Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Kompakt'
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Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Kompakt' brings standout color to a planted tank while staying practical to grow, making it a fun choice for aquascapes that need a bright accent. It adapts well with or without CO₂.
Care At-A-Glance
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Coming Soon
Size: 5 - 10cm in height, 3 – 10cm in rosette width Native Range: Southeast Asia (Sri Lanka)
Position and Usage: Foreground or midground usage or carpet if planted densely
CO2 Requirements: Not required though will enhance growth rate dramatically
Growth Rate: Slow to Fast
Lighting: 1/5 – 5/5
Water Conditions: pH of 6 – 8, temperature 75° to 82°F
Propagation/Reproduction: Runners, division of large "mother plants" with budding offshoots (pups) Special requirements: A dwarf cultivar of one of the most beautiful, yet undemanding, beginner-friendly, aquarium plants, Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Kompact' is undemanding and can be kept in nearly any tank. Like all Crypts , high nitrate levels and stable water conditions are recommended while a fertile substrate dramatically improves its growth and reproduction. Though much less likely than traditionally with Crytocorynes species, sudden and dramatic changes in water chemistry or substrate chemistry (especially pH) may result in " Crypt melt" where the shoots and leaves of Crypts die off while the "subterranean" parts adapt to the new conditions and will produce new shoots and leaves
Detailed Information
Overview
Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Kompakt' Green (Crypt 'Kompact', Cryptocoryne wendtii 'compact', Dwarf Wendtii Crypt) A green cultivar of Crytocoryne wendtii 'Kompackt' that, like the classic cultivar is an undemanding, fantastic beginner aquarium plant that is also strikingly beautiful and makes for an amazing foreground plant or a midground plant for small, "Nano Aquariums".
It is roughly a quarter the size of the classic Crytocoryne wendtii and Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Red' and grows much denser. When grown intentionally in small containers pushed under the substrate, it can be used as a carpet for simple, low-tech aquariums without the same lighting and CO2 requirements that more "traditional carpet plants " demand.
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