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I have a tank full of anubias (coffeefolia, nana, and congensis) tied onto bogwood that has been set up for about two years now, and I'd love to leave it as-is for several years to come. The anubias has flourished, flowered, and looks fantastic. However, recently I've been noticing that some of the rhizomes have started rotting at one end, and the leaves fall off one by one. Is this bad for the plant? Will it rot all the way? Should I cut off the rotting part, and will that stop it?
What should I do?

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When I was cleaning my tank yesterday I discovered that an anubias I had secured to a piece of driftwood with a rubber band had an almost completely rotted rhizome, and all the leaves fell out. I believe the cause was that the rubber band was too tight. If you still have whatever you tied yours on with in place, perhaps the plants' growth has tightened it and that's what's causing this?

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My 5ft tank is also full of Anubias Nana and larger varieties. They grow like weeds once they get established. What I have found out they like plenty of water movement. As far as fixing to DW I have always used 15lb nylon fishing line and this has never caused a rotting problem. But what will happen over the years as the plant gets bigger/longer the end of the plant not the growing tip does break down. Naturally the leaves will not last for ever and they just break down as possibly nature attended. For some reason mine do not flower that often. Mine also get a regular trimming from the CLs.
I also have several Anubias Nanna in the Betta tank and they are tied with fishing line and are showing no signs of breaking down.

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