Anubias Giant Stardust

Want the speckled Anubias at a usable size? Giant Stardust carries the same deep green leaves dusted with irregular white flecks as Stardust Mini, on leaves large enough to read from across the tank rather than only close up.

What You’ll Receive

• Loose Rhizome: Small bare-root plant with approximately 6+ speckled leaves
• Potted Plant: Small plant with approximately 8+ leaves, rooted in rockwool and net pot

Plant Profile

• Common name — Giant Stardust Anubias
• Scientific name — Anubias barteri 'Giant Stardust'
• Placement — Foreground to midground, on wood or stone
• Mature height — 4–6 in
• Growth rate — Very slow

Care

• Difficulty — Advanced
• Light — Low to medium. Bright light scorches the white speckling and feeds algae
• CO₂ — Not required
• Water — 72–82°F · pH 6.0–7.5
• Substrate — Not required. Attaches to hardscape
• Growth habit — Amphibious. Also grows emersed
• Propagation — Rhizome division and daughter plantlets

Grower’s Notes

• The white speckling is missing chlorophyll, so this plant runs on less energy than a plain Anubias and is slower and less forgiving. That is why it is rated Advanced despite the genus being famously hardy.
• It can revert. Variegated Anubias may begin producing plain green leaves and lose the speckling over time. This is a known trait of variegated plants, not a defect. Remove any fully green shoots promptly — green growth photosynthesizes better and will gradually take over the plant if left.
• Never bury the rhizome. Roots can go into substrate; the rhizome cannot. Buried, it rots.
• Speckling varies leaf to leaf and plant to plant. Some leaves carry heavy flecking, others almost none — normal for the cultivar.
• Keep it shaded and wipe the leaves occasionally. Algae shows badly against white speckling.

Want the smaller version? See Anubias Stardust Mini.

Want to go deeper? Read our complete Anubias Care Guide.

Notes

• Photos shown are sample representations. Actual plants may vary. Plants may arrive in either submerged or emersed form. We do not guarantee aquatic plants will be pest- or pesticide-free unless otherwise specified.
• Never release aquarium plants into natural waterways.

At a glance

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Please bring live plants indoors and unpack them the day they arrive. Every live order is covered by our 24-Hour Live Arrival Guarantee.

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• We'll make it right with a replacement, store credit or refund for the affected item.

Good to know

• Some melting or yellowing as plants adjust from greenhouse to aquarium life is normal. They regrow from healthy roots and rhizomes.
• Please bring your package indoors and unpack it the day it arrives.
• Free promotional items and shipping charges are not covered.

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