Tiger lotus care
Nymphaea zenkeri
Tiger lotus makes large red, speckled leaves from a bulb and is a striking centerpiece for a 20 gallon or larger tank.
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Helps
- Where it goes
- Midground
- Growth
- Fast
- Care level
- Easy
- Height
- 8 to 24 in
- Temperature
- 72 to 82 °F
- How to plant
- Rest the bulb half in the substrate; add root tabs
- Propagation
- New bulbs from runners
In a 20 gallon long
12¾ in tallHow to grow tiger lotus
Tiger lotus makes large red, speckled leaves from a bulb and is a striking centerpiece for a 20 gallon or larger tank. Trim surface pads to keep the red underwater leaves coming.
Common problems
- Takes over the surface with pads; trim them each week.
Light for tiger lotus
Medium-light plants grow best under a planted-tank LED that spans the tank. Check the mounting length against your tank before buying: how to fit a planted light.
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Fluval Plant 3.0 22W
Adjustable mounting range 15–24 in; maker publishes 1,450 lm and PAR at several depths.
Finnex Planted+ 24/7 CRV-24
Fixed 24-in fixture model; fit depends on the supplied legs and tank span.
Plants that grow in the same light
Sources
Plant identity from Wikipedia: Nymphaea lotus. Heights, temperatures and care are typical ranges in aquariums from common planted-tank practice, not figures from that article. Drawings are our own; photo credits follow.
Photo credits
Real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped to fit; each is used under the license named.
- Tiger lotus Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Amazon sword Brianza2008, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dwarf hairgrass Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Monte Carlo Yercaud-elango, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Water wisteria Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ludwigia repens Show_ryu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Anacharis Ernst Schütte, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
