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Wow I would love to see a 100 gallon tank dominated by Cryptocorynes. I must admit they are one of my favorite plants. I currently have five or six different ones in my 50 gallon. I was fortunate that I did not get hit with the usual wilting after being transplanted, please believe me it was definitely more good luck than good management.

The first one I got is dominating the center of the tank and it seems like an almost daily occurrence when I see new leaves.

Me too! I just did a 20 long with a few species and if I get a bigger tank for my African tetras I am hoping to make their current 46 bowfront into a SE Asia tank with Java fern, Buce, and Crypts as the plants. I already have it all planned out in my head.

I had some C. wendtii 'Red' in a 20g low tech for 3 years and it survived but when I moved it to a high tech tank it really took off. It is so beautiful now.

Here is a pic from 2 weeks ago but since then it has put on even more new growth. There are a bunch of tiny leaves from runners growing up around the base of the largest plant now.

Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Red' by Kaveh Maguire, on Flickr