Benjansss Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I've descoved something some of you may find interesting if you plant a tiger lotus in a high flow part of a tank the stay much shorter and bushyer mine looks really nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I agree - they do look nice when they stay low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I personally prefer them when they are short to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Mine is not in a high flow area and mostly stays short, apart from he occasional shooting up of stems which die off and the rest of the short ones stay as they are. I always thought the shortness was insufficient light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjansss Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Mines also in one of the best lit spots in the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexyay Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 I believe it's a mix of lighting (plants will grow taller in low light) and "training" it. If Emersed leaves are allowed to grow, it'll start switching to emersed growth and will reduce in submerged growth. The plant can be "trained" to stay shorter by trimming taller leaves and emersed growth. This is kinda done accidentally with leaves that grow tall and eg get killed by flow/decor/fish/hot lights/etc. And can be done the other way round when leaves are killed by eg a lack of light (when covered by other leaves) or boisterous bottom dwellers. All in all it'll grow to adapt to the conditions around it - or the leaves will just continue to get killed off and it won't do so well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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