How do you get Anubias barteri v nana to flower?
About a month or so ago, my Anubias barteri v nana in my 20g long all began to flower in unison. I had never been able to flower this species before, so having three or more flowers appear all at once was pretty exciting. I thought my conditions were perhaps so good, that the plants were flowering out of being so healthy. My NO3 was 10 ppm, PO4 2 ppm, 21 mL weekly of Flourish and Flourish Iron.
This past week, I returned to Miami. My 55g was a disaster, with carpets of black sludge over everything. While cleaning this aquarium out on Monday, I noticed that, despite the horrid conditions in the aquarium, most of the Anubias barteri v nanas in the aquarium (a total of eight specimens) were flowering. The same test kits from the 20g read 0 ppm NO3, 3 ppm PO4. Iron/traces were added sparingly. From this, I figured that Anubias flower not so much because they are healthy, but from high levels of PO4 in the water column.
So do you want your Anubias to flower? Dose the PO4 up to 1.5-2 ppm.
Carlos
About a month or so ago, my Anubias barteri v nana in my 20g long all began to flower in unison. I had never been able to flower this species before, so having three or more flowers appear all at once was pretty exciting. I thought my conditions were perhaps so good, that the plants were flowering out of being so healthy. My NO3 was 10 ppm, PO4 2 ppm, 21 mL weekly of Flourish and Flourish Iron.
This past week, I returned to Miami. My 55g was a disaster, with carpets of black sludge over everything. While cleaning this aquarium out on Monday, I noticed that, despite the horrid conditions in the aquarium, most of the Anubias barteri v nanas in the aquarium (a total of eight specimens) were flowering. The same test kits from the 20g read 0 ppm NO3, 3 ppm PO4. Iron/traces were added sparingly. From this, I figured that Anubias flower not so much because they are healthy, but from high levels of PO4 in the water column.
So do you want your Anubias to flower? Dose the PO4 up to 1.5-2 ppm.
Carlos