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Well... I've killed all my plants so far, even anachris, vallisneria, water lettuce, amazon swords...

Being stupid as I am, I'm thinking about adding anubias to my tank. Its a 20 gallon with power compacts (not sure how many watts, I think total outputt is 2.5 Watts / Gallon.

So...should I plant the anubias, attach them to driftwood, attach them to rock...or something else?

Fish are 3 neolamprologus pulcher *daffodil* and 3 neolamprologus brichardi, about 1" for growout purposes.

Does the liquid plant fertilizer help? Would I need Co2??

Theres also this black gravel my LFS sells for like $18 a bag...they call it "live plant soil" Should I grab two bags of that?

What's been happening to your other plants? What kind of gravel do you have now? Are the fish eating/digging up/harrassing the plants? Are you adding ferts? I assume you have fluorescent lights, right? (Dumb question, I know, but best to check!)

I'd say it's very odd you've lost all those plants - probably better to find out what the heck's going on before trying something else.

-Molly
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I have no idea..but at work, I put an anubia plant (a 1 inch one) in a coldwater tank with only sunlight behind shades, and now it's grown pretty big... I thought I couldnt go wrong this time

The sand is black sand (I think it's tahitan).

No ferts or anything... pH is 7.6

Lights are Fluorescent, I might get some new ones..

anubias should grow wherever you place it. on a rock, on driftwood, floating around the tank, etc. it should continue to grow no matter where it ends up as long as it gets what it needs. and since anubias are such non-demanding plants (for the most part) it should grow anywhere in your tank

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Awesome, I'll add some to my tank soon Thanks for your help Moon and Little!

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Anubias are THE number one plant for cichlid tanks. They are virtually unkillable. I'd tie it onto rocks, you don't want driftwood to be missing up the ph for your cichlids.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

...unless your cichlids like the driftwood that is...

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Actually I keep driftwood in my tang tanks. The pH is 8.6 out of tap, and with the shells the pH would be about 9, so the driftwood helps keep it at 7.6

Anubias it is, should I add flourish or other plant supplements?

My brichardis chewed up my anubias. I heard they wouldn't, but they did. ]:| I've recently removed the plants to a 10-gallon where hopefully they can recouperate. They can do pretty well in low light, though.

The only plants that seem to have done well with the brichardis are java ferns and java moss.

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Hmm... I'm actually going to be setting up another 50 gallon, so I might try them out there. Its going to be a growout tank for 6 frontosa prematures until I get my 100.

The lighting is going to be two 17 inch 18 watt fluorescent bulbs.

Think it'll work or should I get new bulbs?

my anubius did well in my african tank. i planted it right in the crushed coral and it did fine. the only problem with anubius is that it grows very very slowly so if you want a big peice then buy it large.


chris

I wouldn't worry about the ferts. Mine do fine without any.

-- Gomer