Water Lillies suitability?

Are water lillies suitable for a fishtank? specifically a 3ft tank

 

Sure. I have a red lilly in mine.

 

perfect! think i'll go buy some

 

till they block all the light and the rest of your plants die

 

i hope that does'nt happen, i've got java fern growing wild in my tank

 

i grow 7 cultivars of Nymphea in my pond.... trust me it will block light in your tank if you allow the leavesto get to big

 

Yip those things are HUGE! (pretty, but huge :bigsmile: )

 

Im told these are pink waterlillies, anyone got experience with this plant?
@henk are these the same ones you have?

 

which pink? i have 3 options

 

i'm not sure, i will have to verify and get back to you

 

also do you want hardy or tropical? day or night blooming?

 

im not to clued up about this plant, any info/advice would be appreciated

congrats on the 1000 posts!!

 

http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?t=95

Take a look at the photos in that thread

 

i must say thats an awesome looking pond! The lillies look proportionate to size of the pond, so i doubt they will make it in my 3ft

 

I have 5 different types of "lilly" in my 4ft with no problem...

 

yea but you keep them trimmed back...

 

Isnt that a foregone assumption with all plants in a planted tank

 

yes but you never allow the leaves to become mature so they dont block the light....

 

you do get a few nymphea that have a small leaf as well though, that doesn't get big and spread out much, we sell some at the nursery, i just have no idea specifically which species, the leaves have a reddish tint though

 

Thats interesting - i am yet to come accross any of those - i have 8 spp/cultivars and all of them make pretty big leaves.....