andrew__

I've been growing some crypts emersed for over a year now but just upgraded a little bit with a larger tank and better lid.



Crypt species I'm growing in there (I'd post pictures of the plants but I recently had a problem with the lid... it fell in! Plants are growing but still don't look great after that)

C. wendtii 'green'
C. wendtii
C. walkeri 'lutea'
C. willisii
C. pontederiifolia

(Sharing the tank but not crypt species are Hygro corymbosa, Tillandsia spp., an Aerangis biloba orchid, and an Episcia I'm trying to salvage)

I had been growing them in flourite (with poor results) though I recently repotted them into RedSea Florabase.

I'll be moving my C. undulata into this tank as well as I have too many crypts in my planted display tank right now

Biggest problem right now is my C. pontederiifolia - it grows very slowly such that I only have two leaves at a time, by the time a new leaf is growing the oldest is dying. This was the reason I changed the substrate so hopefully that will help but what else might I be able to try to encourage better growth? I haven't been fertilizing but have been using waste water from my fish tank so they have been getting at least some nitrogen from that... Open to ideas