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so i am looking for a hardy aquatic plant that will flower...

i do add liquid ferts and i have plenty of food for the plants in my gravel... but i was wondering what type of plant would flower under normal conditions and see if it is availlable.. i just want alittle delicacy and color in my tank...

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lol and not apongetons either.. have those and the flower drains themof all their energy.. kills the plant... like a lily or something...

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I doubt that there is a lot of aquatic flowering plants, other than apons, but as you said, its their first and (Almost always) last. Some emersed grown plants might also flower, and i heard that swordplants do too. There is a plant that has flowers that look like the peace lily, but i dunno if that is emersed grown, or a stroke of luck. I think it was anubias maybe?

I am sure somebody else will have some kind of experience, but other than that, good luck!

(Lilys like the tiger lily are really nice colored, and look like flowers, but i dont think they actually flower?)

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thanks goby!!

i am gonna take a look at my LFS...

maybe i will find a fake plant or something that doesnt look terrible...

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The Anubias will flower but it requires all the correct water parameters to flower mine used to flower regularly but have not flowered for several years. Even the A Nana in the Betta tank have never flowered yet the plant ferts are totally different.

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My anubias flowers about once every three months. It grows out one single flower but it doesn't last that long after about a week it starts to die off.

Amazon Swords do flower but again you need a mature plant, and the right water conditions, its flowers are a lot like the apons, and once it starts flowering it keeps flowering for a while, and shortly after it starts it puts out runners and plantlets I had one that put out 9 plantlets. However, it will start to die back. I am still trying to get mine healthy enough to flower again and its been over 2 years.

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thanks guys. i havent had any anubias yet and havent had any luck with sword.. have a few small plantlets that were larger plants that are barely hanging on regadless of the liquid ferts... so idk... i might try some anubias on a small peice of DW... but then again it seems like most flowering plants are not very reliable to flowe so i might just give up on it and try to raise the plants i have now and get a few new ones and get my plants up to full health!

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