An t-iasg
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I have crypt melt again, and it's so hard to pinpoint why. Sometimes it seems like they melt on a whim...
I have two 5-gallon tanks. Each tank has about 2.4 WPG and about 26 ppm CO2. The lighting I have doesn't go across the full length of the tank. On the brighter side, I have ambulia, and in the other tank, sunset hygro. On the dimmer side in each tank, I have 5 or 6 crypts. The crypts grow fine over there, but the higher-light plants stretched over, so I moved all the high light plants right under the light, and the crypts off to the side, and that worked for awhile.
Now all the crypts in the ambulia tank are melting. They may grow one leaf again, but it's black and waxy-looking, and then it melts again. I've pulled the tubers out of this tank so the melt cycle doesn't hurt them any further. I was wondering if the CO2 was hurting them, but they are fine in the hygro tank. Could the ambulia be giving off a chemical substance to stunt the crypts? Yes, I know that's a strange question, but I can't figure out why one tank is full of beautiful crypts and the others melt repeatedly.
I have two 5-gallon tanks. Each tank has about 2.4 WPG and about 26 ppm CO2. The lighting I have doesn't go across the full length of the tank. On the brighter side, I have ambulia, and in the other tank, sunset hygro. On the dimmer side in each tank, I have 5 or 6 crypts. The crypts grow fine over there, but the higher-light plants stretched over, so I moved all the high light plants right under the light, and the crypts off to the side, and that worked for awhile.
Now all the crypts in the ambulia tank are melting. They may grow one leaf again, but it's black and waxy-looking, and then it melts again. I've pulled the tubers out of this tank so the melt cycle doesn't hurt them any further. I was wondering if the CO2 was hurting them, but they are fine in the hygro tank. Could the ambulia be giving off a chemical substance to stunt the crypts? Yes, I know that's a strange question, but I can't figure out why one tank is full of beautiful crypts and the others melt repeatedly.