So here are three random pictures of plants that have grown a bit too much.
First up is some random anubia - the provider said it was nana but the leaves appear a bit larger to myself than typical nana though perhaps most of the ones i have sold as nana are really nana petite. Anyway i acquired it in a trade - i weeded what was around $200 of nurri and rather than toss them in the garbage i traded it for a crypt i wanted known as purpurea which typically goes for $7 to $15 if you can find it so he tossed in a bunch of other random stuff. This fellow was maybe a foot long when i acquired it and it seems to have added another foot in the pas 12 to 18 months:
the aquarium is 48 inches long and the not welcomed fishes love hiding in its broad leaves.
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Next up is this random crypt that i'm not sure if it is Hudoroi or Usteriana. Most likely Hudoroi - Back in Sept 10th of 2024 i purchased both plants because they originate in hard alkaline waters of Borneo (usteriana in philliphines) and i wnated to see how they did in my black water aquarium. Well not surprising both died. However being snarky i purchased 2 of each plant and put the other one in my tap water 120 (which is still soft at tds 140 but a heck of a lot harder than blackwater conditions of tds 10). Unfortunately both plants are very similar though in theory usteriana gets much taller than hudoroi but also have a very red backing the back of these leaves are more brown red and t they are in the 8 to 10 inch long which is expected of hudori - Anyway this one little its bitsy plant now covers over 2 feet wide and 2 feet back of my 120 (which is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide) in a measly 18 months. It isn't a bad plant per sey but no where as nice as my nurii which are doing ok but no where as ok as this monster. Oh well i have 3 7 inch cat fishes that live under this stuff and never show a whisker unless there is food in the open area.
For scale those are 5 inch krobia in the shadow to the left back corner and a full grown male angelfish on the right side - the lighting on this tank is a wrgb 2 which i hate because of the largely bluish tint as it lacks a white led.
And last but least is one of my crypt balansae. It isn't really quite that bad - i have one grown emersed that looks almost the same but that one has started to spread across my emersed setup which is very naughty:
First up is some random anubia - the provider said it was nana but the leaves appear a bit larger to myself than typical nana though perhaps most of the ones i have sold as nana are really nana petite. Anyway i acquired it in a trade - i weeded what was around $200 of nurri and rather than toss them in the garbage i traded it for a crypt i wanted known as purpurea which typically goes for $7 to $15 if you can find it so he tossed in a bunch of other random stuff. This fellow was maybe a foot long when i acquired it and it seems to have added another foot in the pas 12 to 18 months:
the aquarium is 48 inches long and the not welcomed fishes love hiding in its broad leaves.
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Next up is this random crypt that i'm not sure if it is Hudoroi or Usteriana. Most likely Hudoroi - Back in Sept 10th of 2024 i purchased both plants because they originate in hard alkaline waters of Borneo (usteriana in philliphines) and i wnated to see how they did in my black water aquarium. Well not surprising both died. However being snarky i purchased 2 of each plant and put the other one in my tap water 120 (which is still soft at tds 140 but a heck of a lot harder than blackwater conditions of tds 10). Unfortunately both plants are very similar though in theory usteriana gets much taller than hudoroi but also have a very red backing the back of these leaves are more brown red and t they are in the 8 to 10 inch long which is expected of hudori - Anyway this one little its bitsy plant now covers over 2 feet wide and 2 feet back of my 120 (which is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide) in a measly 18 months. It isn't a bad plant per sey but no where as nice as my nurii which are doing ok but no where as ok as this monster. Oh well i have 3 7 inch cat fishes that live under this stuff and never show a whisker unless there is food in the open area.
For scale those are 5 inch krobia in the shadow to the left back corner and a full grown male angelfish on the right side - the lighting on this tank is a wrgb 2 which i hate because of the largely bluish tint as it lacks a white led.
And last but least is one of my crypt balansae. It isn't really quite that bad - i have one grown emersed that looks almost the same but that one has started to spread across my emersed setup which is very naughty:
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My so called jungle vals, like yours, is 1/4 inch wide, the thinner ~1/8 inch & not quite as tall. It may have been "leopard" or "tiger" but didn't have markings in my tank. It didn't like Excel & gradually got shorter until I ripped it out...or so I thought. When I finally got rid of BBA, I quit using Excel & 2 or 3 years later, lo & behold it started growing again! I must have missed some roots but golly! that was a surprise! 
It's all good!
