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	Anubias and clay pots.
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003	Hello all. Its been a while. I was browzing as usual at a fish store today when I noticed a very nice anubias specimen. It was about 7 in. tall with 8 leaves. It was only $3.99 so I bought it. It looks very similar to Anubias congensis. I have to look it up. After all of my time keeping Anubias, i have only placed them in gravel. I want to try something different a place it on a clay pot. Will the roots attatch to a clay pot? If they dont, I have a nice piece of red/purple shale rock that is not in my tank. I could attatch it to that.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
NowherMan6 Fish Master Posts: 1880 Kudos: 922 Votes: 69 Registered: 21-Jun-2004	The roots will definetley attach to the pot. They'll attach to anything. In my shellie tank my anubias roots attach to the grains of sand, and that holds the plant down after a while (when i pick the plant up there are clumps of sand covering the roots, it's pretty wild). Great find, congensis is I think my favorite anubias *Back in the saddle!*
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	That certainly will work as clay pots a porus and not a smooth surface. Tie it on firmly with fishing line first until it grips by its self. [link=Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tanks]http://photobucket.com/albums/b209/keithgh/Betta%20desktop%20tank/" style="COLOR: #00FF00[/link] Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
LITTLE_FISH *** Little Fish *** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005	clownloachfan, I third the above mentioned opinion, you should have no problem attaching it to a clay pot. In case you don’t have any fishing line handy, a stronger thread will do as well. Ingo Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Tie it to the clay pot with some fishing line & don't worry much, it will attach in a few months. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003	Well, it wasn't cooperating on the clay pot so i tried attatching it to a piece of rock, still did not work. It kept on leaning over each time. I just put it in the gravel then. I think the major problem is that it is way to tall with not a big long rhizome like those in A. barteri, coffefolia or nana.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43


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