Plants
Anubias barteri
Anubias barteri var. barteri
Key facts
- Temperature20–30 °C
- pH5.5–9
- Adult size40 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Araceae
- Origin
- Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast
- Size
- 20 – 40 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 30°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 9.0
- GH
- 0 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- very low – medium
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- low
- Growth
- very slow
- Position
- midground–background, attached to rock or wood
- Substrate
- DO NOT bury
- Propagation
- rhizome division
Notes: The tough, bitter leaves discourage goldfish from eating it. This isn’t always foolproof with very voracious goldfish. It tolerates hard, alkaline water perfectly.
