Description
Amazon Sword (Echinodorus sp)
Amazon Sword (Echinodorus sp) originates from South America. It’s one of the most common and popular live aquarium plants in the hobby. The popularity of Amazon Sword plants in aquariums can be attributed to their beauty, adaptability, and ease of husbandry.
Amazon Sword will produce dense and large green leaves, providing a beautiful background for your aquascape and making it an ideal plant to be used as a focal point in your aquarium. This plant can also be used to "hide" aquarium equipment such as heaters, filter intakes, and more.
Care & Maintenance for Amazon Sword
Amazon Sword plants in aquariums are not demanding, and they don’t require high lighting. They can be kept in a wide range of aquarium conditions to accommodate most of your tank inhabitants needs.
- Minimum Lighting Required: Moderate
- Temperature Range: 68-82°F
- Tank Placement: Background
You can plant an Amazon Sword in gravel. No specialized soil is required although it will do much better in a loosely packed substrate. Keep in mind that the roots of this plant can grow to be very large, extending deep and wide in the tank, allowing it to effectively absorb nutrients produced by fish waste. If any of your other plants need room to spread out, you might want to plant them farther apart. Amazon Sword plants will propagate readily in aquariums by spreading runners.
Amazon Sword is also available potted.
Plants at Modern Aquarium
At Modern Aquarium, we strive to bring you healthy, beautiful specimens in every order. While the photos on our website are just examples of what you will receive, we do examine each plant in person before shipping it to you. If you have any questions about what to expect from your order, how to plant your new specimen, or the best starter plants for your tank, reach out to us any time!
Reviews (90)
-
Really good !
Amazing ! My fish loves it
-
Amazon sword
Came fast and healthy. Zero snails. One week in a cycling tank and have new growth already.
-
Amazon plant!
I adore both my plants and so does my fish! They came looking amazing and still do!
-
Amazon Sword
Arrived in great shape. Looking good in background of my aquarium.
-
Amazon Sword Plant
Arrived on time and in great shape, no snails and barely any discoloration on any leaves. Best I've ever ordered.
-
Amazon Sword Plant
Beautiful plants. Very nice size. Excellent packaging so that you can easily identify the plants. This company is top notch!!
-
Great Service
Plant arrived package well. Too soon to see if it will survive, but I like how healthy they look.
-
Perfect!
My 1st time buying plants online and so glad I found this company. When I opened the box, I was very happy with the quality, size and portion of plants shipped. These Amazon Swords are perfect. Excellent size, no wilting, no brown or yellow leaves. Thank you very much for providing quality products. I would Highly Recommend this company.
-
plants
The plants arrived healthy and in good condition.
-
Plants deliver healthy
Very healthy better than local stores
-
AMAZON SWORD
NO COMMENT
-
echinodorus sp.
clean and healthy. a bit on the small side.