. Cultivar of Anubias barteri with almost circular dark-green leaves on short petioles. Forms a tidy, dense epiphytic clump on driftwood. Slow growing and tolerant of a wide range of conditions.
Taxonomy
- Family: Araceae
- Genus: Anubias
- Scientific name: Anubias barteri 'Round Leaf'
- Common synonyms: Anubias barteri round leaf
Habitat
Anubias species are aroids native to tropical West and Central Africa, growing on rocks, logs and stream banks both submersed and emersed in shaded forest streams. In the Aquairi knowledge base this species is recorded from West Africa.
Growth requirements
- Lighting: low
- CO2: not required
- Temperature: 22-28 °C (72-82 °F)
- pH: 6-7.8
- GH: 3-14 °dGH
- Substrate: any
- Maximum height: 15 cm
- Growth rate: slow
- Nutrient demand: low
- Recommended placement: epiphyte on wood or rock
Placement
In aquascapes this plant grows as an epiphyte on wood or rock. It is best fixed by rhizome to wood or rock; the rhizome must remain above the substrate, otherwise it rots. Shading by taller plants reduces algae on the slow-growing leaves.
Propagation
This species is multiplied vegetatively by rhizome division, each cut section retaining at least one leaf and a root cluster before being re-attached to hardscape.
Common issues
Anubias rot, a soft blackened rhizome, usually follows substrate burial or chronic poor water quality; spot and brush algae on old leaves are controlled by lower light and leaf removal.