Crypt question...

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Bert H

Discussion Starter · Mar 16, 2004

I was wondering how many out there have an aquascape with a primary focus of crypts. Last night I did my weekly water change and prune of my 29 gal and as I sat there uprooting, topping, and replanting a large number of stems, I thought of doing something with primarily crypts, thinking the maintenance would be lower. My concern is that having experienced a major meltdown once with wendtii, I would hate to think of the whole tank someday going into meltdown and ending up with a tank of goo. Are there some crypts that are more likely to melt than others? Or are most of them of equal susceptibility?

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aquaverde

· #5 · Mar 17, 2004

Yes, almost boringly low maintenance once they balance. No algae, no real work. WC once a month whether it needs it or not. I could probably go 6 months easily if I cared to, but I'm a hopeless tinkerer.

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aquaverde

· #8 · Mar 17, 2004

I put this tank up last June and have never had a major meltdown. I have rooted around and pulled up a C. spiralis root ball the size of a softball, so it gets some rearranging from time to time.

Specs-
20XH, currently has about 2wpg NO, XP1 canister
lower 2" of substrate are 50/50 Flourite/quartz gravel with a good handful of peat, top 2" is Onyx sand with some Estes black gravel. I use root tabs from time to time. This pic is from early Dec.

I don't like nano tanks, so haven't tried one, but I would prefer this kind of setup if I did one. Less water means things happen faster, so I wouldn't want a fast little tank. Just my pref.

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aquaverde

· #11 · Nov 3, 2004

The original was lost in the ether somewhere. Here's another.

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