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    I have crypts in my non-CO2 tank that I would like to remove.

    However, we all know what happens when we remove crypts. The whole damn tank's substrate gets messed up in the process.

    I was thinking... what if I just cut the crypts at the rosette? Meaning I remove the rhizome and the leaves, but leave the roots.

    Will they grow back? Or if they won't, what significant damage will rotting roots leave?

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    they will be back, if not stronger.
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    what you could do is to insert your scissors into the soil and snip around the stem. this will cut away the long roots, and you can pull the whole plant out sans roots. the snipped away roots will die in the soil and decompose to add some nutrients to your soil too

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    Wouldn't rotten roots create anaerobic activities in the substrate?
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    Quote Originally Posted by lorba View Post
    they will be back, if not stronger.
    Even without their "rhizomes"?
    Quote Originally Posted by illumnae View Post
    what you could do is to insert your scissors into the soil and snip around the stem. this will cut away the long roots, and you can pull the whole plant out sans roots. the snipped away roots will die in the soil and decompose to add some nutrients to your soil too
    That is what I wanted to do, but uklau's is also right in a sense. Then again... there are a lot of supposed myths surrounding anaerobic substrates.

    Any more opinions?

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    what's your substrate? i believe if it isn't tightly packed like lapis sand i don't believe you'll have a problem with anaerobic conditions. alternatively, you could use tweezers to pull the roots out one by one...as they're thin and narrow they can "slide" out and won't cause much debris to fly

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    It's ADA Amazonia.

    I can try that. Hmm. Might do it tomorrow.
    Last edited by benny; 11th Oct 2007 at 17:40.

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    Scoop out all your fishes, drain out all your water, then pull out the plants gently. Would this work?
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    In addition to bossteck's sugguestion, after removing all plants put water into tank and then drain the messed-up water.

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    What? I'm confused

    I'm not going to drain my water... too lazy to. Perhaps will just try cutting around the soil to get the leaves+rosette out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by |squee| View Post
    Even without their "rhizomes"?

    That is what I wanted to do, but uklau's is also right in a sense. Then again... there are a lot of supposed myths surrounding anaerobic substrates.

    Any more opinions?
    Cryptocoryne is a very hardy species. They go by runners and you can see the new plants growth at the tip of running roots/rhziome.

    I've pulled and cut my tank of crypts and leave the ada soil to dry. And guess what, after 3months of replanting, they are back in big clumps, from left over roots/rhziome.
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