Anubias Nana Golden

Plant Profile

Common Name: Anubias Nana

Anubias Nana Golden is the vibrant, chartreuse sibling of the classic Anubias Nana, and it is ready to bring a major golden hour glow-up to your tank. If your current layout is looking a bit too uniformly dark and you are searching for a way to make your hardscape pop, this eye-catching variant is here to help you strike gold. Its bright yellow-green foliage creates a stunning high-contrast focal point when nestled against dark lava rocks, shadowy driftwood, or deep green mosses.

Key Features & Benefits

• The strikingly bright yellow-green leaves offer an extraordinary color contrast that instantly illuminates dark corners and shadowy hardscape gaps.
• Its remarkably hardy nature makes it one of the easiest golden-hued plants in the entire hobby, delivering high visual reward without high-tech demands.
• The famously tough and leathery leaf structure easily resists grazing from large or herbivorous fish, keeping your focal points lush and undamaged.

Care & Planting Instructions

• Carefully remove the plant from its pot and clear away all rockwool from the roots. For a deep dive on prepping potted plants, click here.
  
• Secure the plant directly to your chosen hardscape elements using aquarium-safe glue or thread. Avoid burying the thick horizontal stem in gravel or soil because restricting water flow around the rhizome will cause the plant to melt, rot, and die.
• Maintain stable water parameters and avoid sudden environmental shifts to ensure your new greenery acclimates smoothly without shedding leaves.
• Position the plant away from intense, direct light and ensure healthy water flow to prevent slow-growing leaves from collecting unwanted spot algae.
• Provide low to moderate lighting and optional carbon dioxide injection to achieve faster growth and more robust leaves, though it will happily thrive without high-tech setups.
• Read more on securing and styling these plants in your layout by reading our step-by-step guide on How to Plant Epiphyte Aquatic Plants.
• Master the long-term care and propagation of this unique genus in the comprehensive article All About Anubias Aquarium Plants.

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
• Height: 3-5”
• pH: 6-7.5
• Care: Easy
• Light: Low
• Co2: Not necessary
• Propagation: Separate by rhizome
• Growth rate: Slow to moderate