HeyPK

Ooh! pygmaea! Where did you get it? You aquarists in the SF bay area seem to be plugged in to some kind of plant source that the rest of us can only dream of!

gnome

It's the magical place called Albany Aquarium . The owner imports these rare gems from the Far East, many from Oriental Aquarium. He gets plant shipments every two weeks. And every two weeks I go in there, feeling like a little kid on Christmas Day .

Well, the new leaf that's growing on the C. pygmaea in the sand tank looks terrible. I'm moving it into a Flourite-bottomed tank when I get off my lazy behind. The two in Eco-complete look like something chewed on the leaves before unfurling. They probably need some time to establish themselves where they are. I did trim the roots before planting them.

-Naomi

ekim

Hey guys,
my crypts grow like weeds in normal gravel,
no substrate ferts at all!
Lots of mulm is the key for me!

Phil Edwards

Show off.

BTW, that tank makes a great windows desktop.

Sir_BlackhOle

Beautiful tank ekim! Just gorgeous!

HeyPK

Ekim says "no substrate ferts". What about water column ferts?

ekim

Thanks guys,

Phil,
i'm not sure it's worthy of your desktop though!

HeyPK,
Yeah the tank gets full blown water column ferts!

HeyPK

Ah Hah! I suspected that. Crypts are pretty good at getting what they need out of the water, including iron.

Now, How much light? Let me guess that this is a medium light or low light tank, probably two watts of fluorescent per gallon or less.

ekim

Nope,

3WPG (200 watts) of NO fluorescents!

Phil Edwards

Mike,

You're kidding, right?! I've had your tanks on my desktop for as long as you've been posting them. I had one good discus tank. Every one of yours has been good....