Crypt Wendtii Brown in Terracotta Vase Urn
Crypts are very pleasingly shaped plants in attractive shades of green, brown and red. Add a shapely little vase & you have a neat little aquascaping item.
Great clustered in a large tank or feature a single vase in a betta tank.
Cryptocoryne sp. or Crypts are very popular, easy-to-grow, aquatic plants. There are many different species of crypts encompassing many leaf shapes, colours and textures. They can be all shades of green, red, copper and brown with textures as varied as smooth, wavy, dimpled, strappy, puckered or veined. The leaves grow in a very attractive rosetting formation. The leaves grow in a very attractive rosetting formation.
Crypts typically originate in Southeast Asia where they enjoy growing in shady streams and rivers. In the wild, they will grow both above the water and underwater. This is referred to as emerse or submerse.
Typically, Cryptocorynes are best suited to neutral pH 6.8-7.2 they prefer the pH to remain relatively constant. Ideally, when keeping crypts, a weekly 25% water change is recommended. They are well-suited to low or medium light and make very good foreground to midground plants, depending on the variety and natural size. They look great grouped in patches of 3 or 5 plants.
In the wild, they adapt rapidly to life underwater during the wet season. The majority of our crypts are grown emerse. When they are placed in a tank, they will grow new underwater leaves and establish themselves in the aquarium.
Crypts are one of the three main family groups of aquarium plants, which include Anubias, Cryptocorynes and Echinodorus. Together, these plant families can form the framework for a fantastic, aquascaped aquarium.
