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Re: When to add crypts?
From: Eric Neustadter <ean at primenet_com>
>I'm now a month into the life of my reborn 80-gallon tank (a
>Dupla/Booth product). Ideas for rearraging and adding plants
>are starting to percolate through my brain. Among others, I'm
>thing about adding about half a dozen red crypt wendtii. The
>Optimium Aquarium recommends avoiding crypts until the 3-month
>point, and I'd like to hear what others feel about this
>(especially you, Karen).
I added some of these to my 50 when I first brought it up. Yes I was
aware that Horst & Horst said one should wait on slow growing plants
like Crypts, but I figured I had so many fast growing stem plants
along with the Crypts that it wouldn't be a big deal. I never had any
problems. I just gave away and threw out another ~20 plants with 15"
long leaves (measured). As long as you're not having any algae
problems, I'd say it's OK to add them now.
Oh, my tank is a semi-Dupla affair: I use the tablets and drops more
or less as specified and inject CO2, nothing in the substrate. 2 40W
fluorescent bulbs for light, a daylight and wide spectrum plant.
Keith Rogers
krogers at es_com