Rotting nana

**Cmlee** · 24th Jul 2016, 10:34

Anyone knows how to bring a rotting Nana back ?

I have cut off the rotten / soft parts seems doesn't help and the water stinks!

**AQMS** · 24th Jul 2016, 12:03

Any pics?
Is it on wood or substrate?
If it is substrate don't bury the rhizome.

**Cmlee** · 24th Jul 2016, 13:19

Not attached to anything, I took it out and put in separate container. Water becomes smelly after a while

**AQMS** · 24th Jul 2016, 16:31

Like i said,when you plant it dont bury the rhizome.

**Cmlee** · 25th Jul 2016, 08:24

Originally Posted by AQMS

Like i said,when you plant it dont bury the rhizome.

All the while It is left floating. Still water smelly

**Mystikboy** · 25th Jul 2016, 10:09

I think it's gone already. You can try washing away the smelly/rotting/soft bits but if it starts rotting again, it's more or less dead.

**Cmlee** · 25th Jul 2016, 10:54

I thought Nana are tough ...

**Mystikboy** · 25th Jul 2016, 14:41

Yeah but sometimes you get a poor specimen that has been on sale for too long in a stagnant bag, and it's not gonna last

**Urban Aquaria** · 25th Jul 2016, 17:18

If the anubias leaves are rotting or melting, just trim those off. As long as the rhizome is still healthy and green, it will grow new leaves.

But if the rhizome itself is brown and soft/mushy, look like its rotten... then its already diseased or dead. Either have to cut away the rotten rhizome parts and hope it recovers. Recovery is quite slim at this stage of deterioration though, so most people end up just throwing away the entire plant.

Originally Posted by Cmlee

I thought Nana are tough ...

Well, they are hardy plants if the rhizome is healthy and still has ample nutrient reserves.

But if the nutrient reserves are totally depleted or it somehow got diseased, then it will still die easily.

**jackychun** · 27th Jul 2016, 09:35

I have some Anubias nana petit got rotten in the tank as well and I procrastinated to throw it but to trim the rotten leaves only. After somedays, the disease seems spread out to other plants. So I decided to throw all of affected one and do total water change. Then the rest are healthy and growing well now.

So sometimes, if cannot help then we should quarantine them to observe or throw away.

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