jsoong
Aquarium Advice Addict
I've never have much luck with crypts (except for a couple of C. Balanisae which is growing like mad), but since they are classed as easy, I can't resist trying them.
Anyway, I got a couple of Crypt Wendti around March. They did the usual crypt melt with the transplant, but I got some new leaves of about 1". Strangely, the leaves all started to turn brown/bronze after a week or so, and remained so. The plants have stopped growing, but the leaves are not rotting or anything. The leaves are quite an attractive red/green veins on the bottom, but an ugly bronze on top. The leaves are also turning ruffly along the edges.
I suppose I must be missing something so the Crypts are unhappy. But what?
The tanks normally runs 0/0/0. However, all the other plants are growing like weeds (I am throwing out 50% of the plant mass of my hornwort & hygro weekly), so there can't be too severe of a defeciency...?
Any thoughts?
Anyway, I got a couple of Crypt Wendti around March. They did the usual crypt melt with the transplant, but I got some new leaves of about 1". Strangely, the leaves all started to turn brown/bronze after a week or so, and remained so. The plants have stopped growing, but the leaves are not rotting or anything. The leaves are quite an attractive red/green veins on the bottom, but an ugly bronze on top. The leaves are also turning ruffly along the edges.
I suppose I must be missing something so the Crypts are unhappy. But what?
The tanks normally runs 0/0/0. However, all the other plants are growing like weeds (I am throwing out 50% of the plant mass of my hornwort & hygro weekly), so there can't be too severe of a defeciency...?
Any thoughts?