Mine all touch each other, that's the way I like it, thick! And there are no issues with that whatsoever.
Cryptocorynes - What to do and not to do?
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I have a crypt that now has about half a dozen baby plants growing all round it, most of them are about 2-3" tall now, whats the best way to separate them from the mother plant?
OP, crypts are really easy to grow, I have about 4 in my tank, not sure what type they all are, but they were some of the first plants I purchased and they are all growing really well in a sand substrate. I don't add anything to my tank as its just a low light setup.
Gently take the whole plant out of the tank and rinse the roots real good, you should be able to see where you have a baby crypt crown intertwined. Gently nudge/pull then apart to separate. Be sure to separate where each plant has it owns crown. They'll each already have their own main root. Then I always trim all of the root ends before I plant them back into the tank. Crypts have tons of roots. You will break some small roots when you do this, it can't be helped, but in my experience it does not hurt the plants.
I find that leaves on my crypts will often melt if they come into contact with a piece of driftwood, the glass, a plant of another species, but not other crypts. Just my experience and it is just a single leaf or two.
kj5kb
KEEPER OF CATS, FISH AND CATFISHES
Just my $0.02...from my experience with my red crypts.
I've found that when a leaf starts to melt, it IS going to melt all the way. I pinch or snip it off ASAP. IMHO, this seems to keep the plant from going into critical meltdown.
I've found that when a leaf starts to melt, it IS going to melt all the way. I pinch or snip it off ASAP. IMHO, this seems to keep the plant from going into critical meltdown.
abcdefghi, I do what Debbi said, gently scoop up the entire clump & tease off each baby crypt. Usually they don't melt but some species or plants do, especially moving them to different tanks. If you plant babies an inch or so apart they can make a nice carpet. Crypts like root feeding like swords do.
Crypts will lose leaves, but I wouldn't call that melt. Melt involves most of the plant, not just a leaf or two. Every water change I go through all of the plants looking for any leaves that are dying and take them out then. Most of my crypts are planted very thickly so you have to really move the leaves around and look but this way they don't float around a day or two later. I usually get a couple of leaves from my three big tanks every week. But they are so thick, you'd never know it!
Que
I wish I was a fish I wish.
This is my experience as well.
Right now I have a huge clump of about 12 plants all rooted together floating in one of my tanks until I can figure out what to do with it. This was pulled out of the substrate and the roots were rinsed of substrate. I have only seen one leaf melt so far and it's been about a week. I may end up tying the bunch or just some to a stick and just put it in the 75gal tank for awhile.
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