TCulture Anubias bateri var.nana “Petite” (TC Cup)

Description

The TCulture Anubias bateri var.nana “Petite” (TC Cup) is an epiphytic aquatic plant that can be attached to driftwood or rocks.

Key Features

• Epiphytic plant — attach to hardscape rather than planting in substrate
• Low to moderate light requirements
• Provides natural cover and grazing surfaces for fish and shrimp

TCulture Anubias barteri var. nana ‘Petite’ (TC Cup) in SG

Petite is the smallest Anubias in the trade, and the tissue-culture cup format is how we recommend buying it: each cup arrives clean, pest-free and snail-free, with dozens of tiny plantlets you can split across your scape. Rinse the gel off the roots, separate the clumps, and glue or tie the miniature rhizomes onto pebbles, lava rock or driftwood. Never bury them, as the rhizome will rot if covered by substrate.

Its diminutive leaves make it the go-to Anubias for nano tanks and detailed foreground work, which suits the compact setups common in Singapore homes. It is wonderfully tolerant of our soft, lightly acidic tap water, grows under low light, and needs no CO2. The catch is that Petite is even slower than other Anubias, so in our warm 27-29C tanks keep flow moving over it and light moderate to stop algae colonising the small leaves before they can shed it.

Explore more in our epiphytes collection. See our Petite propagation guide for splitting the cup, and our best plant glue gel guide for the cleanest way to mount these tiny rhizomes.