How to store crypts between tank changes

[johnjo]

I’m stripping my tank down today and have some crypts I want to keep for my new scape but ’m not rescaping until Monday as going away. How can I store them until then? Iv set up a temporary tank for my fish and Anubias but with crypts requiring soil what’s the best way, can they survive wrapped in wet tissue maybe, out of water?

 

[bazz]

Just keep them in a bucket of tank water for a few days, they will most probably melt to a degree from being moved/disturbed anyway.

 

[johnjo]

Cheers Bazz

 

[Atragene]

Try to use water from the tank to help keep the dreaded m…. check