Water lilies again, again

Monet it’s not, but it’s still water lilies. A flower opened just the other day for the first time in weeks. And now there’s two at once. It’s getting crowded in the tub, between the water lilies and the duckweed and the guppies.

The water lily and the guppies

This is why I keep guppies–for the water lily. One water lily in a free-standing black tub. Keeping even such a small lily pond means setting up a whole system. I add hornwort and anachris to aerate the water. I add water hyacinths to help clear the water with their roots and for a few […]