Getting 6 yr old anubias to bloom?

[AnsWolf]

I have a 6 yr old Anubias. Idk what kind exactly. I won it at a fish hobbyist meet. This beast is about a foot tall and growing out of the 20 gal tank it's in. The leaves are about the size of my (female) hand. It grows like crazy and is putting up new shoots to the surface every month. I really want to make it bloom. So, is it wise to attempt to make it bloom if it's never bloomed before? What's the best way to go about it. I don't want to rely on ai instructions and accidentally screw up the plant. Google claims the single clown pleco is low bioload and the plant might not be getting enough nitrogen. The only other plants are babies that came from the beast, and some anubias nana. (Why one clown pleco and nothing else? I used to have like 15 betta tanks. This little dude and the big anubias are what I have left after my bettas died.)

 

[Cyberfish]

It depends on the species. Some are really finicky about blooming. Could you give us a picture, maybe? I've also heard adding some fertilizer with phosphorus can help although it can also create algae.

 

[tinylostwine]

I suspect it is a barteri from the size and sometime they bloom and sometime they don't you can't really make them. Mine recently bloomed:



But i can't like make them bloom. The first is in tap water around tds 60 and the 2nd in ro water around tds 10.

They bloom when they want to bloom. I did try once to wave a wand over them but they ignore it. Really don't know why the store said it was magical.

 

[Cyberfish]

I did try once to wave a wand over them but they ignore it. Really don't know why the store said it was magical.

What do you mean by wand?

 

[Dechi]

But i can't like make them bloom. The first is in tap water around tds 60 and the 2nd in ro water around tds 10.

You must have a small bioload to have 60 TDS in tap water ?

 

[tinylostwine]

You must have a small bioload to have 60 TDS in tap water ?

No just soft water.

 

[tinylostwine]

What do you mean by wand?

You know like in Harry Potter. Someone sold me a magic wand but it didn't do much - they told me i could have my wildest dream with it. Oh well.... back to the drawing board.

 

[Cyberfish]

You know like in Harry Potter. Someone sold me a magic wand but it didn't do much - they told me i could have my wildest dream with it. Oh well.... back to the drawing board.

Oh lol I thought you meant some sort of magical plant-growing wand