In its homeland of Africa, the tiger lotus grows in the wild. In this country, it has a comparatively small space in the aquarium. Nevertheless, we can easily multiply the tiger lotus even under these conditions.

The tiger lotus can be easily propagated by seeds

Rely on self-reproduction

When it comes to covering a larger area in the tank with the tiger lotus, a specimen used in it should have ideal living conditions and good care:

  • Water temperature around 23 °C
  • CO2 10-40 mg/l
  • pH 6-7
  • good lighting
  • need-based fertilization (the red tiger lotus needs more nutrients)

Soon after planting, the tiger lotus will develop luxuriantly, spread with runners and thus promote its own reproduction.

Separate the tuber from the plant

The tiger lotus has a bulb and roots at the same time. Resourceful aquarists carefully separate the tuber from the rest of the plant. The plant can also continue to exist without a tuber, while new shoots will soon follow from the "naked" bulb. The plant doubling has already worked. However, try not to divide the tuber, this can lead to the death of the plant.

Propagation by daughter plants

Shoots grow from the tuber of the mother plant, which over time develop into independent seedlings. These eventually form their own nodules. Separate these young plants from the mother plant so that you can plant them elsewhere in the tank. The daughter plants are identical to the mother plant and are ideal for regeneration.

The Red Tiger Lotus in particular can produce copious stolons if given plenty of light and plenty of fertilizer. So it can be easily multiplied by offshoots.

Propagation via seeds

Getting seeds is not difficult. Let a tiger lotus grow floating leaves and wait for the blossom on the water surface. Since the tiger lotus is a night bloomer, you must act accordingly at night:

  • only act on the second night
  • Gently massage the flower
  • this is how pollination takes place

After the fruit has released the seeds, they float in the water, where they germinate after about eight days.

tips

If you want to prevent uncontrolled propagation, you should harvest the seeds yourself and only put part of them in the water.

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