Anubias Nana Petite White Aquatic Farmer Tissue Culture
Plant Profile
Common Name: Anubias Nana Petite White
If you're looking for a plant that makes fellow aquascapers stop and stare, Anubias Nana Petite White is the pick! Born from a rare mutation, this tiny showstopper takes the beloved micro-footprint of standard Anubias Nana Petite and spices it up with spectacular white-to-cream coloration. Unlike fully ghostly variants like Snow White, this variety rocks a gorgeous marbled mix of white and deep green pattern work across its foliage, meaning every single new leaf unfurls with its own unique personality.
By choosing the Tissue Culture version of this plant, you are guaranteed a 100% pest-free, algae-free, and pesticide-free start for your aquarium. These plants are grown in-vitro in a sterile laboratory setting, ensuring no unwanted snails or hitchhikers enter your system. While these plantlets start smaller and require more time to mature, they offer the cleanest and most reliable method for establishing a healthy colony in planted tanks.
Key Features & Benefits
- Striking white and green variegated pattern work provides unmatched color contrast in nano tanks and detailed hardscape scapes.
- Compact dwarf scale stays wonderfully small (2 to 5 inches), making it an ideal foreground centerpiece or focal accent.
- The sterile laboratory environment guarantees your new plant arrives completely free of pests.
Care Tips & Preparation
- Carefully remove the plantlets from the cup and rinse away the sterile nutrient gel under lukewarm, dechlorinated water before mounting. For instructions on how to properly plant tissue culture aquarium plants, click here.
- Secure the plant directly to your chosen hardscape elements using aquarium-safe glue or thread. Avoid burying the horizontal stem in gravel or soil because restricting water flow around the rhizome will cause the plant to melt, rot, and die.
- Unlike its shade-loving green relatives, this variegated beauty lacks abundant chlorophyll and requires medium to high lighting (alongside CO2 injection) to thrive, flourish, and hold its snowy coloration.
- Maintain stable water parameters and avoid sudden environmental shifts to ensure your new greenery acclimates smoothly without shedding leaves.
- Provide optional carbon dioxide injection to achieve faster growth and more robust leaves.
- Master the prep and planting process by checking out a beginner's guide to tissue culture plants to prevent your delicate new plantlets from melting or floating away.
Quick Facts
Listed information should be treated as general guidelines only. Team Buce Plant encourages you to do thorough research to ensure healthy growth!
- Family name: Araceae
- Origin: West Africa
- pH: 6-7.5
- Height: 2-5"
- Care: Easy
- Lighting: Medium
- CO2: Recommended
- Propagation: Separate at the rhizome
- Growth rate: Slow