Moldy anubias from petsmart. Thoughts?

Hi Willcooper,

Sorry to disappoint but that is not Anubias barteri nana 'Petite'; just 'nana'.....a larger version of the species and it will get larger than the size in the bag. If the rhizome and leaves appear healthy and the fungus/mold is just in the gel rise well and it should be fine to use.

Seattle_Aquarist said:

Hi Willcooper,

Sorry to disappoint but that is not Anubias barteri nana 'Petite'; just 'nana'.....a larger version of the species and it will get larger than the size in the bag. If the rhizome and leaves appear healthy and the fungus/mold is just in the gel rise well and it should be fine to use.

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Lol. Didn't even notice it wasn't petite. I have a couple of nana already so that will work. Good to know about the mold. Have you had the issue before?


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I would do a quick dip and isolate it to make sure the fungus doesnt infect your tank. I would treat it with Excel until you are sure it is all gone.

sohankpatel said:

I would do a quick dip and isolate it to make sure the fungus doesnt infect your tank. I would treat it with Excel until you are sure it is all gone.

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I agree. This was my original thought.

Edit: I ended up having to trim about half of each plant away and most of all of the roots and a good portion of leaves. The plant is sitting in a mason jar on my windowsill. Does anybody have any experience growing out anubias this way? Do you think it will send out new roots sitting in the jar this way?


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I've temporarily kept an anubias that way. Indirect light on a windowsill, or even just ambient light on my desk because w/too much light it gets algae. Periodically dump out the water and replace w/used tank water so it gets some nutrients. I didn't keep it in jar long enough to see any new roots or leaves though- they grow real slowly.

Looks ok. I wouldn't use straight tap though- chlorine isn't good for the plant. Be sure to use the dechlorinator/ water conditioner.

Petsmart didn't give you the affected plant's, but rather you bought them that way.
After seeing photo of trim job,I would place them in the tank rather than window sill.
Just sayin.
Petco in my area has worst looking plant's (all varieties) and have for last several month's.
Petsmart across the street.has plant's that are packaged like the ones posted ,but most are too small for my taste/patience.

Maybe the OP got them free because they were moldy?
I would not have paid for a plant in that condition myself . . .

Yeah they were free. Definitely wouldn't pay for that. Petsmart did say that they haven't been selling their topfin cultured plants very well at all, even when they are new and looking good. Sucks because they actually do have some plants that are harder to get anywhere without going online.


Oh and I always have heard that plants are indifferent to chlorine. Have you experienced a negative effect?

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Hm- well, not personally no. I have read mixed info on aquatic plants- some are sensitive to it, but anubias probably not. So I retract that. Short term I bet it's fine.

JJ09 said:

Hm- well, not personally no. I have read mixed info on aquatic plants- some are sensitive to it, but anubias probably not. So I retract that. Short term I bet it's fine.

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That's cool. Just trying to make sure that there is some kind of growth to I guess make me feel better about there probably not being any more mold/fungus. Don't want to add anything crazy into the tank.

Update: both plants are right as rain. After trimming the plants nothing else spread. I left them on the sill for only a couple of days.


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