firefish Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 A while back, I saw that my crypt had a baby (whats the name for a plant baby?) Now its gotten bigger & theres another baby too :bounce: I'd like to separate the older baby - but whats the best way? This is the 3 plants: And the bases: Its the one on the left that i'd like to separate. It has about 5 leaves now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefish Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 I thought it might have been that easy. Thanks for helping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 In my experience they don't like it when you disturb them, they'll take a month or so to get back in full swing. If you haven't already got some undergravel fertilizer it may pay to get some JBL Kugeln Balls or something similar :]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 I would shove a JBL ball near the roots and let the spread on their own :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefish Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 I wanna have the baby crypt in another tank (the other tank is quite close, but I don't think that the crypt would spread that far :lol: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 snip it off if its big enough. it may melt but it may not, and if it does itll come back eventually. :lol: (if you had come earlier i would have shown you all my melted crypts and how they decided to come back) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefish Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Should I snip it closer to the little plant? The plant is about as big as the adult one when I first got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefish Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 I separated them today. I decided to take the smaller one too. The roots on the larger baby was twice as long as the plant hopefully they'll grow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefish Posted December 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 good news - they haven't melted yet and theres a couple of babys from each plant now :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 They don't like being disturbed so will be most productive if you leave them to develop a good clump before seperating them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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