Red Tiger Lotus

[tubamanandy]

Absolutely love the look of the Red Tiger Lotus but read an article a while back saying they were a nightmare in a normal planted aquarium for a whole host of reasons.

Can someone put me straight as its's years (20+) since I had this beautiful plant in my tank

 

[zozo]

Can you point that host of reasons? Personaly i'm not that picky nor scared that fast.. So realy can't think of any myself..

 

[mort]

The only downside I could see is they can grow extremely well and shade out other plants but that could be said about lots of favourite species like echinodorus. Personally I like the jungle style look so would happily have them but for the true mini nature aquariums it might be hard to fit it in.

 

[SeanOB]

Absolutely love the look of the Red Tiger Lotus but read an article a while back saying they were a nightmare in a normal planted aquarium for a whole host of reasons.

Can someone put me straight as its's years (20+) since I had this beautiful plant in my tank

I keep 2 in my little shallow scape, but I started them from bulbs which took ages. The plus side being you can then keep the leaves small with frequent trimming.
If you have a taller scape they can still be encouraged to grow into a big compact growth, with bigger leaves and varying stem lengths


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