[johnwesley0]

I notice what looks like either a banana plant or a lily of some sort on the right side of your 54l. Did the submersed leaves change color after it grew emergent leaves/pads?

 

[SamOfChaos]

Hm, I don't think I add more then necessary. Even in the pinned thread about which soils to use they talk about this stuff (dolomit, potash and crushed shells). I'll just add a bit of KCO3, crushed egg shells and Dolomit powder to my potting organic soil mixed with garden top soil and cap it with my gravel. Nothing really complicated and how I did all the other tanks. I just made a list of things I bought to get a feeling how expensive this project is. Maybe thats where the confusion stemms from?
I also didn't really need to tweak anything so far, the tanks run very smoothly (except the one with the cloudiness and that does only affect the looks).

@johnwesley0

I have Nymphiodes sp. Taiwan that plant doesn't do emergent leaves. Its fresh green and really likes the soil setup.

The other Nympheas I have are just some from my pond, they are more red underwater but get dark green with a touch of red on the surface.

I also have a typical red tiger lotus but the bulb has just gotten its first leave. So it is really small and in my fry/shrimp cull tank till it gets bigger.

 

[johnwesley0]

Oh, I see. So, I'm really looking at two different plants. One was planted later next to the other.

 

[SamOfChaos]

Exactly! I really like the Nymphiodes but normal nymphea are so interesting!

 

[dwalstad]

And some pics of my tanks:

Tanks looks gorgeous! Good work. And thanks for posting.
Try to ignore nay-saying from me and others. (It's your tank, not ours.)