Lotus (Nymphaea pubescens)

nriesen

what a great plant. I have two varieties in my tank. The dward is the most mysterious. It has only put one pad up as long as I have had it. They seem to like a lot of fertilizer. I use both a seachem root fertilizer under the soil as wll as KENT liquids. I have mine in white sandy soil and found that it is very important to keep the plant very shallow. If you have an under-performing Lotus, scrape soil away to expose the tuber or root and it will take off. The pads that they put up are awesome and last for about 2 weeks in mytanks. My angels eat them if I dont keep em well fed.