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Anubias barteri var. caladiifolia "1705" is
an adaptive and sturdy plants available. It accepts
almost any water quality from soft to hard and from acid to weakly basic
water. It is very slow growing like any other Anubias species and
therefore the leaves are quite exposed and likely to develop a cover of
epiphytic algae by age. This is less likely to happen if it is grown in soft
and slightly acid water where less inorganic carbon are available for the
production of epiphytes. If problems with epiphytes occur you may then try to
cut off the CO enrichment as the carbon
requirements of Anubias is very low due to the slow growth, and the
epiphytes are most likely to decline after a while.
Compared to Anubias
barteri var. nana the leaves of Anubias barteri var. caladiifolia
"1705" are slightly more rounded but also larger. It is also
slightly sensitive to transport and environmental changes than Anubias barteri
var. nana. None of the Anubias species like to have their
rhizomes buried in the substrate and the growth is actually most successful
if the plants are fixed to rocks, roots or other material of decoration and
it provides very nice ornamental effects. See also the article Plants
cultivated on stones and tree roots! and fish-proof
plants from Tropica Aquarium Plants for more information.
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