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Cryptocoryne
Cryptocoryne are rosette plants from the streams of South and Southeast Asia, including India, which is why they handle Indian tap water and warm rooms so calmly. They are root feeders: planted in substrate with a root tab, they grow steadily in low light and without CO2, and they are among the few plants that look good in a tank with no fertiliser routine at all. We stock Cryptocoryne wendtii in green and red-bronze forms and other species as they become available. Wendtii stays roughly 10–25 cm tall depending on light, making it the standard midground plant for a 2–3 foot tank. Crypt melt, and why it is not a problem Almost every Cryptocoryne drops its old leaves after a move, a water-parameter change or a big water change. This is “crypt melt”: the leaves grown in the previous conditions dissolve while the root crown stays alive. Do not pull the plant out. Remove the mushy leaves, keep the tank stable, and new leaves adapted to your water appear within two to four weeks. Plant the crown above the substrate with the roots below it. Feed the roots: one root tab every one to two months near the plant. Light: six to eight hours, low to moderate. Higher light makes wendtii shorter, redder and more compact. Leave it alone. Crypts resent being moved more than anything else. More detail: the crypt melt guide, green vs red wendtii and Cryptocoryne compared with Anubias.
