Plant Contest - Let the flaming begin!

[jgolden]

lol I lost 2 of 5 leaves in the 1st day; As of this morning, 2 of the remaining leaves are reaching for the top of the 10G (they're about 3 inches from the surface... Guess I'd better hurry and get 'em in a deeper tank, or risk disqualification!!!) Oh, and I think I saw 1 new shoot starting to break through the substrate this AM.

[darkdep]

WTH?  Your crypt has grown that much?  Wow.

[jgolden]

but it's long and stringy... i gotta figure out how to get it to fill out

[mseguin]

Needs more light, when a plant grows tall quickly its usually becuz its trying to get closer to the light. With plenty of light it will flesh out.

[darkdep]

What do you have for light at the moment Jeff?

[Evan]

don't the leaves on Crypts melt away and then regrow to suit their new lighting conditions?  If the lighting was different than there last home.

Everyone I have had lost leaves at the start and then regrew them quite fast.

[Shouganai]

Its weird - I've got about 3 types of crypts now, maybe 4.. and I've never had one rot on me, in either of my tanks.

[darkdep]

Mine started melting yesterday...I had it sitting in a tank with virtually no light for about 5 days, and it didn't melt at all.  Then as soon as the light came on, melt-away she did...

[jgolden]

Chris, the 10G has ~ 2.5 wpg on it, using a combination of a 13w spiral daylight bulb, and a 15w 18" T8 daylight bulb (:wink: hence the ~)...

[BigDaddy]

That would be a low light tank.

The WPG rule breaks down on 10 gallons, and using spirals instead of linears does too.

I have a 36 watt linear compact fluorescent over my 10 gallon... and it acts and behaves like a medium light tank (no CO2 required... weekly instead of daily ferts.... etc)

[darkdep]

BD: I just put 4 20w T12's over one of my 30gal...Would that be considered low or medium light?

How does one get "high light" over a 10g?

[BigDaddy]

BD: I just put 4 20w T12's over one of my 30gal...Would that be considered low or medium light?

How does one get "high light" over a 10g?

That's a nice medium light tank.

And the high light 10s I've seen have had around 70 watts over 'em if memory serves.

[PaleoFishGirl]

Update - I finally have some new growth!  Also, the texture of these leaves is amazing!

[mseguin]

That second pic is awesome.

[squeeker]

I have new leaves!  *Dances*

[darkdep]

Me too!  First new leaf is popping out now!  (thank you Co2!)