These plants grow fast! And they are beautiful and get pretty big. For most typical tank sizes this plant should be a background plant. They get tall.
One thing to keep in mind. They do NOT like being moved. I have mine planted in gravel and thought these were going to be a shorter plant. Given the photos I saw in the reviews here I thought they would only grow about six inches tall. So I made the mistake of planting them as foreground plants.I have a 20 gallon half moon tank that is approximately 23" tall. Since these plants were being greedy by taking front center stage from top to bottom I decided to move them to the rear corners of the tank. The plants did NOT like that and they lost all of their leaves. But now roughly four or five weeks later they are coming back with a vengeance! The pics I am including are after they've been transplanted. They were twice as tall and a little more lush before I moved them. I'll try to update with more photos at a later time.
Since they send out long leaves that reach and float at the top I periodically use aquascaping scissors to cut them off at the base. I actually like the way that they look with the leaves reaching the surface with their long stems looking like tendrils scattered around the tank. But the flat leaves floating on the surface result in blocking light for the rest of my aquarium plants. Plus, I have a feeding hole on the lid of my tank that almost always gets blocked by a water surface leaf floating on top. So when doing weekly water changes I trim the long stemmed leaves at the same time.
Currently, I fertilize with Aquarium Co-op's Easy Green All in One Fertilizer and Easy Iron at the same time twice a week. It seems to work reasonably well. Since I have tropical fish I keep the temperature at around 78-80 degrees which it seems these plants need in order to thrive.
I would definitely buy more and Mainam's customer support was exceptional. My first order was left on the front porch in December in freezing temperatures. I contacted them and explained what happened and they sent me a replacement, no questions asked.
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Beautiful plants that make a great contrast to green leafy aquatic plants. Also - STELLAR customer service!
These plants grow fast! And they are beautiful and get pretty big. For most typical tank sizes this plant should be a background plant. They get tall.One thing to keep in mind. They do NOT like being moved. I have mine planted in gravel and thought these were going to be a shorter plant. Given the photos I saw in the reviews here I thought they would only grow about six inches tall. So I made the mistake of planting them as foreground plants.I have a 20 gallon half moon tank that is approximately 23" tall. Since these plants were being greedy by taking front center stage from top to bottom I decided to move them to the rear corners of the tank. The plants did NOT like that and they lost all of their leaves. But now roughly four or five weeks later they are coming back with a vengeance! The pics I am including are after they've been transplanted. They were twice as tall and a little more lush before I moved them. I'll try to update with more photos at a later time.Since they send out long leaves that reach and float at the top I periodically use aquascaping scissors to cut them off at the base. I actually like the way that they look with the leaves reaching the surface with their long stems looking like tendrils scattered around the tank. But the flat leaves floating on the surface result in blocking light for the rest of my aquarium plants. Plus, I have a feeding hole on the lid of my tank that almost always gets blocked by a water surface leaf floating on top. So when doing weekly water changes I trim the long stemmed leaves at the same time.Currently, I fertilize with Aquarium Co-op's Easy Green All in One Fertilizer and Easy Iron at the same time twice a week. It seems to work reasonably well. Since I have tropical fish I keep the temperature at around 78-80 degrees which it seems these plants need in order to thrive.I would definitely buy more and Mainam's customer support was exceptional. My first order was left on the front porch in December in freezing temperatures. I contacted them and explained what happened and they sent me a replacement, no questions asked.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2018
One thing to keep in mind. They do NOT like being moved. I have mine planted in gravel and thought these were going to be a shorter plant. Given the photos I saw in the reviews here I thought they would only grow about six inches tall. So I made the mistake of planting them as foreground plants.I have a 20 gallon half moon tank that is approximately 23" tall. Since these plants were being greedy by taking front center stage from top to bottom I decided to move them to the rear corners of the tank. The plants did NOT like that and they lost all of their leaves. But now roughly four or five weeks later they are coming back with a vengeance! The pics I am including are after they've been transplanted. They were twice as tall and a little more lush before I moved them. I'll try to update with more photos at a later time.
Since they send out long leaves that reach and float at the top I periodically use aquascaping scissors to cut them off at the base. I actually like the way that they look with the leaves reaching the surface with their long stems looking like tendrils scattered around the tank. But the flat leaves floating on the surface result in blocking light for the rest of my aquarium plants. Plus, I have a feeding hole on the lid of my tank that almost always gets blocked by a water surface leaf floating on top. So when doing weekly water changes I trim the long stemmed leaves at the same time.
Currently, I fertilize with Aquarium Co-op's Easy Green All in One Fertilizer and Easy Iron at the same time twice a week. It seems to work reasonably well. Since I have tropical fish I keep the temperature at around 78-80 degrees which it seems these plants need in order to thrive.
I would definitely buy more and Mainam's customer support was exceptional. My first order was left on the front porch in December in freezing temperatures. I contacted them and explained what happened and they sent me a replacement, no questions asked.
Beautiful plants that make a great contrast to green leafy aquatic plants. Also - STELLAR customer service!
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2018
These plants grow fast! And they are beautiful and get pretty big. For most typical tank sizes this plant should be a background plant. They get tall.Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2018
One thing to keep in mind. They do NOT like being moved. I have mine planted in gravel and thought these were going to be a shorter plant. Given the photos I saw in the reviews here I thought they would only grow about six inches tall. So I made the mistake of planting them as foreground plants.I have a 20 gallon half moon tank that is approximately 23" tall. Since these plants were being greedy by taking front center stage from top to bottom I decided to move them to the rear corners of the tank. The plants did NOT like that and they lost all of their leaves. But now roughly four or five weeks later they are coming back with a vengeance! The pics I am including are after they've been transplanted. They were twice as tall and a little more lush before I moved them. I'll try to update with more photos at a later time.
Since they send out long leaves that reach and float at the top I periodically use aquascaping scissors to cut them off at the base. I actually like the way that they look with the leaves reaching the surface with their long stems looking like tendrils scattered around the tank. But the flat leaves floating on the surface result in blocking light for the rest of my aquarium plants. Plus, I have a feeding hole on the lid of my tank that almost always gets blocked by a water surface leaf floating on top. So when doing weekly water changes I trim the long stemmed leaves at the same time.
Currently, I fertilize with Aquarium Co-op's Easy Green All in One Fertilizer and Easy Iron at the same time twice a week. It seems to work reasonably well. Since I have tropical fish I keep the temperature at around 78-80 degrees which it seems these plants need in order to thrive.
I would definitely buy more and Mainam's customer support was exceptional. My first order was left on the front porch in December in freezing temperatures. I contacted them and explained what happened and they sent me a replacement, no questions asked.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2019
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2021
UPDATED with new pics also- I was so impressed with my first plant, I purchased more. 1 grew, one didn't. I figured it was just a bad bulb, so I purchased another one.... it's molding and doing nothing. The most recent two are also packaged differently, no soil, no sprout like the others. I won't order any more of these bulbs, they aren't the same as my first purchases that were so impressive, and it's a pain to return plants that have been in your tank for a couple weeks already trying to see if they'll sprout. Original bulbs grew overnight and are filling my tank months later, but I haven't gotten a good bulb since. The Java fern on driftwood (I've purchased 3) are beautiful and healthy, I love them. But this can no longer be my source for dwarf lilly bulbs. Two new pics show bulbs not sprouted after a few weeks, one just rotting.
I just got this bulb and put it in my 10 gallon tank last night with my betta. It arrived still damp and had one tiny shoot growing out of the bulb. I placed it on the bottom with the growth pointing up, and overnight there is a tiny hair-like growth coming off the shoot. It already wants to grow! I'm hoping to keep some leaves on the surface for my betta, he's already approved of the bulb laying there so now we're just waiting on leaves 🌱
Second pic is a month later, it's beautiful
I just got this bulb and put it in my 10 gallon tank last night with my betta. It arrived still damp and had one tiny shoot growing out of the bulb. I placed it on the bottom with the growth pointing up, and overnight there is a tiny hair-like growth coming off the shoot. It already wants to grow! I'm hoping to keep some leaves on the surface for my betta, he's already approved of the bulb laying there so now we're just waiting on leaves 🌱
Second pic is a month later, it's beautiful
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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2022
I have a tropical freshwater tank. I added the bulbs on August 2, and I saw the first sign of growth on August 5!! Awesome! (First pic is August 11.) Today (second pic) is August 15 and I see many leaves, they're already starting to fan out, and I see some roots creeping out of the bulb. This was much better than I expected!
The shipping was very fast and secure, but my only gripe is that I ordered 1 other bulb of a different plant that got put in the same bag, unlabeled, so I wasn't sure which one was which. (I figured it out after a bit of Googling, though.) My shrimp immediately went to inspect them and seem to really like this plant.
Edit: I bought another bulb for my 5 gallon tank because the leaves on this plant are just so gorgeous!
The shipping was very fast and secure, but my only gripe is that I ordered 1 other bulb of a different plant that got put in the same bag, unlabeled, so I wasn't sure which one was which. (I figured it out after a bit of Googling, though.) My shrimp immediately went to inspect them and seem to really like this plant.
Edit: I bought another bulb for my 5 gallon tank because the leaves on this plant are just so gorgeous!
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