gpodio

Remember my mountain??



I finally got the guts to pull it out....





This wasn't easy, it not only turned over half the substrate but it also split the driftwood in half, I found roots going into the driftwood and pale white crypts growing inside the cavities of the driftwood where no light ever reached, still, they were about 6 inches long! I even found plants I didn't know I still had in the middle of all that

I wish my tank was bigger and that I didn't have to pull this colony out, it all started with a single little crypt....

....... now I miss my crypts

Regards
Giancarlo Podio

Gomer

wow....quite impressive...and sad How long did it take to grow that big? Is that a wendtii green?

Phil Edwards

Giancarlo,

I hope you're going to be replanting some of that group, that was gorgeous! Way to go on growing that group, I don't usually have the patience to leave an aquascape alone for the time needed to grow a colony like that from multiple plants, let alone a single plant.

Best,
Phil

jerseyjay

You send me an email asking if I want some of that cryptocoryne . Were you itching to pass that entire bunch ?. Well done. Having stable tank for such long period of time will evidently promote such healthy flora.

gpodio

That took around 15 months to grow but a lot of individual crypts were removed during that time to distribute to others. It was given to me as wendtii brown, it's certainly not as green as the "w. green" but not as brown as I'm used to seeing.

The dust has mostly settled and I realize I have only scratched the surface....



I guess the java ferns are next to get pulled

Phil, I did actually leave a crypt, it somehow survived the uprooting and it wouldn't surprise me if there is more to this little guy below the substrate than one would think



Jay, yes I'm guilty... I think I will put it on aquabid and see if I find a good foster parent. I do however have a few individual crypts that have broken off the main colony, if you need any.......

I miss my crypts now I think the rest of the mountain is getting moved to the 90 gallon tank, I don't think I have the heart to pull those ferns and anubias off the wood....

Here's the tank as it looked last night



There's a lot of brown java ferns that were shadowed by the crypts, everything should look nice again in a couple months.

Giancarlo Podio

hubbahubbahehe

that's amazing, did you sell all those crypts? i bet you could make a fortune!

gpodio

Well a fortune I don't think so, if I do I'm changing profession

I ended up placing them on aquabid along with the red tiger lotuses that were next to the crypts. Hopefully someone with a large enough tank wants them. If not, they are going in the pond.

Here's the link:
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...tsr&1081732059

Giancarlo Podio

angelfishman

man i could use that in my 75.so i just placed a bid on it.hope I win!!!!!!!!!!

hubbahubbahehe

in the pond? that's so cool!!! how do you get crypts to survive outside ?!?

gpodio

I haven't tried them yet but I have enough to add a couple to the pond. Not sure what the lowest water temperature for them is, but many other plants I throw in the pond do well. Problem for me is winter, they all die by then if I don't bring them in.

Giancarlo Podio