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Yes, be a lot easier to identify in a few of weeks when they have transitioned and are actively growing, not that I will be able to tell then either. Good to see you back!

Keep us posted as to whether any of the Crypts start sprouting, I've lost plenty before now only to see them appear six months later after thinning out a patch of real estate.

I watched the George Farmer video from their headquarters last night about the update of Tropica's display Aquaria for the Interzoo exhibition and was surprised to learn of the amount that even they have trouble with of which I think all were TC.

Do you have any full tank shots you could upload?

A lot of people struggle to get certain species of TC plants growing including myself. They can be a bit hit and miss.

Yes, one week is not enough time for everything to get back on track even if just one element has been missing so give it at least a couple more weeks and look out for any improvement. Your tank appears from the photos to be bright enough but if you think it's dim try increasing the intensity by...

HI, I would give it a few more weeks of using your complete fert first and note the results before making any other changes as you appear to have everything else covered. Are you doing plenty of water changes?

Good morning all, I was always predominantly South American biotype until my last scape which is SE Asian inspired and is mainly Crypt and Buce (with a little bit of Anubias) and has now been running for almost 3 years. One of the first things I learnt in my endeavor is the classification of...

Hi, Just a thought, is it possible this plant was crowded out, not receiving adequate light and flow?

Hi, Light looks a bit bright but difficult draw a conclusion from one photograph, is that algae growing on your stones? https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/please-read-the-guidelines-for-plant-help.60671/ Cheers!

Morning, These Buces have been in this tank for almost 3 years now, are healthy, grow like wildfire and have flowered consistently throughout. Taken this photo just now, the lights are off hence the reflection.

If stem plants turn to complete mush they seldom recover, I can however see some new growth so all is not lost. Crypts notoriously melt when transplanted or with a change in water parameters and more often than not will start to reappear in a month or so. Frequent/daily water changes will help...

On one of the other threads, Cloudy Water Hazy Water and Algae!, I read, 'I actually took from the cabinet flora grow colombo plant fertiliser. And I read the label on it and it says agent chelators used: EDTA, DTPA On instruction says 1 pump per 5 litres so I added 3 pumps right now for try.'...

You'll probably find that it will proliferate and grow towards the light however which way you attach or point it.

Just my 2 cents, my tank is running at dGH 4 and dKH 0.3 and is predominantly crypts (including Rosen Maiden and Pink Line) all of which are growing and sending out runners like crazy.. Basically I'm just trying to stop any particular one species from taking over the tank (hopefully moving...

Morning, I would definitely thin it out a bit. Cheers!

No idea about the Monte Carlo but your tank looks great, what are dimensions, 1200x600x600?

Just keep them in a bucket of tank water for a few days, they will most probably melt to a degree from being moved/disturbed anyway.

Hi, I've not really got any suggestions for you to improve your current situation but I personally would not have inserted any Crypts or Buce especially Invitro into such an immature tank. I learnt the hard (expensive) way a good few years ago. More recently (up until my tank was brimming with...

Good old Dave @Aquarium Gardens!

Hi, I know @Aquarium Gardens website is saying they are out of stock but I saw 3 or 4 packets for sale when I was there at the UKAPS meet just over a week ago, might be worth giving them a ring. If not, in the interim why not consider trying Riccardia Chamedryfolia to satisfy your immediate...

Hi, What I do is add just 2 or 3 per week (obviously in different areas) during most water changes in a 250l tank rather than dosing the whole tank at once. My theory doing this is it will help to avoid Ammonia spikes (which some tabs are famous for) and also to provide more stability with...

All I kept for years were Echinodorus sp and SA stems. I can remember Schlueteri first coming onto the market supplied by Dennerle IIRC. The one I had was most definitely quite small (for a swordplant), had longish stems, and smaller than usual bright green heart shaped leaves with little...

Cryptocoryne Nurii "Rosen Maiden" with spathe

Yes, if I Keep the tight fitting lid on my potable water container, containing 130l of RO (occasionally RODI for SW) it remains fresh for as long as I have ever left it, if I leave the lid off for any reason e.g. heater/pump cables, after 24 hours the inside and contents start to become coated...

Did these containers have airtight lids? If so, try leaving the lids off for a day or two and see what happens. Cheers!

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They seem to take about 3 months of doing nothing and then take off big time. I know most people say Crypts don't need much light, but I've always found once growing they prefer a half decent amount (not too much) along with the odd root tab or two.

My water is 5dGH and 1dKH and C. Crispatula var Balansae grows up 53cm (including substrate) and all the way across a 90cm tank, as soon as I can source a couple of C. Spiralis/Retrospiralis plants to replace them they are coming out because I'm fed up with their unruly behavior. Cheers!

Submerged for me!

Definitely normal. Cheers!

If you ask me, that drop checker looks a bit too yellow for those Cherry Barbs. Cheers!

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Hi Courtney, What's plant is the single red leaf growing to the right of the Spiralis Tiger? Many thanks!

Hi, Looks like four. Were three originally planted or have they propagated from one plant? Thanks!

Looks like standard Java Fern to me, Microsorum Pteropus. Cheers!

Hi, Not quite specifically answering your question but, I kept very long lived Cardinals at 25/26C for many years, at this temperature I grew all the plants (including Java Fern) that I would now grow at 23C. The only reason I am no longer keeping them is because for the first time in keeping...

The Aquarium Gardens link works for me!

Nice plant!

Hi, I can't tell 100% from the photo but just in case, it looks a little like your Java Ferns are planted in the substrate. If they are, they shouldn't be and if they're not then I apologise. Cheers

yeah your right lads, it came obviously with no label and tiny round red leaves, it threw me by growing so wide, the crowns are now easily 4 inches across, but it is slow growing in height. thanx, bazz!

hi, i don't think i will have to wait long for somebody to identify this please? cheers and thanx!

Re: Help with ID's please. Not sure that it's Indica. Looking at pics of Indica, it has slightly finer leaves. It could be Rotala sp. "Green". They're fairly similar untill you get them under high light etc. Hope that helps :) polysperma? later, bazz!

hi mark, if you bought your amazon swords from a shop, i would imagine that it is die back of the emersed leaves where the plants have been grown hydroponically in the nursery. i personally remove all of these prior to planting, leaving just a few or the smallest centre leaves. this is perfectly...

unfortunately brings to mind as a child 45 years ago, fishing for tiddlers and sticklebacks, barefooted in a local stream. strangely enough i only live a few hundred meters from this place and occasionally pass, but alas the watercourse now looks like tar, with the run off from the roads, and...

hi nick, i just answered your questions about the plant selection over on my journal (i think), a couple of tips about large swords in big tanks is a, (i might be wrong on this but) plant them at the rear right up against the glass so they have a tendancy to grow out and forwards rather than...

hi, could anyone enlighten me as to the life cycle of the above plant please? in the middle of that lot are a few stems which appear to have failed underwater flowering, seemed to have stopped growing in height but have 2 new shoots sprouting from the base of the stem. i just wondered if it...

hi fly fisherman, it was quite a long time ago (and a good few tanks), that i experienced horseshoe shaped holes in my plants. one night for whatever reason i was sat next to said tank and could hear a fairly audible clicking. as i said it was a long time ago, and i can't remember the exact...

hi, not sure if i was dreaming or not, but i'm pretty certain i read on here somewhere that it is best to cut all the leaves off of java fern when first tied to bogwood, i've searched the archives but can't find the thread. i've just bought a sizeable chunk and i'm left wondering if this is the...

yes, thanx! it is obvious really, i use a ro unit. i have 8 microrasboras in there, but i don't overfeed and the 6 japonica's leave no bit of grit unturned, there will be virtually no n&p! i am off to order the ingredients for ei this weekend, but still researching exactly what to order...

hi it is a dennerle 30 liter nano cube (30cm x 30cm x 35cm h, empty) with a eheim ecco pro 130 external filter, cal aqua nano lily pipes (which i now know are not deep enough for the tank) and pressurized co2 through a diffuser bubbling up into the inflow from the lily pipe, the outflow is in...

friday night i upgraded the filter on my 30l nano (with pressurised co2) from a resun cyclone external to a ecco pro 130 and started to dose easycarbo, in responce to a problem i was encountering with the lower leaves on my pogostamon helferi turning yellow and beginning to dissolve. however...

i've just noticed some small brown patches with holes beginning to appear in the bottom leaves, they are getting plenty of co2. i would have thought they are lacking one or two of the nutrients as i am at present using a proprietary fertiliser. is there anything this plant requires a lot of? i...