plant id?

chilligirl · 10-18-2008, 09:40 PM

does anybody know what this is?

I first bought these little guys in a bunch from the lfs MONTHS ago. I thought they were some small type of crypt, and planted them as such in a couple of my tanks (a high light and a low light). After all these months they haven't done much of anything. The same lfs just got a bunch more in, and I scooped them up. The lfs doesn't know what they are either, but they're clearly aquatic, and low-growing, and I think will make a nice carpet if I can get them to grow.

So I pulled the surviving ones out of my 90g (low light, sand & fluorite) and having a good look at them since they have grown/spread a little, they're looking more like an anubias than a crypt to me now? Which would explain why they haven't done well, since I buried the rizome.

So, is this a crypt? An anubia? Something else? Anyone know what the heck this is?

**epicfish** · 10-18-2008, 09:44 PM

Cryptocoryne parva

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/my...ne_parva_.html

chilligirl · 10-18-2008, 09:54 PM

you rock! thanks so much

**Church** · 10-18-2008, 10:07 PM

Dang. I wish my lfs carried parva...

PROLINKer · 10-18-2008, 10:48 PM

LFS here in the Philippines have a very limited variety of crypts too. I love to have this one.

**fishbguy1** · 10-18-2008, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Church

Dang. I wish my lfs carried parva...

ditto...my lfs only carries luteas, wendtiis, and sometimes spiralis.....

10-18-2008, 09:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
chilligirl Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 104	plant id? does anybody know what this is? I first bought these little guys in a bunch from the lfs MONTHS ago. I thought they were some small type of crypt, and planted them as such in a couple of my tanks (a high light and a low light). After all these months they haven't done much of anything. The same lfs just got a bunch more in, and I scooped them up. The lfs doesn't know what they are either, but they're clearly aquatic, and low-growing, and I think will make a nice carpet if I can get them to grow. So I pulled the surviving ones out of my 90g (low light, sand & fluorite) and having a good look at them since they have grown/spread a little, they're looking more like an anubias than a crypt to me now? Which would explain why they haven't done well, since I buried the rizome. So, is this a crypt? An anubia? Something else? Anyone know what the heck this is? __________________ 90G Planted Community, low-light & low-tech 29 Gallon Coldwater, moderately planted 20G planted community tank, high light, CO2 2.5G planted nano coming soon, 1gallon planted Yes I suffer from MTS

10-18-2008, 09:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
chilligirl Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 104	you rock! thanks so much __________________ 90G Planted Community, low-light & low-tech 29 Gallon Coldwater, moderately planted 20G planted community tank, high light, CO2 2.5G planted nano coming soon, 1gallon planted Yes I suffer from MTS

10-18-2008, 10:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Church Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,048	Dang. I wish my lfs carried parva... __________________ 2.5g iwagumi - (NEW!) 6.6g bookshelf tank - 10g project tank - 20g long tank

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10-18-2008, 09:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
epicfish Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (185/100%) Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 8,850	Cryptocoryne parva http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/my...ne_parva_.html

10-18-2008, 10:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
PROLINKer Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Quezon City, Philippines Posts: 39	LFS here in the Philippines have a very limited variety of crypts too. I love to have this one.

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