ANUBIAS ROT: What it is and How to treat it

[@laowhy86]

Thanks. Now I don’t feel stupid. I lost well over $100 in anubias… I almost gave up on plants altogether. Appreciate your coverage.

[@bigbonesjones5566]

Sorry to hear that! That’s a big loss. Try Java fern or other plants instead. My favorite are cryptocorynes.

[@NORIaquaCh]

Great to see laowhy86 in aquariums 👍 Love your channel.

[@ZenBeeGaming]

@@bigbonesjones5566 I noticed that java fern works well for me, I lost $20 worth of anubias at this moment but thats a beautiful plant tho

[@WhiteCalvus]

Bring down the CCP!!!!

[@jmoon4686]

You are the only one to discuss any root rot

[@AlpacaMade]

Thank you for such a thorough report. The white fuzz may be an opportunistic secondary fungal infection not unlike what we see on newly introduced wood in the tank. Two things come to mind; increasing water flow in general and adding Catappa also known as Indian Almond leaves for their antimicrobial properties. Best wishes on your tanks.

[@willnguyen2137]

I have a newly set up 180g that's been running with fish for two months, I felt that it was safe to add plants as fish and water paraments were looking good. I added 12 mother broad leave anubias plants (12" tall) and left them in the pot for two weeks to acclimate. After two weeks I took them out of the pots and zip tied them to some java rocks. All 12 plants seem to have healthy roots and zhizomes with some new baby leaves addition. A few days later I noticed a healthy leave had fallen off, and one of the zhizome was turning brown. As the days goes by more healthy leaves were dropping and more zhizome were melting away. I am now down to two plants and not confident that those will survive. My initial thought was I that I damaged the Zhizome when tying them to the lava rocks. Perhaps I did damage some but not all 12 plants, not to the extend that it caused them to melt away like this. Appreciate this video and info you provided. I had no idea there was such disease affecting anubias plants like this. I am now reluctant to add any anubias for a while. Lost $400 just like that. Perhaps the tank wasn't cycled and there wasn't enought beneficial bateria in there to offset the bad bacteria. I wonder if the Zhizome root disease is less prevalent in more established tanks, and more prone in newly setup tanks?

[@tijnhollanders6932]

I feel like this disease had nothing to do with bad water quality or cycling. Just bad plant genetics from the cultivator. Btw it is called rhizome, not zhizome

[@mikefisher4834]

This video doesn’t scare me or discourage me I’ve been keeping anubius for seven years and I’ve never had a problem

[@rmn8818]

Thank you. I got the answers i needed but it breaks my heart

[@Mahotsugu]

i have been keeping anubias for many years and noticed that rot mostly happens when the base is touching the substrate its planted in mostly with younger smaller plants. the most success ive had growing big healthy clusters of anubias is by letting the leaves and part of the base grow out of the water in a tank with high humidity since anubias are not fully aquatic hence why they grow in the wild above water around marsh areas.

[@wahabmalik6201]

Bruh I thought I was stupid cuz I heard anubias is the easiest plant and I killed mine....

[@Sinserg]

Thanks for sharing this, I recently bought an anubia nana, it was looking perfectly fine, but after a week it started to melt from the rizome, it's the first time it happens to me. ☹️

[@amoschan8542]

I already have one anubias roted last week in my new planted tank and found more losing leaf. I can't find any information on KZbin and Internet. Thank you so sharing!

[@joenic4303]

Thank you. I've had this spread in my tank.

[@happycamperslivehere.6101]

Thank you very much for this video! I am new to planted tanks, and have recently spent a small fortune on pants for one 20 gallon and one 5 gallon tank. I made the decision to buy a couple of discounted plant at my local pet supply store. When I got it home I found that the Anubias was pretty much dead. Unfortunately, I know nothing about plants of any kind, and I tossed the brown mushy rhizome into the tank with hopes that it would make a miraculous recovery. I probably do not need to tell the rest, but my other Anubias is now also dead. I guess I will do a couple of water changes before I add more Anubias. Bummer. I love this plant.

[@tootifrooti2990]

Is this plant shock or plant low immune problem stemming from lack of correct nutrients, Anubis's is a big pottasium feeder,nutrients are not discussed in this video,if I stop feeding mine they start to dye . after yellowing losing leaves and then root ,

[@dabskiiboii74]

Ive had my aquarium setup for a year and a half now and im just starting to have a rhizome rot war. Ive lost about $60+ worth of it and it still happens. 😭 I may have to consider other options but i love how anubius looks...

[@user-df2ue1tw2r]

I definitely have rhizome rot 😢 first time aquarium so I didn't think too much of it, but it has already spread to the others. They looked healthy when I got them

[@carlyholmes3604]

ive just discovered that 2 of mine have the rot ive cut and seprated the healthy shoot and placed them in a cup ive checked my others same tank and they look ok i noticed this when i think my shrimps are eating leaves and i went to trim them

[@tijnhollanders6932]

I have eighter been incredibly lucky, or still have impending doom on my horizon. One of my anubias had rot, someone reccomended to get the plant out of the aquarium and simply remove all the dead and mushy parts of the plant. About half of it was still alive and well so i put it back in my tank. Currently it is thriving, it grew right back and have new leaves continuously. None of my other anubias and buces (pretty epiphite heavy scape) have it. Its been several months now so im pretty sure the disease is gone, so im betting on lucky rather than doomed

[@Xintril]

I am slowly losing all my Anubis. They looked so good too😢. I wish there was a way to fix it. I had a few rot at the rhizome, cleaned them up and removed what I could. I waited a few weeks, then replanted. Second round of rot is happening and looks to be worse than the first. Not sure I’ll ever buy them again. Fortunately the supplier is amazing and fully refunded them. What would you plant in their place? They are unique in how they grow on branches and look fantastic.

[@Xintril]

Also, tank is cycled, fish are thriving, other plants are gorgeous. None of my crypts are affected.

[@Drazorig2]

I'm struggling with this at the moment, sucks. Week 3 of having it planted its started to rot away. Hopefully I can save them

[@CR604]

Have 11 rhizome rot damn. Ive cut off as much as i could and put them in a bucket of water, conditioner and some ferts. Had to cut off the bottom tip of the rhizome too. Is that the most i can do for them? I hope they recover 🙏

[@baldu5672]

hi, how is it going, did they recover?

[@fozlife5191]

I am dealing with this right now in my 60 gallon. I have about 20 anubius plants in there and they have been slowly dying off. Have lost over half already. Have since taken them all out and put them in individual Dixie cups. Does anyone know if the bacteria/virus will die off or go dormant when all anubius are removed? Concerned about putting anubius back in this tank in future.

[@WhiteCalvus]

@9:27, what cryptocoryne is that on the left hand side?

[@bigbonesjones5566]

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[@logankue9627]

Bought 7 at two different times. 2 of the first 3 developed the rot. Bought 4 more and 1 got the rot. I'm beyond frustrated. Definitely takes away from the hobby.

[@mapiasal]

dont attach anubias to lava rocks or rocks at all, but especially lava rocks, stagnant no flow areas trap the nastiest stuff in your tanks and concentrate it. Anubias LOVE TO PUT DOWN ROOTS. Don't believe anyone who tells you different. I have been growing anubias for 20 years, all in sand bases.

[@jorgetmecabelz6941]

The truth anubias is not an easy plants