Jollypop4321 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 I purchased this plant as a bulb a few months back. It has since taken over the 20 long aquarium. I had no idea the bulb would grow into this huge plant! Some of the leaves are larger than the fish. look as those long stems of leaves that reach to the top of the tank. Wow! I love this plant so much I purchased two more bulbs for the other two aquariums. This aquarium replaced the ten gallon I earlier started a breeding program in but upgraded to this size when petco had its 1$ per gallon sale. I just transferred everything over to this tank. Its supposed to have plantinum angels in it but they arrived so sick they perished within 6 hrs of delivery. Yea those are Neon lyretail balloon Mollies you see in the pictures. Please forgive me. I didn’t find out until recently thaT they are not pc when purchased. Now I am embarrassed 😳. But I love them 😍 🤷♂️ So I don’t know what to say. Except I promise not to do it again? Yea. That’s it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Are you still planing to add angels, I think the plantinums like you mentioned wood look gourgoues in this tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 that is quite the lilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon- fishandfloral Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 That’s impressive. My lilly is adding a lot of leaves but staying low growing and small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Lovely lily! If you keep the pads trimmed off at the base (the leaves floating at the top) it'll get even bushier. Here's mine: But the pads are really neat too. Also, try not to worry too much about others opinions on what fish you decide to keep. It's your hobby, enjoy it how you like. It's all a learning and growing experience and I'm sure you provide your pets with the best life possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Matt Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 @H.K.Luterman does the trimming work for dwarf aquarium lilies? I just wanted to double check. I read that that would stimulate growth for tiger lotus but hadn't seen anything about it for dwarf aquarium lilies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Dancing Matt said: @H.K.Luterman does the trimming work for dwarf aquarium lilies? I just wanted to double check. I read that that would stimulate growth for tiger lotus but hadn't seen anything about it for dwarf aquarium lilies. I'd think it would work for all lilies. You can always just try and see what happens. They send up pads so regularly that if you trimmed them off I doubt it would hurt it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 I do this with both lotus and dwarf aquarium lilies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Matt Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 @H.K.LutermanOkay, so i just noticed the fish? in your picture. What is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 ^ looks to be a bichir. of course, i may have spelled that wrong. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, Dancing Matt said: @H.K.LutermanOkay, so i just noticed the fish? in your picture. What is that? That's one of my senegal bichirs. :3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpsandfish Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 @Jollypop4321That looks so awesome! Wow! Can you tell me about the mollies - why are they not pc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 14 hours ago, Harpsandfish said: Can you tell me about the mollies - why are they not pc? Everyone loves mollies! Some people like balloon fish, others not so much, nothing wrong either way as it is just an aesthetic choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollypop4321 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 20 hours ago, H.K.Luterman said: That's one of my senegal bichirs. :3 Looks like a prehistoric creature. Lol. Handsome fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollypop4321 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, Daniel said: Everyone loves mollies! Some people like balloon fish, others not so much, nothing wrong either way as it is just an aesthetic choice. About the mollies. They are balloon mollies. Quite a few hobbyist believe these to be inhumane Because of the arched spine short bodies and large bellies. One person said it was despicable to keep such fish. Another person listed it as one of the top ten ugliest fish in the aquarium. Several other words were used as well but I’d rather stay out of the controversy, except to say in my opinion the neon lyretails are quite beautiful and cute as heck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollypop4321 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 12/9/2020 at 9:07 PM, James Black said: Are you still planing to add angels, I think the plantinums like you mentioned wood look gourgoues in this tank. Yes I. Still going to add the angelfish. Though I think I’ll wait until sometime after the new year when the shipping gets less hectic. I think right now it would be risky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollypop4321 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 22 hours ago, H.K.Luterman said: Lovely lily! If you keep the pads trimmed off at the base (the leaves floating at the top) it'll get even bushier. Here's mine: But the pads are really neat too. Also, try not to worry too much about others opinions on what fish you decide to keep. It's your hobby, enjoy it how you like. It's all a learning and growing experience and I'm sure you provide your pets with the best life possible. Lovely. Your aquarium is perfection. Thank you for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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