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[Redevilz]

Hey all,

Well I'm setting up my planted tank again and I was wondering what you guys would say is a minimum thickness of substrate for cryptocoryne wendtii and also if we can get Cryptocoryne Wendtii 'Tropica' in Perth.

Cheers

[Bombshocked]

5cms is a good starting point,

 

Pet Magic Have, brown wendtii, cryptocoryne walkeri, cryptocoryne parva and cryptocoryne lutea. i asked them about it a few days ago, but its to far for me (call them to check i have no idea what they have atm)

 

im sure ollie has some nicer crypts aswell

Edited by Sir_Anubias, 21 July 2014 - 10:58 PM.

[Kleinz]

Crypts are my fave. I have said it before and I will say it again.

 

In my experience they can happily grow in anything upwards of a couple of centimetres, though if your substrate layer is thin I recommend a few rocks or pebbles around the stem to help them establish and stop the fish digging them up.

[Redevilz]

Thanks for the replies.

I am just asking because in my tank I have two areas of gravel, around the outside and in a rock boundary in the centre. The stuff around the outside is 4-6cm deep and in the middle it's 7cm deep. I think I might plant them on the border where it's 6cm deep.

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[Shane-o88]

I have crypts growing in 3-4cm of gravel, some in 2-3cm of sand but they seem to do best in deep gravel. Probably 10cm deep in the tank they are growing best in, don't know what type it is.


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[Redevilz]

Wow those are nice!

[ronaldskitz]

Thats a cool hardscape there red that driftwood looks mint


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[Redevilz]

Thanks mate! The wood is from Aquotix and the rocks I collected in Bridgetown, I'll keep you updated on my Aquascape Journal post