Tank Log: 55g All Crypts Riparium
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I acquired another new species at the LFS the other day, Cryptocoryne usteriana. This is a big attractive and robust plant. The submersed-form leaves that it has now are ~16" tall.
I did not plant it into the 55 just yet. I instead potted it up, then placed into a 20-gallon growout tank with the crown a couple of inches down below the water's surface. I hope that new leaves will be compelled to grow emersed. This thing might eventually grow very big and I hope that it will fit into the display tank.
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I did not plant it into the 55 just yet. I instead potted it up, then placed into a 20-gallon growout tank with the crown a couple of inches down below the water's surface. I hope that new leaves will be compelled to grow emersed. This thing might eventually grow very big and I hope that it will fit into the display tank.
mellowvision
Seafood Lover
Sweet, can't wait to see if it does well emersed. Did you finalize the stocking in this tank? I think it's BEGGING for some Splash Tetras. So nice.
It had a hard time getting going, but I'm just starting to see good signs from my Willow Hygro I moved into an emersed planter... You might try one out. It lost all it's leaves really fast, but I left it in for a couple of weeks, and now it's looking like it's going to do well. The Mexican Petunias you sent over are doing awesome, maybe the healthiest plant in my house... lol. My only complaint (and it's not a complaint, maybe more a need for direction) is that they get a little leggy, I wish I could get them to stay more compact and keep more of the lower leaves.
It had a hard time getting going, but I'm just starting to see good signs from my Willow Hygro I moved into an emersed planter... You might try one out. It lost all it's leaves really fast, but I left it in for a couple of weeks, and now it's looking like it's going to do well. The Mexican Petunias you sent over are doing awesome, maybe the healthiest plant in my house... lol. My only complaint (and it's not a complaint, maybe more a need for direction) is that they get a little leggy, I wish I could get them to stay more compact and keep more of the lower leaves.
You can't see them in that picture, but the tank is already full of fish. There is a group of yo-yo loaches and a group of gold barbs. It's too much for the tank really and I need to reaccommodate them. The loaches grew really fast. I want to to look at some kind of dwarf cichlid maybe to replace the loaches. I like the barbs, but they are also getting big and boisterous.
That R. brittoniana is a naturally open plant with long internodes. If grown in low light it will get leggy. You might try pruning the growing tips to encourage more branching or increasing light.
There are a lot of different Hygrophila to try out this way. Most all of them will grow emersed. I had some corymbosa var. angustifolia and that was a pretty good plant. It flowered for me.
That R. brittoniana is a naturally open plant with long internodes. If grown in low light it will get leggy. You might try pruning the growing tips to encourage more branching or increasing light.
There are a lot of different Hygrophila to try out this way. Most all of them will grow emersed. I had some corymbosa var. angustifolia and that was a pretty good plant. It flowered for me.
kj5kb
KEEPER OF CATS, FISH AND CATFISHES
I might have missed it, but what ferts are you using, if any?
I already wanted more crypts...now ME REALLY WANT MORE CRYPTS!
I'm upgrading a 75G to a 90G and was already planning to have red mangroves and maybe lucky bamboo emersed. Hmmm..if I dropped the water level a bit I could have some emersed crypts too
I already wanted more crypts...now ME REALLY WANT MORE CRYPTS!
I'm upgrading a 75G to a 90G and was already planning to have red mangroves and maybe lucky bamboo emersed. Hmmm..if I dropped the water level a bit I could have some emersed crypts too
Crypts are great. They are my favorite group of aquatic plants. It is a lot of fun to grow them emersed.
Hey if you might like some material to start with then hit me up I can probably make divisions of some of this stuff I have here.
Hey if you might like some material to start with then hit me up I can probably make divisions of some of this stuff I have here.
kj5kb
KEEPER OF CATS, FISH AND CATFISHES
Thanks, I'll let you know.
I have a couple dozen red wendtii's now and wanted some variety for the 'new' 90. I've been growing then in plain gravel over an RUGF, 1.5-2 wpg(T8)...primarily on fish poo. They must like it cuz they keep making more...
I have a couple dozen red wendtii's now and wanted some variety for the 'new' 90. I've been growing then in plain gravel over an RUGF, 1.5-2 wpg(T8)...primarily on fish poo. They must like it cuz they keep making more...
If you can keep the canopy on that tank it will maintain the humidity high and you will able to raise all kind of crypts in there.
Let me know if you might move forward with that idea. I have tried a lot of them and I have suggestions for several crypts that grow really well this way. Most kinds of wendtii are really good and grow into handsome emersed plants.
Let me know if you might move forward with that idea. I have tried a lot of them and I have suggestions for several crypts that grow really well this way. Most kinds of wendtii are really good and grow into handsome emersed plants.
This tank is finally getting closer to what I had in mind. Here is a new update from the other night.
The plants are in the same spots as my update from 11-22, but they have settled in a little bit more and they also grew a little bit.
This image was post-processed a little bit for exposure.
The plants are in the same spots as my update from 11-22, but they have settled in a little bit more and they also grew a little bit.
This image was post-processed a little bit for exposure.
