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 (97)
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Amazon Sword Plant
Posted by Unknown on 5 Mar 2022Beautiful plants. Very nice size. Excellent packaging so that you can easily identify the plants. This company is top notch!!
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Great Service
Posted by Ricardo Green on 22 Feb 2022Plant arrived package well. Too soon to see if it will survive, but I like how healthy they look.
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Perfect!
Posted by Diane Marshman on 20 Feb 2022My 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.
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plants
Posted by Rob on 12 Jan 2022The plants arrived healthy and in good condition.
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Plants deliver healthy
Posted by Jm on 13 Dec 2021Very healthy better than local stores
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AMAZON SWORD
Posted by SUSAN EDWARDS on 13 Dec 2021NO COMMENT
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echinodorus sp.
Posted by Steve Brorsen on 3 Nov 2021clean and healthy. a bit on the small side.
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Plants purchased
Posted by Lenora smith on 20 Oct 2021Great selections, fast service, and the plants I have ordered have all been delivered with great care and in great shape. Highly recommend this company.
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amazon sword
Posted by Mike on 13 Oct 2021arrived in good conditon
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Plants
Posted by Ernest Tobias on 3 Sep 2021arrived quick and looking good
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Amazon sword
Posted by Lee on 24 Aug 2021I love these plants! Absolutely beautiful and I didn't have to trim a single leaf.
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Surprisingly large!
Posted by Christopher on 21 Aug 2021I've ordered 4 swords in 2 separate orders. I was surprised at how large and healthy they were. One plant out of the 4 I received needed some trimming back for yellowing leaves, but the others seem to be establishing quite well. I'm trying to stay up with regular macro and micro nutrients to help prevent deficiencies. I haven't noticed new growth yet, but they're not dead, either! Modern Aquarium continues to impress me.
