Anubias Nana Thick Leaf

Plant Profile

Common Name: Anubias Nana Thick Leaf

If your tank boasts an unruly crowd of plant-chomping cichlids or energetic bottom-dwellers, Anubias Nana Thick Leaf is built to survive the chaos! This uncommon dwarf variation takes the classic charm of Anubias Nana and equips it with extra-dense, leathery, rounded leaves with subtly rippled edges. Standing at a neat 1.5 to 4 inches tall, this micro-heavyweight is the ultimate foreground accent for bare-bottom tanks, rocky African cichlid scapes, and lush planted aquariums alike. Indestructible, forgiving, and wildly versatile, it thrives whether submerged underwater or emersed in high-humidity paludarium setups.

Key Features & Benefits

• Extra-thick, waxy leaf structure provides maximum durability, easily standing up to active, aggressive, or plant-nibbling tank mates.
• Compact dwarf footprint with rounded, wavy foliage makes it an ideal scale-building foreground accent or detail plant for nano setups.
• Extremely adaptable and forgiving across an incredibly wide pH range.

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: 1.5-4”
• pH: 6-9
• Care: Easy
• Light: Low
• Co2: Not necessary
• Propagation: Separate by rhizome
• Growth rate: Slow