Do you think Anubias barteri is actually a slow-grower?

[BryceM]

I did a bunch of trimming a while back and chopped out a good quantity of anubias leaves, thinned out some crypts, and also some stemmies. I was lazy and let them dry out instead of tossing them out immediately.

By weight, fully dried out stemmies like R. rotundifolia weigh almost nothing.
By weight, crypts actually have some substance when dry.
By weight, dry anubias leaves are surprisingly dense and heavy.

So, I know they'll tolerate low-light, low-tech environments, but Anubias species in a CO2 aquarium actually put on tremendous mass.... and therefore must be consuming a fair quantity of ferts as they do so.

I'm not sure I've seen anyone talk about this before.

Your thoughts?

 

[JPog]

I've done alot of setups with mostly epiphytes including anubias barteri in high-tech. They definitely grow much quicker and I'm constantly seeing new leaves, but the growth is still not as fast as a Rotala or some of the other stems that would be considered fast growing.