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  1. 1st Oct 2007, 23:52 #1
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    Hi all! Cryptocoryne fan here!!!

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    Hi all,

    Been keeping planted tank for 2 yrs, & will be upgrading to bigger tank soon. Hope i can learn more from you guys in planted. Most of my plants are Cryptocoryne. Very much interested in rare & exotic crypts. Currently in my tank. Looking to add apistos in my bigger tank .

    C. albida
    C. nurii
    C. ´timahensis
    C. Rosanervig
    C. coronata
    c. Kota Tinggi
    C. minima
    C. parva

    Any crypts experts here? Maybe i can get a few pointers here on how to grow them better.
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    Hello RHX,

    Welcome to AQ and great to see another hardcore crypts player here.
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    Hi RHX,

    Welcome. Any pics of c. Kota Tinggi, quite curious to see how it looks like.
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    Welcome RHX. Are you growing them emmerse or submerge?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bossteck View Post
    Hi RHX,

    Welcome. Any pics of c. Kota Tinggi, quite curious to see how it looks like.
    Unfortunately, I don't have a digital camera.


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    Welcome RHX. Are you growing them emmerse or submerge?
    All of them are submerge, but not all are growing well submerge.
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    Hi RHX, welcome... let's learn from each other.
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    Hi ben, nice to see crypto fans around.

    What is your tank parameter?
    How long have you been growing?
    Tried growing them emerse?
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    My name is Ray not Ben
    Tank is 2 x 1.5 x 1.5
    CO2 2 - 3 bps
    2ft 4 tube t5 HO 24w 6.5k osram tubes
    Chiller temp set at 25 - 26 degrees
    PH around 6.5 - 7
    Lapis sand for substrate, been adding ferka rosettas as base fertilizers.

    Been keeping crypts for about 1 yr
    Have not grown them emerse. First of all i don't know how to, secondly there's space constrain so have not really thought about it.

    I'm not really hardcore crypt fan, but the preference is there compared to other plants. I like slower growing plants. Stem plants grow too fast for me, too much hassle to trim them every few weeks.

    Planning for the Future. A 4ft tank Crypt & Eriocaulon tank with apisto & pleco. Fishes might change, but plants are confirmed. Maybe some moss & fissidens too.
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    hi ray, sorry, i guess i got "ben" from the "been". haha
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    No problem . Are your crypts submerse or emerse? Any advice on how to grow them submerse? Some of crypts are barely surviving .
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