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Trish S

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  1. I’m experimenting with growing Bucephalandra emerged. I had a bunch of “scraps” of rhizomes with only a few leaves and small pieces left over. So far it seems successful:) I’m seeing new growth and one is even trying to flower. I re-used plastic grocery store mushroom containers and made drainage holes. I put a layer of safe t sorb, a layer of potting soil, and capped with more safe t sorb. The tray is about 3/4 full of water which I change out weekly. I water them with diluted aquatic plant fertilizer and Spray the foliage every couple of days. They are in a domed seed starting tray under a plant grow light with my African violets.
  2. I would love to try even more types of crypts. I currently have 8 types:) As a kid , I used to go buy fish from a lady who had 100’s of aquariums in an “old barn”. She had the most amazing pure strains of guppies and breeding colonies of dozens of types of tropical fish. You had to practically squeeze between rows of tanks stacked 4 to 5 high on wood shelving. Her tanks were low tech and many were completely carpeted with a type of plain dark green crypt. She did water changes straight from hose and had simple sponge filters driven by what sounded like an air compressor lol.
  3. I just added a new cryptocoryne and some Bucephalandra to my 55 gallon community tank. Hopefully the cryptocoryne spiralis “red tiger” doesn’t melt completely. I have 4 other types of crypts in this tank that are doing well. There is a little bit of algae popping up on this side of the tank. The low fall/winter sun adds extra natural light this time of year. But at least the hill stream loaches are happy lol. I added two other new types of crypts to our 20 gallon shrimp tank . They were a little smaller and I was worried they’d get uprooted in the 55 gallon. So far so good:) no melt and both are sending out a new leaf. Cryptocoryne nurii var. raubensis 'Rosen Maiden' and Cryptocoryne jacobsenii pink. I have more plants ordered that are on the way and more Bucephalandra to add in a few days:)
  4. I wanted to add some Long finned Lemon yellow blue eyed plecos to my existing breeding colony. I recently ordered two but only one made it alive. It looks like a Snow White long fin and not a lemon yellow. The pic is of it is next to some of my short finned juveniles. Does anyone know the genetics and colors that would result in breeding Snow Whites and lemon yellow?
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