HELP!! Pruning cryptocoryne "melting"??!!!

[Paige Gallegos]

Please someone tell me what I can do! :( I'm so upset, my beautiful planted
tank is melting! I pruned my cryptocoryne plants a couple of weeks ago and
now all the leaves are "melting". Is there anything that I can do to stop
it or are all the plants going to die? I read somewhere that if you leave
them alone they may come back? Please if someone has had this happen to
them? I tell you what I will never prune them again! I can't even bare to
look at the tank.

Plus are the dying disentigtrating leaves bad for the tank? It's hard to
get them out because as soon as you get a hold of the leaves they fall
apart!

[350X_Rider]

> Please someone tell me what I can do! :( I'm so upset, my beautiful
planted
> tank is melting! I pruned my cryptocoryne plants a couple of weeks ago
and
> now all the leaves are "melting". Is there anything that I can do to stop
> it or are all the plants going to die? I read somewhere that if you leave
> them alone they may come back? Please if someone has had this happen to
> them? I tell you what I will never prune them again! I can't even bare
to
> look at the tank.

I too had this problem, but I was expecting it... I came here and asked how
to prune a crypt... and was told by LeighMo, my plant mentor, that you
should only prune a couple leaves per week, otherwise, it's like the plant
goes into shock and melts.... this will go away, but not after a few leaves
are lost....

patience... sometime in the near future it'll perk back up and take off...
probably being shocked will send it into a dormancy where you'll find it's
been sending out runners or shoots to create more crypts, usually 3-6" from
the mother plant...

> Plus are the dying disentigtrating leaves bad for the tank? It's hard to
> get them out because as soon as you get a hold of the leaves they fall
> apart!

Any disentigration should be taken out ASAP, causes bad water quality
issues.....

you can get them out, either with your hands or a net.... I've had to use a
net before.... wasn't too bad..

[E. Mito]

In article >, "350X_Rider"
> writes:

>you can get them out, either with your hands or a net.... I've had to use a
>net before.... wasn't too bad..
>

Consider using a gravel vac or python to get leaves out; this will prevent
pieces that would normally "get away" if you tried to remove with your hands.
I like to use all three ways to get as much of the dead/floating stuff out.


Erica
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mitoem/mitoem/index.htm

[Paige Gallegos]

Thank you for your helpful advice. I feel better, and I will use a siphon
to remove the dead leaves as soon as I get off the computer. In the future
I will not do this again, at least not so much at once. Again, thank you!!
Paige