Large Anubias 'Isabelle' Bare-root
Scientific name: Anubias sp. 'Isabelle'
Trade name: Isabelle Anubias
An Australian-bred cultivar of Anubias. Broad, dark-green leaves and a strong growth habit.
The Anubias family of plants comprises a diverse range of species and cultivars. This diversity provides a wide range of leaf shapes and sizes, mostly in a lovely deep green colour, with slightly lighter green new leaves. Anubias are long-term, slow-growing, and hardy plants that can tolerate a wide range of water conditions and light levels.
Anubias are flowering, aquatic, and semi-aquatic plants that are native to tropical central and western Africa. In the wild, they grow in rivers, marshes, and streams, both completely submerged for long periods in the wet seasons and out of water in damp places and riverbanks. They have a similar form of flower to other Arum plants, characterised by small, white, or green flowers that resemble a miniature calla lily.
Suitable for aquariums, paludariums and humid terrariums. Frogs enjoy hiding in their leaves.
Plants are vital in an aquarium to oxygenate the water, remove pollutants, and help control nitrate levels.
Temperature: 22-28 degrees Celsius
pH: 6.0 - 8.0
Anubias are very tolerant of low pH, which makes them a good choice for aquariums where you are keeping fish such as Tetras and Discus who prefer a pH of 6-7.
Anubias are very tolerant of low-light conditions and can be planted under ledges, overhangs, and in the shade of other plant canopies.
The leaves on an Anubias grow from a creeping rhizome and the roots are primarily used as anchorage instead of a nutrient uptake system. The rhizome should not be buried in the substrate. Anubias are ideal for growing on Driftwood, Rock, and Terracotta and are very popular in our Creations Range.
They are a wonderfully versatile aquatic plant that should be in every aquarium.
