When removing leaves which are succumbing to crypt melt, how is the best wya to do so? Just remove the leaf, or the whole stem?
You want to remove the whole stem, if you just cut the leaf off the stem will only rot. I find it easier to remove them by hand if there's enough space in the tank - if you run your fingers down the stem (and probably under the substrate a bit) you'll feel where it joins the rhizome, and if you bend it away from that it should snap off - if you just cut it off at or above the substrate level the underneath part will still rot - not normally a big problem, but especially if it's a new tank you want to avoid that as much as possible. New leaves can only grow from the rhizome, the old stem will just perish. Mark
