They looked natural and healthy to me, I always have the impression that the long leaves will tend to curl. And it is natural for many species of Cryptocoryne (including balansae) to have bullate leaves too if that worries you.
Curling leaves
I have a C. crispatula var. balansae and C. retrospiralis growing in my tank for 4 months now.
I don't know what is wrong, but leaves start to curling. :twitch:
As substrate I used mineralized soil (red clay soil) as bottom layer 1-2cm, potting soil 3-4cm covered with 5-10cm Aquaclay ground (some kind of volcanic gravel)
NO3 - ~5 ppm
PO4 - ~0.5 ppm
KH - 10-15
pH - ~7
Temp. - 25-26 'C
Light 4x58W T8 on 560l / 150gal tank
Here are some pictures:
That might be sign of some deficiency or?
I don't know what is wrong, but leaves start to curling. :twitch:
As substrate I used mineralized soil (red clay soil) as bottom layer 1-2cm, potting soil 3-4cm covered with 5-10cm Aquaclay ground (some kind of volcanic gravel)
NO3 - ~5 ppm
PO4 - ~0.5 ppm
KH - 10-15
pH - ~7
Temp. - 25-26 'C
Light 4x58W T8 on 560l / 150gal tank
Here are some pictures:
That might be sign of some deficiency or?
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No, bullate leaves are actualy the reason why i chose that plant. The problem is because they not act as beckground plant in my tank. Leaves bending to the substrate, instead to grow upright, and stay hiden with midground.
8 hours
My tap water is very hard, probably with GH >20
Maybe that may be the reason
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