pink flamingo grows very slowly

[tnnlynch]

It died to the substrate after planting but sent out a sprout after two weeks - I had assumed it was dead. The pink flamingo is now about the diameter of a quarter after 3 months. Eco-complete substrate with root tabs added near it. Lights are a fluval 3 and a finnex 247 on a 29g. i would not expect light is the issue.  Do pink flamingo's just grow poorly without co2?

[Expectorating_Aubergine]

Is the sprout pink? Mine have always converted to the regular form...

[Jennifer V]

Dying to get this plant! From what I understand and my own experience, crypts grow very slowly, especially at first when they are adjusting to the new environment. It might just need some time. I know three months seems like a lot, but I have a parva that is only now showing noticeable growth after a year. As with other crypts, I don't think CO2 is necessary. 

[tnnlynch]

Nope.  Green leaves. 

This is slower than any crypt I have ever grown.  This tank is a low tech tank.  Scarlet Temple has done so-so in this tank while it was guns blazing in my previous co2 tank.  I am beginning to think this is a similar result.

Edited February 2, 2022 by tnnlynch
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[laritheloud]

Pink Flamingo is a very slow, small grower for me. It looks perfectly healthy and has the pink color, but growth lags noticeably behind my other crypts. I have a 55 gallon high tech tank for reference and make sure it gets unobstructed light and root tabs in inert sand substrate.