Crypt Becketii getting wider leaves?

[ddavila06]

ok, just like the title says: my crypt becketii are getting larger/wider leaves...i got them from Eugen a whiiiiiile back and have a huge bunch, they are getting tall, no surprice, but wider is a surprice to me. comments?> will try to get a pic now

[krisw]

Are they in a tank with low light?

[ddavila06]

nop, they are in my 125, a little shaded and the mat is pretty tick. just found my camera and the battery is empty...

[krisw]

When I have a lot of the C. becketii in my 54G under low light, non-CO2 conditions, they would grow quite large in order to maximize the amount of the light they could absorb. Maybe it's just cause they're shaded, and they're trying to grow up around whatever is shading them?

[ddavila06]

thats is my guess, maybe trying to outgrow themselves or other plants to get more light. my other hypotesis is that i have something else and i have been trading as becketii but im pretty sure these came from Eugen. got to find the charger

[PaulS]

I'm noe expert on crypts but one of the interesting things about them is how different the same plant can look under different conditions.

[eleontie]

Eugen got the big Crypt them from Kris, so he is the main distributor of the weed

Eugen

[ddavila06]

Eugen got the big Crypt them from Kris, so he is the main distributor of the weed

Eugen

hahha, is a very nice weed wherever it came from!

dang it, i can not find the charger!!!

[krisw]

Eugen got the big Crypt them from Kris, so he is the main distributor of the weed

Eugen

Then, I guess I can blame Sean!

[SCMurphy]

Sure blame me for crypts no problem. It's much better then being blamed for gibba or spyrogyra......