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Anubias Nana

Anubias barteri var. nana

Family: Araceae

📍 West Africa

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Anubias Nana is the classic dwarf variety of Anubias barteri, producing compact rosettes of small, dark-green ovate leaves on a slow-creeping rhizome. Its diminutive size makes it one of the most popular choices for nano tanks and foreground planting on hardscape. Like all anubias it must be attached to wood or rock — burying the rhizome causes rot.

Keeping this species

co2
Not required
light
Low to medium (15–50 PAR)
placement
Foreground / midground; attach to hardscape
substrate
Not planted in substrate
growth rate
Very slow

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Water it likes

ph
6.0–8.0
nitrate
<30 ppm
hardness
2–25 dGH
temperature
72–82°F (22–28°C)

Natural Habitat Temperature

79°76°72°JFMAMJJASOND

72°F 79°F seasonal range  · (Jan low, May high)

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