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  • Cryptocoryne wendtii var.'Florida Sunset' spathe

    Cryptocoryne wendtii var.'Florida Sunset' sent out a spathe yesterday exactly 1 month after I planted it.
    Some pics to share.





    Thanks
    Bhushan
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  • #2
    Awesome! Keep us updated, I'd like to see the progress. :)
    "Millennium hand and shrimp!"

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    • #3
      Nice. My bronze gets almost that red, but not quite.

      Mark
      What are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.

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      • #4
        Bhushan, Awesomeness!
        700g Mini-Monster tank

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        • #5
          Bhushan

          Great looking crypt.

          Can you describe the emersed setup you are using to do this, also what substrate do you have in the pot.
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          • #6
            Nice!! I had no idea that crypts grew emersed...
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            • #7
              Oh yeah, only the most obsessed plant geeks get into the emersed crypt setups.

              It is really nice cause you can get them to flower and most do flower nicely. In fact most aquatic plants will grow even better with some emersed time, most aquatic plants will ofter grow stonger during the emersed period in nature so that it can survive the submerged period "wet season". In fact a lot of the aquatic plants that you buy are probably grown emersed, that is usually the reason the look so good when they come in and start melting a few weeks later in the store's or your tank.
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              • #8
                Was gonna say that... most aquatic plants I have seen more often in the emersed form.
                700g Mini-Monster tank

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                • #9
                  beat you to it ek
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                  • #10
                    Bhushan

                    Can you also post pics of your emersed set up, maybe that would help explain your system better.
                    Houston Areas Aquatic Plant Society

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                    • #11
                      Mary Beth, I will keep you posted on the progress.

                      Mark,Quoc, Kev and Traci thanks a lot.

                      Kev , here is a pic of my old 20G set up.


                      The substrate varies as per the Cryptocoryne sp.
                      This particular pot has approximately 50% used Aquasoil Amazonia + PowerSand, 25% Sand and 25% Laterite.

                      Bhushan
                      Last edited by HoustonFishFanatic; 05-08-2009, 12:34 PM.
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                      • #12
                        what about daily upkeep, can you describe it a little?
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                        • #13
                          I now have a bigger set up with a 55G . It has a 65 W CF and 28W T5NO over it. I mist it 2 times in a day and fertilize it with Miracle Grow tabs when I see any deficiency. There is 2" water in the tank with a small pump for keeping the water moving.
                          A very simple set up.
                          Thanks
                          Bhushan
                          Checkout my blog AquaMusing
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                          • #14
                            Instead of misting, would an ultrasonic fogger on a timer work in automating the misting? Or is that too much humidity?
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                            • #15
                              what's a spathe?

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