I'm Paul, member of the team of Garnelen Guemmer, and I'm real honored to present to you
this really special plant, the Anubias "Snow White", a white Anubias.
The name is telling: The white Anubias is a really striking aquarium plant.
It has almost white leaves, which are just stunning
Take a look at this cup, here you can see the white leaves ...
... with a teeny bit of light green.
White Anubias are a novelty in the aquarium hobby.
The plants are still very rare. We have had two or three shipments of them up to now.
All of them were sold out after around 24 hours or so.
Let's get started. I'm unpacking ...
... one cup of Anubias "Snow White".
It only grows around 5 to 10 cm (2-4 inches) high and therefore fits nicely into nano tanks, too.
This plant is best placed in the foreground of the aquarium ...
... or in the midground.
I'm showing you how!
I'll glue the Anubias "Snow White" to a piece of lava rock.
I've prepared some of those beforehand. As I have a tendency to glue my fingers together ...
... I've also prepared a pair of gloves.
The Anubias "Show White" doesn't need a lot of light and no additional fertilizers.
And no CO2. If all that is present, though, ...
... the plants will grow a lot better.
If there is a lot of light above the tank, though, there is a certain risk that the very slow-growing epiphyte ...
... will be overgrown by green algae - which would be a real pity,
since you won't be able to see the unique color any more.
The glue I'm using ...
... is a special glue for aquarium plants. You can even use it in a shrimp tank ...
... with no unwanted side effects.
Of course you could also tie the plant to the aquarium decoration.
That's no problem either.
It's just very important that the rhizome ...
... isn't covered by substrate. Avoid that at all cost!
If the rhizome is covered it may rot away, and then the plant will die.
If you're a biologist you might be wondering why a white aquarium plant can survive.
This Anubias still has a little bit of chlorophyll ...
... the green color pigment of the plants, which is responsible for photosynthesis.
If you look very closely you'll see that it's there.
The plants have a very light green hue.
For the sake of completeness I'd like to mention ...
... that this is a plant from in vitro culture.
Which is a good thing, since these plants are guaranteed to be free from algae, pests, pesticides, ...
... snails and all other kinds of things you wouldn't want in your tank.
These plants are cultivated in a lab, ...
... in this cup. Before you put them into your aquarium, just rinse off the nutrient solution with tap water.
Then they are ready for use in your aquarium.
All the things you've seen in this video, like the plant glue or the white Anubias ...
... are available from our Garnelen Guemmer online shop.
If you want to have a white Anubias, you should act soon, though!
This plant sells really fast, so be quick!
I've put the link to our shop into the video description for your convenience, so maybe you're lucky ...
... and the plant is in stock.
This is Paul from the Garnelen Guemmer team, and today, with the camera rolling, I will ...
eat this large Anubias "Snow White"
- nope, I won't!
