Teach me about Crypts

[Justikanz]

I guess it depends on the person... Somehow I find C.parva easy too, just plonk them there and leave them alone... Also can recommend C.walkeri, as well as C.becketii and C.patchii (forgot which is the variety of which... )

[StanChung]

nurii
lutea
tokinensis
x willisii
affinis
schulzei

[rtcc86]

Rtcc86... Go to the website suggested by squee... READ IT.. and then surf around... READ somemore... a good suggestion would be to go to the "how to" link. We can give you info and answer your queries...but not spoonfeeding. you can find a lot of general info out there..

read the webbie already... anyway which crypts are best for non co2, non fert nano tank

[|squee|]

Crypts don't look good in nano tanks less than 1feet cubes. Wendtii.

[Ibn]

How hard is it to regrow C. keei back from just roots? I had one C. keei, one C. rosanervig, and a few C. nurii shipped to me this past week. They all came in looking fine, other than the C. keei. All the leaves melted by the time that I received it and was left with just roots.

[lorba]

Eric, float the plant/rhziome in your good tank until you see new roots or leave develop.

Planting directly might destroy the plant.

[Ibn]

Thanks for the heads up, Roland. The rhizome/roots are currently just sitting around at the bottom of the tank, unplanted. Roots are still melting off it, but the rhizome still looks intact.

[lorba]

this should be the best way to recover sensitive crypts according to documentation and experience. I've managed to keep aponogetifolia, coronata and longicauda alive this way.

Made a mistake by planting keeis into a new tank and they are left with roots!

[rtcc86]

i just bought my first crypt today! its c. parva...anyone knows how to maintain it?

[|squee|]

Hmm, not really a idea first crypt.

Cut off all the leaves except the last two (don't cut the roots if possible) and plant them securely where you want them. Leave them alone for a few months. By then you'll be seeing small submersed form of leaves. They grow very slowly and Anubias is a bullet train compared to parva.

Get Wendtii next time. Bioplast (Systems Control and Engineering) has a range of beautiful crypts and mosses for sale.

[Justikanz]

Hmm... Seriously, I have no problems plonking the plant right into the substrate... After cleaning off the rock wool, of course... Maybe I was lucky... Cos I have melting with wentii and balansae...

[joe]

OMG parva ... they grow REALLLYYY slow ... so slow u will wonder if they are even growing at all ... take squee's advise and get some wendtii

[StanChung]

ditto...4 months 8 leaves...

[|squee|]

I've gotten 3 months 1 leaf.

[StanChung]

so i seem to be lucky...then again it's like a bunch of parva... not like one rosette... so about the same i guess.

[Weirong]

Have you guys tried cultivating C. parva with sunlight? I got a really tiny leave in a few weeks. But I cheated by cutting a lot of the leaves before planting them.

It seems to work faster.

[freezze]

does using monster root ..boost the grow speed? other stem plant grow like siao when monster root is been use.

[bclee]

does using monster root ..boost the grow speed? other stem plant grow like siao when monster root is been use.

No... C. parva is by nature a slow growing plant.

BC

[rtcc86]

hi guys..just wondering.. you all are talking about cutting the leaves of c. parva when planting it...i just planted it directly...do i need to cut the leaves first?

[|squee|]

You don't need to. The leaves can stay there, but I recommend you to cut off some because most of the emersed leaves will be algae magnets.