Big strong lotus varieties will trot off into deep water, deeper than is convenient to paddle. Their pads will be more like waterlilies sitting on the water, rather than rising elegant on a stem.
In that situation something like a long rake would be needed to yank up their skinny rhizome, which can trot 6' a month
The cheap lotus seed you see on offer are likely to be the big species Nelumbo nucifera, whatever the name they are 'offered' as. Especially the 'blue' lotus offered by crooks out of singapore
