Cryptocoryne usteriana, discus

[Tuydark]

hello everyone, i´d like to know if anyone as experience with this type of cryp with discus (meaning the higher temperature of the tank, around 27,5 celsius), i have jbl manado as substrate and also dose tropica ferts (both the green with nitrogen, and the brownish one without it), and have root tabs aswell, also have co2 at almost 2 bubbles per second, do u think it would grow well ? that it would have those big leafes?

 

[FranciscoB]

I am not sure but would say this - I think it will be difficult to come up with a setup where both the usteriana and the discus will do well.
I have what I refer to as Cryptocoryne sp cf usteriana in several tanks. Perhaps you can see if this is the same as your plants. In the first photo, it is at either end of ta standard 125g tank.
This plant has grown grows very well for me without particular care, just a little Flourish here and there. When happy it is invasive, quickly colonizing a tank if unimpeded, and the very tall leaves if not tamed, they reduce/stop water flow id not trimmed here and there. However, they are beautiful plants.
In my own experience, it does NOT like hot temperatures, such as those needed for happy discus. In my upstairs tanks, the summer, indoor tank water temperature reaches 82 (generally) to 85 (max) some days for several weeks. In the past, Crypt meltdown has occurred big time, and I have had to replant the tanks later from other mother plants. At the same time, my basement tank Crypts did not suffer anything.
By extension, I think it will be difficult to come up with a setup where both the usteriana and the discus will do well. Hopefully others have other experiences. Good luck!

This is a detail of the left side of the same tank, possibly at a different date.

 

[Tuydark]

I am not sure but would say this - I think it will be difficult to come up with a setup where both the usteriana and the discus will do well.
I have what I refer to as Cryptocoryne sp cf usteriana in several tanks. Perhaps you can see if this is the same as your plants. In the first photo, it is at either end of ta standard 125g tank.
This plant has grown grows very well for me without particular care, just a little Flourish here and there. When happy it is invasive, quickly colonizing a tank if unimpeded, and the very tall leaves if not tamed, they reduce/stop water flow id not trimmed here and there. However, they are beautiful plants.
In my own experience, it does NOT like hot temperatures, such as those needed for happy discus. In my upstairs tanks, the summer, indoor tank water temperature reaches 82 (generally) to 85 (max) some days for several weeks. In the past, Crypt meltdown has occurred big time, and I have had to replant the tanks later from other mother plants. At the same time, my basement tank Crypts did not suffer anything.
By extension, I think it will be difficult to come up with a setup where both the usteriana and the discus will do well. Hopefully others have other experiences. Good luck!
View attachment 157402
This is a detail of the left side of the same tank, possibly at a different date.
View attachment 157403

First of all, your tank is beautiful, and those are exactly the plants I'm talking about, and I have some other cryps in my aquarium and those fair relatively bad also, very slow growers, very small leaves, and the tank is always at 82 so maybe I'll have the same problem with usteriana, thx a lot !