Comments on: AGA 2008: Banquet & Auction http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/20/aga-2008-banquet-auction Planted Aquariums Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: guitarfish http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/20/aga-2008-banquet-auction/comment-page-1#comment-1998 guitarfish Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:23:28 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=495#comment-1998 Glad to help! C. wendtii is what is most commonly available in the hobby, although there are many different varieties of C. wendtii out there. It can be a really pretty plant, especially when you have a huge stand of it. Have fun exploring the other ones out there! Glad to help! C. wendtii is what is most commonly available in the hobby, although there are many different varieties of C. wendtii out there. It can be a really pretty plant, especially when you have a huge stand of it. Have fun exploring the other ones out there!

]]> By: Mallory http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/20/aga-2008-banquet-auction/comment-page-1#comment-1997 Mallory Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:08:13 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=495#comment-1997 Wow, thanks for the info, Kris! I'm inspired to look into them now. The extent of my crypt collection is a single bronze Wendtii in my Dark Green shrimp tank. It gets so much light that the leaves are flat to the Amazonia. Wow, thanks for the info, Kris! I’m inspired to look into them now. The extent of my crypt collection is a single bronze Wendtii in my Dark Green shrimp tank. It gets so much light that the leaves are flat to the Amazonia.

]]> By: guitarfish http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/20/aga-2008-banquet-auction/comment-page-1#comment-1995 guitarfish Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:13:04 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=495#comment-1995 Mallory, there are many reasons that people collect crypts. They're great for many "fish" people because most species are very undemanding of light. Plus, you don't have to fertilize the water column if you only keep crypts because they're root feeders, so you can get by with using a rich substrate, and burying a root tab every once in awhile. From a scientific point of view, they're widely distributed, highly variable, hybridizable, and if nothing else, have unique looking flowers. They're more easily tissue cultured than many other aquatic plants, and many provide a color and leaf shape/texture that other plants in the aquarium do not. They do not need to be trimmed like stem plants, and have so many varieties to choose from that you could appropriately use crypts in your foreground, midground, and background. And of course, everyone else is doing it, so why not you? ;-) Mallory, there are many reasons that people collect crypts. They’re great for many “fish” people because most species are very undemanding of light. Plus, you don’t have to fertilize the water column if you only keep crypts because they’re root feeders, so you can get by with using a rich substrate, and burying a root tab every once in awhile. From a scientific point of view, they’re widely distributed, highly variable, hybridizable, and if nothing else, have unique looking flowers. They’re more easily tissue cultured than many other aquatic plants, and many provide a color and leaf shape/texture that other plants in the aquarium do not. They do not need to be trimmed like stem plants, and have so many varieties to choose from that you could appropriately use crypts in your foreground, midground, and background.

And of course, everyone else is doing it, so why not you? ;-)

]]> By: Mallory http://www.guitarfish.org/2008/11/20/aga-2008-banquet-auction/comment-page-1#comment-1994 Mallory Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:46:28 +0000 http://www.guitarfish.org/?p=495#comment-1994 That gravel picture they took is so beautiful! Why do so many people collect crypts? That gravel picture they took is so beautiful!
Why do so many people collect crypts?

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