Little Help: ID on two crypts

nash84 · 05-04-2012, 12:51 PM

Hi all, nice forum, I hope is not to much to ask, as I`ve finally became a new member, but can you help ID these crypts I picked from the LFS a month ago.

I know the second picture is not very good, but the crypt has both brown-pinkish leaves , and green-brown leaves where there`s less light.

hippotangamus · 05-04-2012, 02:48 PM

Take this with an enormous grain of salt. The leaves in the second one look like my aponogeton crispus. If you're sure it's a crypt my guess would be balansae.

nash84 · 05-04-2012, 03:44 PM

I does look like aponogeton crispus, and the leaves are quite thin for cryptocoryne. Thanks, now it makes sense why I could not find anything similar between the crypts

Wasserpest · 05-04-2012, 03:51 PM

First one seems to be a Cryptocoryne wendtii. They are somewhat variable, depending on light, nutrients, and other tank conditions.

Second one I am not sure, A. crispus is a possibility, although they are usually a bit greener. Not a C. balansae.

wetworks · 05-04-2012, 03:53 PM

I think that the first one is C. walkeri var. "Lutea".

nash84 · 05-04-2012, 04:01 PM

So, after some research , the second one is definitely Aponogeton crispus , and C. walkeri var. "Lutea" looks exactly the same as the first. As Wasserpest said they all look different so I`ll wait a bit for more clues when it`s larger.

Thank you all for the quick and accurate replies.

05-04-2012, 12:51 PM	#1
nash84 Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: UK Posts: 3	Little Help: ID on two crypts Hi all, nice forum, I hope is not to much to ask, as I`ve finally became a new member, but can you help ID these crypts I picked from the LFS a month ago. I know the second picture is not very good, but the crypt has both brown-pinkish leaves , and green-brown leaves where there`s less light. Attached Thumbnails

05-04-2012, 03:51 PM	#4
Wasserpest Are these real? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (140/100%) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 14,646	First one seems to be a Cryptocoryne wendtii. They are somewhat variable, depending on light, nutrients, and other tank conditions. Second one I am not sure, A. crispus is a possibility, although they are usually a bit greener. Not a C. balansae. __________________ All my tanks Autodosing Water Change Temperature Monitoring Cheap Filter The Wasser-Controller

05-04-2012, 03:53 PM	#5
wetworks Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Fort Myers, Floriduh Posts: 1,186	I think that the first one is C. walkeri var. "Lutea". __________________ I even have duckweed in my water bong!

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05-04-2012, 02:48 PM	#2
hippotangamus Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 23	Take this with an enormous grain of salt. The leaves in the second one look like my aponogeton crispus. If you're sure it's a crypt my guess would be balansae.

05-04-2012, 03:44 PM	#3
nash84 Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: UK Posts: 3	I does look like aponogeton crispus, and the leaves are quite thin for cryptocoryne. Thanks, now it makes sense why I could not find anything similar between the crypts

05-04-2012, 04:01 PM	#6
nash84 Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: UK Posts: 3	So, after some research , the second one is definitely Aponogeton crispus , and C. walkeri var. "Lutea" looks exactly the same as the first. As Wasserpest said they all look different so I`ll wait a bit for more clues when it`s larger. Thank you all for the quick and accurate replies.