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Anubias Bonsai Tissue Culture (Aquascaping Essentials)

The most compact Anubias, with tiny dark leaves for nano tanks, and no CO2 needed.

Regular price $32.99
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Tissue culture: Arrives in a densely packed cup.

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Live Plant Guarantee

We want you to shop with confidence knowing your plants are covered by our Live Arrival Guarantee. Every plant is hand-picked, quality-checked, and packed with care to ensure it reaches you in healthy condition.

Our Promise

  • All live plants are guaranteed to arrive alive and healthy.
  • If your plants arrive damaged, melted, or in poor condition, we’ll replace or refund them — no hassle.
  • Just email us within 24 hours of delivery with clear photos of the affected plants and your order number.

Please Note

  • The guarantee applies only to the initial delivery.
  • Once the plants have been removed from their original packaging or planted into your aquarium, the guarantee no longer applies.
  • We can’t take responsibility for plants left exposed to extreme heat, cold, or direct sunlight after delivery, so please choose a delivery address where someone can receive the parcel promptly.

We genuinely want your aquascape to thrive — and we’ll always do our best to make things right if something goes wrong.

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Usually ready in 24 hours

LowLight
LowCO2
SlowGrowth
BeginnerDifficulty

Placement Foreground or attached to hardscape

About Tissue Culture Plants

What’s the Deal with Tissue Culture Plants?
Tiny plants. Big benefits. Zero unwanted surprises.

Grown in a Lab (On Purpose)
These aren’t your average aquarium plants.

Tissue culture plants are grown in pristine lab conditions — no pests, no snails, no algae. Just vibrant, healthy growth suspended in a sealed pot of nutrient gel that looks like dessert (but please, don’t).

Why They’re a Big Deal

  • 100% algae-free — start clean, stay clean
  • No snails — unless you’re into surprise hitchhikers
  • Pesticide-free — safe for snails and sensitive fish
  • Incredible value — you get heaps of plant once it’s split and planted
  • Long shelf life — lasts weeks sealed in its cup (great for planning your scape)
  • Small in size, big on payoff

How to Use (Don’t Just Chuck It In)
Peel the lid — it’ll feel oddly satisfying

  1. Rinse off the gel (do not plant the goo)
  2. Divide into small chunks — trust us, there’s more than it looks
  3. Plant using tweezers, spaced evenly across the substrate
  4. Watch it take off like it’s been waiting its whole life to grow in your tank

Pro tip: One pot can cover a surprising amount of space — plant wisely and it’ll spread quickly.

Lab Grown, Algae Free, Snail Free.

Grown in sterile conditions with no snails, algae, or hitchhikers — the cleanest start for any freshwater tank.

Great Value in Every Cup

Each tissue culture cup contains multiple portions — simply rinse, divide, and plant. One pot can cover more ground than you'd expect!

Description

Anubias barteri var. nana 'Bonsai', usually just called Anubias Bonsai, is the most compact Anubias of all, with tiny oval dark green leaves on a creeping rhizome. The leaves grow densely into a low, bushy cushion. It sits best in the foreground or attached to driftwood and rock, where its fine detail really shows.

Like all Anubias it is an epiphyte, so the rhizome stays above the substrate and the plant is tied or glued onto hardscape rather than buried. It stays small and grows slowly, needing very little trimming, and the tough leaves shrug off grazing from herbivorous fish. Happy in low light and with no need for added CO2, it is a forgiving plant for nano tanks, low tech setups and detailed community aquascapes.

It is grown in sterile tissue culture and arrives in a densely packed cup, free of snails, algae, pests and disease, giving your tank a clean and healthy start.

Care at a glance

  • Placement: Foreground or attached to hardscape
  • Lighting: Low
  • CO2: Low, not required
  • Growth rate: Slow
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Colour: Dark Green

How to plant your tissue culture Anubias

  1. Rinse the clear nutrient gel from the base of the plant.
  2. Divide it into small portions.
  3. Attach each portion to driftwood or rock with thread or a dab of glue, keeping the rhizome exposed above the substrate rather than buried.
  4. Leave the roots undisturbed while it settles and grips onto the hardscape.

Specifications

  • NZ Rarity
    Rare
  • Colour
    Dark Green
  • 5 stars: 8 (100%)
  • 4 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Nikita Naidu (New Zealand)
Anubias Bonsai plants

One of my favourite, lush-ish green and cute aquascaping plants. The mini bonsai, looked fantastic when aquascaping. Very pleased.

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Aditya Maharaj (New Zealand)
Perfect for a Nano tank

I picked up 1 punnet of this Anubias Bonsai. The delivery was super fast (took 2 days I'm in Auckland)
The package game securely and the plants were in great condition.
I managed to break off 7 little bunches for my hardscape. For scale, the tank is a 57L Fluval Flex.
They seem to be surviving well too!

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Devon (New Zealand)
Great quality

Great healthy bunch of plants (6) and look super cute :)

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Alex J (New Zealand)
Beautiful

Beautiful healthy plants! Very happy

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Colin KELLY (New Zealand)
I Love Anubias Bonsai

attached them to rocks and they immediately enhanced the beauty of the aquarium.

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Wayne Tan
very happy

great plant. will buy again.

Thank you for your positive feedback on our Anubias Bonsai Tissue Culture plant. We are delighted to hear that you are happy with your purchase and we appreciate your support. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

Happy aquascaping!

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Braxton Mackenzie-White (New Zealand)
Great quality and volume

Many many plantlets. Easy to grow hundreds in a tub if you wanted to. I’m not sure how someone would ever write 5000 word reviews…

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Anna (New Zealand)
Great value for money

Packed full of healthy, baby plants. Great service. My go-to for aquarium plants.