This is the best way to do it

Rely on self-reproduction

If the aim is to cover a larger area in the tank with the tiger lotus, a specimen placed in it should have ideal living conditions and good ones care receive:

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

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

Separate the tuber from the plant

The tiger lotus has a tuber and roots at the same time. Resourceful aquarists carefully detach the tuber from the rest of the plant. The plant can continue to exist even without a tuber, while the "naked" bang will soon be followed by a new shoot. The plant doubling has already worked. Do not try to divide the tuber, however, as this can cause the plant to die.

Propagation by daughter plants

Shoots grow from the tuber of the mother plant, which over time develop into independent plants. These ultimately form their own tubers. Separate these young plants from the mother plant so that you can move them to another part of the tank plant can. The daughter plants are identical to the mother plant and are ideal for regeneration.

The red tiger lotus in particular can form abundant runners if it is given plenty of light and plenty of fertilizer. So it can easily be propagated via runners.

Propagation via seeds

Obtaining seeds is not difficult. Grow floating leaves on a tiger lotus and wait the blossom on the surface of the water. Since the tiger lotus is a night bloomer, you have to act accordingly during the night:

• act only on the second night
• Massage the flower lightly
• this is how pollination takes place (self-inflicted)

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