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Red Tiger Lotus
Nymphaea zenkeri
Family: Nymphaeaceae
📍 Southeast Asia
The red tiger lotus produces large, dramatic maroon-red leaves with speckled patterns. Without high light and CO2 it will send leaves to the surface; regular trimming of surface leaves encourages bushy underwater growth. An impressive centrepiece plant for larger tanks.
Keeping this species
- co2
- Recommended
- diet
- Root feeder – requires rich substrate
- light
- High
- tank size
- 30 gallons minimum
- growth rate
- Fast
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Water it likes
- ph
- 5.5–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <30 ppm
- hardness
- 2–15 dGH
- temperature
- 72–82°F (22–28°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
75°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Apr high)