I agree with what LeighMo has said about the room these plants take up. I bought
one plant and now and all the off shoots have taken over nealry 1/2 of my 90
gallon. The pruning will begin this weekend.

Chris

LeighMo wrote:

I have a lot of
open water space and have a 4 x 65 CF Coralife fixture. 2 10000K & 2 6500K
bulbs.

You've got almost 3.5 watts per gallon. With that much light, you must have
CO2. If you can't inject CO2 right now, remove or turn off two of the bulbs.

Red tiger lotus will grow well in your tank, once you start injecting CO2.
They are heavy root feeders. In addition to the Seachem Flourish tabs you
currently have, you may have to give them some Jobe's spikes, too. (Or
something with nitrate and phosphate.)

I have a tank much like yours, and I've found these to be easy plants to keep.
But they get huge. You may find three or four of them are too much, unless
they are the only plants in the tank.

Leigh

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