Anyone Else Had Experiences With Anubis Rot

Hey everyone so I thought I’d make this threat to get an idea of what or even if anyone else has experienced this disease. About a year ago my planted tank was flourishing with a ton of Anubias. I introduced Anubias from a reputable source and disaster struck the tank. All of the Anubias began rotting. By rotting I don’t mean melting I mean that the rhizomes literally rotted away. Like turned brown and mushy and gave off a horrendous smell. So far only 1 of my Anubias seems to be “immune” my Anubias nana. I should mention that not all of my nana were immune to this only 1 specific plant. So far I’ve managed to propagate this plant to create a few small other Anubias that are not affected. I began researching this and came upon So called Anubias rot. I found very few recorded cases of this. I managed to find 1 thread in the planted tank forum that described this phenomenon but it was very vague. I also found one Russian site that went into more detail about it. From what I can gather it’s an extremely rare disease and only affects Anubias. It does not seem to different from NTD or DGD, deadly and incurable. So far nobody has found a cure and I’ve tried various forms on the rotting Anubis to carving away the rotted parts and using hydrogen peroxide to just giving the whole plant a bleach dip but nothing works.

I waited almost 2 months just to be sure that the organism causing this was gone however I was not successful. The next Anubias I introduced has the same problem and symptoms. After that I gave up on Anubias and decided to wait for forever to try it. Tried one More time with same results seems that the organism can survive without the Anubias present or its surviving on my nana and just not effecting it. I’m redoing my stand lately so I’m going to be bleaching the tank and none of the original sand or plants(very few left) will be left in an attempt to rid the tank of this disease.

Has anyone else ever dealt with this and successfully found a way to deal with it? Even if you haven’t successfully beat it please add to this thread so we can add experience!

Edit: I found a journal of some scientists that managed to isolate the what was causing this but still seems like no known cure.

 

Did you bury the rhizome?

 

Nope not buried most were mounted on driftwood a few on rocks and few others had roots In soil but now buried I'm 100% certain that it’s Anubias Rot Disease at this point same symptoms every time with same end result

 

Nope not buried most were mounted on driftwood a few on rocks and few others had roots In soil but now buried I'm 100% certain that it’s Anubias Rot Disease at this point same symptoms every time with same end result

I’ve never heard of anubias rot disease but that seems like the most likely. What fertilizer do you use?

 

I’ve never heard of anubias rot disease but that seems like the most likely. What fertilizer do you use?

Osmocote root tans for my swords but nothing else unless I notice it’s lacking a bit(phosphorous or iron sometimes) but yes it’s a very rare disease few have heard of it which was the main reason to make this post to try to spread the word.

 

HI nedpatrick

Sorry about your difficulties; you are not the first, nor will you likely be the last. Here are three (3) threads from aquaticplantcentral.com that may help; the first and third are fairly extensive.
Anubias SP. Disease Problems: Root Rot, Melting Leaf, Soft Rhizome & Loosen Stem. - Page 2 - General Aquarium Plants Discussions - Aquatic Plant Central
Solution for Anubias disease? - Plant Deficiencies - Aquatic Plant Central
Anubias disease - Plant Physiology & Emersed Culture - Aquatic Plant Central

From what I remember it was determined to be either bacterial or fungal and it is possible to save infected plants with diligence and work.

 

I never heard nor ever experienced anubias rot. The only rot I ever experienced was when I tied the rhizomes of my two anubias to driftwood and they rotted. Well I now know it exists at least.

 

HI nedpatrick

Sorry about your difficulties; you are not the first, nor will you likely be the last. Here are three (3) threads from aquaticplantcentral.com that may help; the first and third are fairly extensive.
Anubias SP. Disease Problems: Root Rot, Melting Leaf, Soft Rhizome & Loosen Stem. - Page 2 - General Aquarium Plants Discussions - Aquatic Plant Central
Solution for Anubias disease? - Plant Deficiencies - Aquatic Plant Central
Anubias disease - Plant Physiology & Emersed Culture - Aquatic Plant Central

From what I remember it was determined to be either bacterial or fungal and it is possible to save infected plants with diligence and work.

Yup I’ve read them there’s nothing to try to save now and I’ve tried pretty much every method of saving them so far with 0 results so for the time being no Anubias. The best one I’ve ever read was from a Russian sub forum hopefully I’ll be able to find it again but those aquatic plant ones are some of the best ones out there

 

How long have you had these plants? And how long has the tank been up and running with plants? You don't use liquid ferts at all?

 

I’m not trying to be rude and Thank you all for asking these questions but the point of the thread is NOT for me to ask a question I already know what has happened to these plants I have troubleshooted literally everything in this tank on another more plant related forum. I’m using this as more of an example to educate and reach out to others who have experienced the same thing. I do truly appreciate the questions and willingness to help but this is one problem that cannot be overcome so easily by the basic questions it delves into much more complex concepts that cannot be solved with the basic questions. Again not trying to be rude but this thread is not for me to get answers I already have my answers

 

I didn't know this was a thing. my anubias coffefolia's rhizome rotted. parts of it got brown, mushy, and stinky, leaves/stems were falling/peeling off... i'm not sure if it was because of this disease, but yeah. I was pretty bummed. i'm wondering if it might be because it was grown emersed. all my other anubias have done fine.

 

I’m not trying to be rude and Thank you all for asking these questions but the point of the thread is NOT for me to ask a question I already know what has happened to these plants I have troubleshooted literally everything in this tank on another more plant related forum. I’m using this as more of an example to educate and reach out to others who have experienced the same thing. I do truly appreciate the questions and willingness to help but this is one problem that cannot be overcome so easily by the basic questions it delves into much more complex concepts that cannot be solved with the basic questions. Again not trying to be rude but this thread is not for me to get answers I already have my answers

Ok thank you for the education be it as it may. Just wanted to note that asking questions is part of understanding what happened and what that something might be and how that something might behave. So if some things are a mystery (based on content provided) then I'm prone to asking questions, so sorry to have bothered you.