Is this the best lotus you’ve ever seen ? Or is it just me ?

[Richee]

That is very nice! My experience with my one Lotus is mixed - it goes through very good spans of time (lots of new leaves, blooming), then slows down almost to nothing, and then improves again. That, despite conditions (including nutrients) being relatively constant and the rest of plants and the tank itself doing well. 2 photos from last bloom, 1 day apart...
(Tank is a 6foot, 125g, with 2 Finnex planted+ (36" each) end-to-end)

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Yea I think the red floaters are stopping the leaves from flattening out , I’ve got about 3 of them on the surface , my tank is only 20 long and it stands to all sides

 

[Richee]

That is very nice! My experience with my one Lotus is mixed - it goes through very good spans of time (lots of new leaves, blooming), then slows down almost to nothing, and then improves again. That, despite conditions (including nutrients) being relatively constant and the rest of plants and the tank itself doing well. 2 photos from last bloom, 1 day apart...
(Tank is a 6foot, 125g, with 2 Finnex planted+ (36" each) end-to-end)

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Does it hurt anything if all of the leaves aren’t on the top floating ?? I’ve got over 12 leaves at the top of the water but only about 2 of them are floating flat at the top, as I have other floating plants in there ?