They will try to send up a floating leaf from time to time, and if you want the plant to maintain its beautiful underwater leaves, these should be pinched off before they break the water surface. If you let it get away from you, however, and it is producing lots of floating leaves, all is not lost! Snap off ALL the leaves and “train” it to stay under water again. On the other hand, you might enjoy seeing it flower in your tank. In that case, the water level should be far enough below the cover and/or lights, that the flower bud can fully develop. It will open at night and close during the day. Keep in mind, however, that floating leaves will shade your other plants. So a Nymphaea lotus that is allowed to flower should probably be kept in a tank without any light loving plants below it.
Nymphaea lotus 'Red' is a very heavy feeder. It will develop offset plantlets under good conditions with enough food. These can be separated off and used in other tanks. If the tank is not fed well enough, your Nymphaea could starve your other plants. So be sure to feed regularly. This is a plant where a soil based substrate and/or regular addition of good quality, nutritionally complete plant tabs can be a big help. It grows well even without supplemental CO2, but like all plants will show it’s best if CO2 is supplied.
Nymphaea lotus 'Red'
Common Name: Zenkeri lotus, red tiger lotus
Family Name: Nymphaeaceae
Lighting: Low-high
Requirements: Undemanding but a heavy feeder
Growth Form: Bulb
Growth Rate: Fast
True Aquatic: Yes
Placement in Tank: Specimen plant
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IMPORTANT:
Photos are a sample representation, not the actual plants you will receive. Each plant is different and will vary in size/color slightly.
We do our very best to respond fast and ship happy, healthy plants. If you have any questions or concerns please message us, we are always happy to assist!
Please be aware that sometimes plants need time to recover after shipping in a dark box for 2-4 days.
SHORE AQUATIC SHIPPING POLICIES:
Live Arrival Guarantee
The shipment must be received on the first delivery attempt. If you miss the delivery and the package is delayed a day or more because of it, we cannot accept responsibility for any losses. It is your responsibility to check the tracking number for delivery. The shipment must be sent to the correct delivery address on file according to Paypal, do not request shipment to be delivered to another address not listed on your Paypal or eBay account.
NOTE: We are not responsible for errors, postal delays, wrong addresses mail holds, or P.O. Box deliveries by the postal carrier. If USPS forwards your shipment in error, we do cover that type of mistake.
All claims must be made and or brought to our attention via eBay Messages within 24 hours of the package being delivered.
We ship USPS FIRST CLASS the majority of the time. If you would like to receive the plant sooner, you can opt for the USPS PRIORITY MAIL which would take a delivery time of 2-4 days. THIS WILL BE AT AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO YOU. You will get a tracking number, it is important you check this tracking number 2-3 times each day to see when the box will arrive at your home. Please make sure you are at home the day of the arrival or arrange for someone to be there to receive the plants/shrimp and that they know how to properly care for the plants/shrimp. The less time they spend in the box the better.
Shore Aquatic ships Monday -Thursday depending on location in order to avoid the weekend.
When will items ship?
We reserve the right to hold delivery due to inclement weather.
If you would like to receive your item faster, we recommend purchasing priority mail.
Temperature is very important for live delivery of plants. Please check the 7-day weather forecast in your location before placing your order. If the temperature in the coming days is too low (below 35F) or too high (above 90F), please do not order.
NOTE: USPS is slower than normal due to COVID restrictions.
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Livestock:
We guarantee live arrival on all our livestock. In the rare event livestock shows up dead, we must be notified within 2 hours of delivery. Keep in mind these plants/livestock just took the journey of their lifetime in a dark box for 2-4 days so they will take time to recover and to be at their best again. Please take clear photos of the dead plant/livestock and send it to us within 2 hours of receiving the item and send the clear photos to ebay once the item is validated by us, we will send a replacement or refund.
Failure to comply with one or more of these policies will mean we can no longer cover you.
We guarantee live arrival of all livestock. This means we assure that livestock will show up alive. We do not guarantee your success in keeping the livestock alive/healthy. Lots of outside factors that we cannot control go into the success or failure of keeping livestock healthy. We are here to help but are not liable after you have received the livestock alive.
Do your plants have snails?
We try not to have snails/pests, but it happens, we remove any visible imperfections before shipment however to be 100% certain we suggest that you either do a 1:20 ratio bleach to water dip and/or wash the plants. Anytime you add something new to an aquarium it is important to rinse it off before adding just to be safe.
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Returns
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