Anubias Barteri Petite Round

Plant Profile

Common Name: Anubias Petite Round

Anubias Barteri Petite Round is a compact, smaller variety that brings a wonderfully smooth, organic feel to your layout. Featuring neat, oval-shaped leaves with smooth edges and a deep green finish, this epiphyte is the ultimate design tool for balancing out rugged, jagged hardscape. If your driftwood is looking a little too harsh, this charming, easygoing plant is here to help you soften up those rough edges and create a more harmonious aquascape. It adapts gracefully to lower light levels, which brings out its rich, dark coloration, and thrives equally well submerged in your tank or emersed in humid terrariums.

Key Features & Benefits

• The smooth, oval dark green foliage offers a gentle geometric contrast that softens the harsh edges of hardscape.
• Its compact and manageable growth height makes it an exceptionally versatile choice for detailing midground hardscape or enhancing nano layouts.
• The famously tough leaf structure naturally resists grazing from herbivorous fish and active shrimp, keeping your design looking crisp over time.

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
• pH: 6-7.5
• Height: 2-3+"
• Care: Easy
• Lighting: Low to medium
• CO2: Not required
• Propagation: Separate at the rhizome
• Growth rate: Slow