nanmer Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 I have a nice group of mini water lilies. I have been waiting to see a flower. With great excitement, a bud finally appeared! Two days later, gone! I don't want to blame the wrong fish/snail but who do I ? I have a few pond snails and rams (trying to get rid of them), 2 zebra nerites, a few Chinese trapdoor snails, one albino bn pleco, petricola cats, and two gold angels. The rest of the fish are dithers and have no interest. At present I am ready to go on a pest snail hunt . Before I rip my planted tank apart I want to rule out a fish snacking on a nice tender flower bud. I see another bud forming and am considering putting a cage with razor wire around it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgd Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 How do you know it was a fish or snail? My first suspiscion would be that it died back. The flower wouldn't take long to disintegrate. Is the stalk still there? I have a nice group of mini water lilies. I have been waiting to see a flower. With great excitement, a bud finally appeared! Two days later, gone! I don't want to blame the wrong fish/snail but who do I ? I have a few pond snails and rams (trying to get rid of them), 2 zebra nerites, a few Chinese trapdoor snails, one albino bn pleco, petricola cats, and two gold angels. The rest of the fish are dithers and have no interest. At present I am ready to go on a pest snail hunt . Before I rip my planted tank apart I want to rule out a fish snacking on a nice tender flower bud. I see another bud forming and am considering putting a cage with razor wire around it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanmer Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Thanks for the reply, I considered die back but the bud was healthy and green at midnight and at 5am it was gone. It was emerging from the crown so not much for a stalk. If it was die back how long would it take to disintegrate and how to prevent die back? It had flower buds when I got the plant, they turned brown and stick around for a while. I am sure that preventing die back involves ferts, I am new to this game and still learing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgd Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 I dunno how to keep them around. In six years I've only had a few anubias flower and they only did so for a week or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanmer Posted March 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 (edited) I will keep my fingers crossed! I tend to blame the pest snails for the missing bud, will have to put in a snail trap. There were a few on the sand near the bud. Edited March 27, 2011 by nanmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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