red lotus leaves too big.

[Jeanette]

Hi again,

I have a beautiful red lotus plant in my 40 gal community tank but the leaves are growing to over 6 inches wide and are out of proportion to the tank. Any suggestions on what to do?

Thanks,

Jeanette

 

[krap101]

I had some a long time ago, and I think that its continuously sending up new leaves, so you can probably "prune" the big leaves and keep the newer ones. If it isn't, I'd wait for another solution.

 

[Jeanette]

Thanks Danny,

I wish it would not get so big as the leaves are truly beautiful and it is painful to kill them.

Jeanette

 

[krap101]

There are dwarf lotus bulbs you can get.

 

[jcarlilesiu]

I have to constantly trim my red tiger lotus. The big leaves and the leaves sent to the surface get sniped.

Tiger lotus can actually be used in a pond because it gets so large. In order to keep it in an aquarium, it is maintanence intensive.

Luckily, the tiger lotus is also very resiliant. I put in some silver dollars who ate every single leaf of the plant. It came back like nothing happened.

 

[Jeanette]

Red Lotus Plant

Thank you for responding. I have started to trim. Do you know if this plant could be planted in our backyard goldfish pond. I live in Michigan City thought maybe it would work in our pond during the summer.

Thanks again.

Jeanette

 

[flip0204]

technically you're no suppose to release anything from your aquarium outside. If the pond is secluded it might be ok. I personally could care less what you put outside but people will say it could have the potential of hurting the ecosystem.