Tiger lotus

[blizowman1]

I was sold what they said to be a red tiger lotus.

But after looking at plants online I've realized that a lot of the pics for a red tiger lotus looks like this

Does this mean I don't have a tiger lotus? And if I do then what am I doing wrong lol? It didn't come with a bulb, it was just bare roots.

 

[paytertot]

I have that plant too, I've had it for over a year. I still am not 100% sure of what it is, but I -think- it's nymphaea pubescens

Nymphaea Pubescens Care - Aquarium Plants

 

[blizowman1]

That does look more like what I have than the lotus does. I really like the lotus too though so I may try to find one of those to put in my tank too

 

[Batt4Christ]

Is it like some plants with reddish coloration - the red depends on water chemistry and light as much as anything?
Just curious.

 

[paytertot]

Iron will make the red coloring come out more I believe. I dose flourish in my tank, along with having DIY co2. I'll go take a picture of mine to show you what it looks like.

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

The plant, like Paytertot stated, looks more like a. Dwarf Lily. I just saw the Tiger Lotus and Dwarf Lily side by side in my LFS today. Both are great plants that will add some red to your tank.

If you want it to look (height wise) like the picture, you need to clip all the long runners. This will train the plant to only grow low leaves.

Also, the plant in the picture is given a lot of extra care. I'm not sure what your tank setup is but I ca guarantee that that Tiger Lotus is given CO2, high lighting, and fertilizer.

 

[paytertot]

Here's some of my plant

 

[blizowman1]

Well it's in a 90g tank I just set up. I have flourish, iron, potassium, and excel. My lighting is a 3x 54w Catalina aquariums fixture. But I only run two bulbs. I dose the flourish once a week, excel daily, potassium twice a week and I've only dosed te iron once cause I'm not sure how often to dose it. I have not co2 that's why I only run two bulbs. And I have about 50 osmocote capsules I bought off of plantedtank.net but I'm afraid to use them just yet cause one I used 120lbs of Eco complete with 30lbs of flourite mixed in. And once the capsules desolve of I decide to move some plants I don't want to have to chase down osmocote balls that come up. I thought about just buying some flourish tabs for now

 

[blizowman1]

What's the difference between a tiger lily and a tiger lotus