Nymphea

[rocknurworld2006]

Will one of these grow in normal aquarium conditions or do they need co2 and good lighting?

also how do u get them to grow under water rather than all the leaves on the surface?

thansk

 

[Liam]

They are not very demanding, a root tab would do them good, you just cut the leaf before it reaches the surface. I have grown them in gravel with no Co2.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

They are not very demanding, a root tab would do them good, you just cut the leaf before it reaches the surface. I have grown them in gravel with no Co2.

and then will it just grow under water?

 

[Colin_T]

all nymphae species produce floating leaves. Some will produce a few leaves that stay under water but eventually they will try to get them onto the surface. If you cut the floating ones off they only produce new ones.

 

[Wolfenrook]

all nymphae species produce floating leaves. Some will produce a few leaves that stay under water but eventually they will try to get them onto the surface. If you cut the floating ones off they only produce new ones.

Not entirely true. Yes they produce new surface leaves, but they also continue to grow submerged leaves. So you just keep cutting off any leaves that make it to the surface, and also the surface leaves (you can spot them before they even grow much, they are quite different to the submerged growth leaves).

They will happily grow in even quite low light without regular dosing of ferts so long as they can get a little bit of the nutrients they need.

Ade

 

[rocknurworld2006]

all nymphae species produce floating leaves. Some will produce a few leaves that stay under water but eventually they will try to get them onto the surface. If you cut the floating ones off they only produce new ones.

Not entirely true. Yes they produce new surface leaves, but they also continue to grow submerged leaves. So you just keep cutting off any leaves that make it to the surface, and also the surface leaves (you can spot them before they even grow much, they are quite different to the submerged growth leaves).

They will happily grow in even quite low light without regular dosing of ferts so long as they can get a little bit of the nutrients they need.

Ade

thanks, so hhow far down to you cut it off?

 

[Colin_T]

at the base near the gravel