[Tiger15]

Altum are cool with tall long fin and barring, but they are expensive and hard to get. I like domesticated silver angels, but they are rare to find today as fancy mutant have all but replaced the wild barring phenotype.

 

[Tiger15]

Wow DallasFishGuy, that's awesome. I need the height in this tank. I had some issues planting it because I can't reach the bottom of the tank to "plant" anything. So I did a DIY clear plastic container (drilled holes around it, added flourite black and a root tab and "tried" to get it to the bottom. Dropped it once spilling black gravel on my sand Second attempt, I used barbecue tongs that had a firmer grip and was able to place it on the bottom. I may leave it, see if it settles down. I'll check the bulb. I know not to bury it, but heaven knows what happened. I did add jungle val (because I had it) and I put a weight around the bunch and just plopped it in, not even in the sand, and it's doing fine.

No need to drill holes in plastic container. You can buy hydroponic net pot to grow water lily, which come in all size, I grow mine in 3” net pot and filled in with pea gravel to constraint tuber growth so as not to take over. Lily has large leaf but delicate texture, so it is not cichlid resistant. The leaves got shredded easily but replaced quickly as it is a fast grower in my high tech set up. With slower growth rate, I doubt it will do well in low tech tall tank.