Bucephalandra Fan Club

Looks good its creating a nice area of planting lower down in the tank... something I'm trying to think about in my of tank currently... tall plants at the back and short at the front... trouble is they keep growing!...

My buce has flowered again in the puffer tank... I'm finding it to be a very robust plants much like the anubias I'm more familiar with... ferts or no ferts, shade or full light... always grows and seems happy.

So tempting to collect more and more Bucephalandras...!!!  The Anubias was always one plant that I had previously avoided deliberately - not really sure why tbh...  But that Pinto has turned me around and made me re-think...  Certainly looks a good fit to me, size wise and growth rate wise, the Anubias and Bucephalandras together...  I can see that I'm gonna get drawn into a mission to explore the various Anubias and see if I can find something a little bit different or rare amongst them... 

That looks nice Sue...  a little bit larger too, so would sit nicely behind the smaller Buces... 

I did it the other way around - started with anubias and eventually found the bucephalandras. 

I agree with what you have said about the larger anubias. They are quite handy in the background.
Large anubias are essential in my axolotl tank, which has to be low light because axolotls don't have eyelids. The leaves are also large and study enough for the axolotls to rest in.
There is an aquatic plant suitable for any environment. 

Following this afternoon's water change, I decided it was time I took some photos of my Bucephalandra, and also my Anubias coffeefolia.

Photo 1 is Bucephalandra maia. There are 3 pieces attached to a piece of wood covered in nerite eggs. The other plants in the photo are a piece of hornwort caught on the wood and behind the wood; Bolbitis heudeloti on the left; and an algae covered leaf of Anubias barteri peeping out from behind the other piece of wood. And a male peacock gudgeon (Tateurndina ocellicauda) and a rice fish (Oryzias woworae) in the background.
The stem of buce on the left side is tied on with sewing thread after I managed to dislodge it a couple of water changes ago 

Photo 2 is Anubias coffeefolia. The plant on the right is other other side of the Bolbitis; on the left is Java fern windelov, and at the back is Anubias hastifolia.

Looking really good there Sue...        They all look nicely established too, so I'm guessing you've had them a while...? 

Nerite eggs...      That's one snail I'd love for it's detritus munching adventures, for sure, but that sesame seed action they have going on is a real spoiler, eh...   

Lush, lush, lush!

Wow - to have had plants lasting two years is, in my view, an amazing achievement... and they're the most recent purchases, which means I am seriously impressed by you/anyone having even older ones. (Hmmm - I thought I was doing well that I'd finally got some to last several months, and keep glancing in the tank to make sure they really are still alive.)

My Bucephalandra only lasted a week or so before turning to slime, and Bolbitis didn't last much more than that, so it's good to see these doing so well in your tank. I love the texture of the coffeefolia - it looks quite different too to standard/usual anubias.

As for the nerite eggs, I'd always wondered how they might look (my nerite is clearly a male), so thanks for sharing.

Beautiful! Thanks for this lovely peek inside your tank - and for the glimpse of some lovely fish too, of course.

Great photos @Sue

I always think your tank looks like such a great environment for your fish. It has a lovely natural a quality to it with plenty of hiding spaces for everyone.  I know you have described before now how easy it is to maintain too because it can all be removed/moved around for cleaning purposes if required.

@fcmf remind me what plants you have at the moment... and what lighting? I did a bit of research this morning into the two species of plants which are not thriving as much in my tank and I ended up turning up my lights as they both needed more light than the others... funny because one is labelled as 'easy' but actually requires the same levels of lighting as the medium plant...