Crypt Wendtii Spathe (Flower)

[fleshgear]

I planted some aquatic plants 7 months ago in my red bellied toad tank. crypts, moss, anubias, echinodorus rose and some java fern.

since then i have added only crickets and water. and have done nothing else to the tank. light is on 12 hours per day. it is a 13w cfl 6500k

here is a pic from 7 months ago.

and a pic from tonight.

and a closer shot of the spathe. it is the purpleish thing in the middle

[jvision]

Nice! How tight is your lid? Did you have to train your plants into emersed growth (ie. 100% humidity and daily misting for the first while until they put out emersed leaves)? Has the sword taken off? I can see a submerged-growth leave in the first pic.

Tres cool! :thumbs:

[fleshgear]

the lid is not very tight, i have a humidity gauge in there. it stays around 70%

i did nothing except add crickets and water, when the water level got down.

for crypt wendtii, java fern, java moss, and anubias they can go back and forth emersed / submersed with no problem.

the sword can not. it is the only plant that is not doing good. it is still alive, but stayed very small. and the submersed leaves melted off.

some crypts are more sensitive than others. wendtii is not one of them

the crypt has identical emersed leaves.

[Kronosdelsol]

Congrats on the spathe. I know what you mean by saying finally.

Neat setup for your toad. Does it ever try to jump out when your doing maintenance? I guess I'm thinking more in the lines of fire belly newts.