Wow Ric, I thought this thread died ages ago.
I never got the lillies in, but all the varieties are tropical natives to thailand and none are hardy. I put several sprigs of the drarf sagttaria subulata in my aquarium but the tilapia ate $50 worth in under 2 hours, so that was a bust.
I think I may have to turn off my aerator for a year or two to allow some muck to build up. I have no topsoil around, only red clay and not much likes to grow.
