Dan and Andy's crypt

[Dan walton]

Pulled a large clump of Christmas moss out today that's divided into to 2 lots and on its way to its new owners also trimmed a lot of hydro out trimmed all the longer stems back a bit of pruning and 15 litre water change a selection of stems and a good portion of hydro on its way to Ryan waters a little cloudy from the disturbance but should soon clear I can sit back and enjoy watching my crypts wafting in the flow now won't be long before I'm pulling another bucketful of plants out of here.
I think the fissidans moss will be getting a trim shortly and tied onto a few other limbs of the wood now I can see it again
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[Greenfinger2]

Hi Dan, Love this 😎🙄🙄

 

[Andy Thurston]

Its been a while crypts are getting massive everything still growing like crazy. A few jungle pics. I'll leave the fts for Dan

 

[Dan walton]

Will be trimming this weekend so will do some before and after pics

 

[Dan walton]

Not done much with this tank for a while growth is good and fast no change on the lighting or co2 still dosing ferts and liquid carbon water changes are down to a couple of buckets a month and topping up every two or three days only problem I have is snails there's lots I spend a hour or so a week just plucking them out but i can never eradicate them all the two assassins snails died in this tank why I don't know.
Anyway today's I've pulled a lot of stems out changed a couple of buckets of water and taken some FTS before and after excuse the pictures I'm still getting my head round my new camera.
Before







And after I've been in with the shears









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[Dan walton]

After looking at these pictures I think I'm going to lose most of the hydro any thoughts ?



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[stu_]

Now that's what you call a Crypt. 😀

 

[Andy Thurston]

Those crypts are magnificent
Stick that stauro in from the 180
You might want to think about getting rid of E.B????? whatever it is on the left,if it starts taking over again, it was massive before you hacked it

 

[Dan walton]

I'm thinking Staurogyne in the front exposing that branch and spreading out the fissedens along it the plant on the left is very slow growing but I'll keep a eye on it I've pulled most of that ammania it was getting stringy and the red stems have all but gone to again very stringy would have been nice if I could have kept it bushed up and not as tall

 

[Andy Thurston]

That amania bonsai in my propagator is just about ready to go again you can have some of that if you want

Edit:
And im getting some alternanthera reineckii mini with my shrimp when they finally arrive, I should have a good chunk of that spare if you want some

 

[Dan walton]

Don't think I'm going to bother with anything else Andy just a bit of styro in front let it all get overgrown again and then trim it back next project is pulling the 180 apart !

 

[Ryan Thang To]

crypts crypts crypts

 

[Dan walton]

A couple more months have nearly passed a few little changes have been made thinned out a few stems removed the hydro and the two large plants from each corner they never recovered from the major trim back in September the fissedens is growing like crazy and a huge clump came adrift and reattached part of itself to the filter intake I like it there so left it the rest is clinging onto the tank brace it seems happy but I'm having to keep the water a little higher than I like to support it anybody wanting some let me know and I'll post it out a donation to ukaps is all I ask.
As for the crypts very a little scary they dominate this tank now and are expanding at a rapid rate I keep spotting new lances popping up all over the place I'm nearly sure I could lift the substrate out in one piece if I was to pull the original plant up !
Anyway a few update pics

Dan




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[Dan walton]

Can't say I'm impressed with the updated tapatalk or maybe I'm not using it correctly those photos look terrible there much prettier on my ipad 🙁

 

[Andy Thurston]

Tapatalk is rubbish for pics. Stick em on photobucket then post from safari

 

[Andy Thurston]

Sounds like this tank is growing into its title

 

[Samjpikey]

I always like tanks like this rather then generic aquascapes filled with one plant and a rock , much more exciting and also the plants look very healthy 🙂

 

[Andy Thurston]

That tanks insane sam
Minimal maintenance, fertz, water etc. and it still grows and pearls like crazy and gets a very small amount of gsa/gda
Which reminds me chuck an extra tsp of potassium phosphate in your ei mix it might get shut of the gsa/gda

 

[Dan walton]

Will post some pictures and a update on this tank at the weekend it's still going strong however it's just a mass of moss and crypts and in need of some serious thinning out there will be lots of moss and crypts up for grabs shortly

 

[Andy Thurston]

You need a hand with this?