Regular Member MoonPi Posted January 20, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 20, 2015 I think that the first one looks a little funky. Take it out, and give it a feel. Specifically try to give the brownish areas a little squeeze. I think that one might be a goner, but I could be mistaken. It does look like some of the other stems are going to start melting soon. The second one I'd just pull off the melted stem, and let it grow. If you see it start to deteriorate further, address it then. Do you have kH/gH/pH readings for this tank? I'm sorry if I missed it before, but it does help to give the big picture. The GH - 150 KH - 120 PH - 7.8 Should I still pull the first one out of the substrate and tie it to a rock? Also, how do I cut the roots? Can I cut them like 2 inches from the rhizome? Thanks again for helping me. [emoji4] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member yafashelli Posted January 20, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 20, 2015 I think that the first one looks a little funky. Take it out, and give it a feel. Specifically try to give the brownish areas a little squeeze. I think that one might be a goner, but I could be mistaken. It does look like some of the other stems are going to start melting soon. The second one I'd just pull off the melted stem, and let it grow. If you see it start to deteriorate further, address it then. Do you have kH/gH/pH readings for this tank? I'm sorry if I missed it before, but it does help to give the big picture. The GH - 150KH - 120 PH - 7.8 Should I still pull the first one out of the substrate and tie it to a rock? Also, how do I cut the roots? Can I cut them like 2 inches from the rhizome? Thanks again for helping me. [emoji4] Just remove the melted parts. Anything that doesn't look green is suspect. Just take a sharp pair of scissors, or a knife, and snip at the rhizome. A clean cut is best. You don't need to cut the roots; you're looking to make a thin slice from the thick green piece that the roots come off of. If the inside of the rhizome is brownish, where you snip, that section will not recover, and should be discarded. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jeana727 Posted January 20, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 20, 2015 At 1st I kept mine in little pots with gravel....I just didn't have much success. Then I was told to tie or glue it to driftwood. Since I started using fishing line to tie it my Anubias it has gotten huge! I have divided it & now have a big "mother plant" & a second really good sized 2nd plant! I used fishing line at first & have since cut that off once the plants roots attached to the driftwood. Each plant is very firmly attached! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member MoonPi Posted January 20, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 20, 2015 I think that the first one looks a little funky. Take it out, and give it a feel. Specifically try to give the brownish areas a little squeeze. I think that one might be a goner, but I could be mistaken. It does look like some of the other stems are going to start melting soon. The second one I'd just pull off the melted stem, and let it grow. If you see it start to deteriorate further, address it then. Do you have kH/gH/pH readings for this tank? I'm sorry if I missed it before, but it does help to give the big picture. The GH - 150KH - 120 PH - 7.8 Should I still pull the first one out of the substrate and tie it to a rock? Also, how do I cut the roots? Can I cut them like 2 inches from the rhizome? Thanks again for helping me. [emoji4] Just remove the melted parts. Anything that doesn't look green is suspect. Just take a sharp pair of scissors, or a knife, and snip at the rhizome. A clean cut is best. You don't need to cut the roots; you're looking to make a thin slice from the thick green piece that the roots come off of. If the inside of the rhizome is brownish, where you snip, that section will not recover, and should be discarded. Oh! Ok. Will do! [emoji4] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member MoonPi Posted January 20, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 20, 2015 At 1st I kept mine in little pots with gravel....I just didn't have much success. Then I was told to tie or glue it to driftwood. Since I started using fishing line to tie it my Anubias it has gotten huge! I have divided it & now have a big "mother plant" & a second really good sized 2nd plant! I used fishing line at first & have since cut that off once the plants roots attached to the driftwood. Each plant is very firmly attached! Fishing line! I actually have that! That's awesome you were able to split it! [emoji4] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LisaCGold Posted January 20, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 20, 2015 I actually cut the roots when I attached them to a rock. It made it easier to glue to the rock.. I left about two inches of the roots. You may not need to do this if you tie the plant to a rock. In any case trimming the roots is okay. At one point the roots grew so much it created a root jungle in my tank. I have since trimmed the roots. I plan to periodically trim the roots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Daniel Posted January 20, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 20, 2015 Regarding its fertilisation, it's a water column feeder. Like weedy stems they will take nutrients from the water even if planted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LisaCGold Posted January 21, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 21, 2015 Regarding its fertilisation, it's a water column feeder. Like weedy stems they will take nutrients from the water even if planted. So anubias absorbs the fertilizers through its leaves and stems in addition to its roots? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Daniel Posted January 21, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 21, 2015 Regarding its fertilisation, it's a water column feeder. Like weedy stems they will take nutrients from the water even if planted.So anubias absorbs the fertilizers through its leaves and stems in addition to its roots? Yes. Even heavy root feeders like swords will do well with just water column fertilisation, but having a nutrient rich base will feed plants from below as the water does above. If plants didn't take nutrients through their leaves it wouldn't make much sense to dose fertilisers. Here's a really good post I had bookmarked. Tom Barr references a few studies in it too. http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1443346&postcount=10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member MoonPi Posted January 23, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 23, 2015 So tonight I did a 60% water change. I pulled out both plants, cut off all the roots. They were actually rotten! The rhizome was good. Nice and solid on both plants. I cut off all the brown spots, and had to remove a few stems with leaves. I dosed the tank with the Flourish again. They look better now! Now I hope they will be ok! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member yafashelli Posted January 23, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 23, 2015 This sounds like rhizome rot to me. Just check them daily, and remove anything that looks brown. All you can do is watch and wait! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member MoonPi Posted January 23, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 23, 2015 This sounds like rhizome rot to me. Just check them daily, and remove anything that looks brown. All you can do is watch and wait! Ok, I will! Thank you!, [emoji4] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jmetzger72 Posted January 23, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 23, 2015 I just use the Flourish Comprehensive liquid and my many Anubias plants are... Flourishing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LisaCGold Posted January 23, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 23, 2015 Looking good! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jmetzger72 Posted January 23, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 23, 2015 I use the super glue gel to attach my Anubias to both wood and rocks. It works great and doesn't cut into the plant or need to be removed later like string or fishing line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fantailfan1 Posted January 23, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 23, 2015 This sounds like rhizome rot to me. Just check them daily, and remove anything that looks brown. All you can do is watch and wait! She said the rhizome is good on both plants, nice and solid. Doesn't sound like rhizome rot to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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