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Anyone have any experience with the following plants?

Bolbitus (Bolbitus heudelotii)
Gigantea (Anubias gigantea)
Hastifolia (Anubias hastifolia)
Congensis (Anubias 'Congensis')

Thanks!

egtrixie

I do

Or at least I know some stuff about them

Bolbitus (Bolbitus heudelotii) - I just added this fern to my 40G (see log in same forum). It is a very nice darker green fern, takes quite some time to settle, does best on driftwood as an anchor, and once settled really takes off and becomes a large bush that requires thinning out.
Hastifolia (Anubias hastifolia) - Is a nice Anubias, raher tall, so not qualified for a small tank
Gigantea (Anubias gigantea) - isn't called gigantea for nothing, as it grows huge and is usually not recommended for the home tank, except if you have a tank that would make me envy you
Congensis (Anubias 'Congensis') - Anubias 'Congensis' is almost as large. I have one in my 125G tank and its latest leaf is almost invisible as it floats on the surface of the water. And the tank is 24" tall

What tank size do you have?

Ingo

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I have a 46 gallon bowfront tank. Height is approx 21 inches and Length is 36 inches. So can I keep all of these plants in my tank? Cause I kinda ordered them online already I have very low light so I'm hoping these plants will be okay....

They are all low light plants, they should do fine in around 1 or 1.5 WPG.

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

Okay but what about in terms of the plants' size?

As you have ordered them already you may as well go ahead and add them to your tank to see how they do. Given that you have very low light there is a chance that they may not do well at all, or they may grow to a smaller size, or they grow as large as they usually do.

And in case they grow as they usually do then refer to my first entry to identify which ones will most likely be too big for your tank.

Why did you select these Anubias over the more commonly sold Barteri (and Nana)?

Ingo

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Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club

I already have anubias nana and I think I have an anubias barteri but I'm not sure in my tank and I was looking for a lowlight backdrop plant. So I thought ordering big anubias would be best suited for my very lowlight tank.

I have bolbitus in my Tanganyikan setup, and it grows pretty much like java fern.
As for the anubiases (anubii?), I have only kept the congensis, and I've been very happy with it. The nearer to the light it is, the larger the leaves will grow and the the taller the plant. In a high-light setup, the congensis looks like a compleatly different plant than in a low-light setup.
I have been warned against using gigantea unless you have a really huge, tall tank, because it didn't get that name for nothing. However, it grows very slowly, like all anubias, so if you stick it in your tank now, it might not get too large for a year or more depending on how big it is when you put it in.
And the Hastifolia strikes me as being similar to the nanas in that there are a number of different varieties under than name hastifolia. Other than that, though, I have no experience with these plants.

Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...

I know this sounds really stupid but if the giant anubias gets too big for my tank, could I simply trim/cut it with scissors? I'm guessing it would probably die..

You can trim the rhizome and get multiple plants, but the leaves themselves are very large and can grow very tall. I think it wouldn't hurt to try it out, and if it does get too big, then you can take it out and sell it on Aquabid.

Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...