fleshgear Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 my red tiger lotus flower finally opened last night, they are night bloomers. it got a little burnt from the light, but i have moved it out now. 77 gallon tank, i had a different light on it, but i took it off so i could see the flower. up until recently i had about an inch of duck weed on the surface. and the lotus leaves are huge, about 10 inches in diameter. the flower is about 2 1/2 to 3" in diameter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykit Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Very cool! I've never had any plants flower for me but my one sword sent out a whole bunch of runners not too long ago and that was cool to see as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewels Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 :drool: Whats your secret ?? :drool: That is a plant I have had for a few years. Never have I seen it even threaten a blossom. How do you do ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleshgear Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 do you let the plant reach the surface? i didn't really do much, actually nothing at all. the canister filter stop working a while ago, maybe a month or more. i haven't got around to cleaning it yet. i haven't even fertilized it for a month or so. once this flower goes away i will be trimming all of the leaves that are on the surface to retrain the plant to not go to the surface, and then maybe fix the filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Hahaha...i like that. Maybe fix the filter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleshgear Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 it is more of a walstad tank now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 if it works! Why not eh?! How many fish are in that tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleshgear Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 too many to count, 40 neon tetras, 20+ corydoras, 3 syno petricolas, 2 young bn albino pleco, 1 rainbow fish, 2 peacock gobies, 3 plume tail platies, there was 1 other small pleco, but i havent seen it for several months, many many baby guppies, 1 killifish that has a bent spine(i didnt want to kill it so i put it in there), i think that is all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishclubgirl Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Fix the filter or you lose your "fish nerd" status. Has all this "salt water" talk gone to your head?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleshgear Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Fix the filter or you lose your "fish nerd" status. Has all this "salt water" talk gone to your head?? the filter kind of works, maybe an 1/8 of what it is capable of. and it works as a walstad tank. just without the dirt. maybe i will test the water to see what the numbers are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleshgear Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 i just tested the water and it is... nitrite 0 nitrate 10 i also checked a tank that is very healthy and the filter is working great nitrite 0 nitrate is crazy high, around 160 somewhere. i havent fertalized for quite a while. i have lots of slow growing plants in here and the other i have lots of fast growing plants.. that i think explains the low nitrate with the fast growing plants. i will throw some fast growing plants in the high nitrate tank and see what happens in a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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