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wow! i am an angel fish fan. those are beautiful!
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I agree. I have a LFS where I live that gets really nice angelfish and I have bought all of mine there; but have not come across altums. Was loving yours. Congrats!
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I have 2 in my 90 gal tank and they grow
Like a weed. I keep mine mid-level in height but when out of town on occasion I've had them grow to the surface. I prefer them lower as I have jungle Valisneria already taking up the top in a 1/4 of the tank. They get good light, but slightly filtered from a fluval 2.0 and about 12 hours a day (full strength about 10 hours). My water is changed once a week and ph is 8.0. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0 nitrate under 5. I get runners or pups off the main bulb which remove as I want to keep them in the same area. The leaves get a deep purple to slightly greenish depending on their mood. I'm a low tech tank too. I feed them seachem root tabs once every 3 months placing a couple around the base and dose with seachem's flourish with each water change so once a week. They are planted in a gravel substrate and the tank is about 8 months old. They have been one of my best growers. Pay attention not to bury the root bulb completely. It wants to be about halfway exposed. Can be tricky until it's rooted as the might try to float up. Hope this helps.
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Like a weed. I keep mine mid-level in height but when out of town on occasion I've had them grow to the surface. I prefer them lower as I have jungle Valisneria already taking up the top in a 1/4 of the tank. They get good light, but slightly filtered from a fluval 2.0 and about 12 hours a day (full strength about 10 hours). My water is changed once a week and ph is 8.0. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0 nitrate under 5. I get runners or pups off the main bulb which remove as I want to keep them in the same area. The leaves get a deep purple to slightly greenish depending on their mood. I'm a low tech tank too. I feed them seachem root tabs once every 3 months placing a couple around the base and dose with seachem's flourish with each water change so once a week. They are planted in a gravel substrate and the tank is about 8 months old. They have been one of my best growers. Pay attention not to bury the root bulb completely. It wants to be about halfway exposed. Can be tricky until it's rooted as the might try to float up. Hope this helps.
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I just thought of this. It might be that the water is too deep for it to grow. It might not be that your light is getting to it at that depth or it does not have the ability to send stems to the top of the water at that depth. You may want to research how deep of water the plant can grow in and see what you can find out. Just a thought.
Ps. I found this with a quick google search
Red tiger lotus natural habitat
These plants are native to Africa, where they enjoy slow to stagnant water with relatively shallow depths. This allows for their bulbs to grow two feet (61 centimeters) from the aquarium substrate to the surface of the water.May 17, 2021
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