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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Plants
Posted by Al GilpatrickPlants on 8 Dec 2020Plants arrived in very good condition with large roots
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Top Quality
Posted by William Pham on 6 Nov 2020I have ordered plants for many places such as popular online trailers. The plants from Modern are the greenest, cleanest, and healthiest. Very happy and will order and highly recommend to others.
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AMAZON SWORD
Posted by David Goodbary on 29 Oct 2020The plants look great in my tank
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Good size
Posted by Andre Villaran-Rokovich on 27 Oct 2020Healthy
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Amazon sword
Posted by Eric Weigman on 22 Oct 2020Excellent looking plant.
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Amazon sword
Posted by Rodney on 21 Oct 2020Nice set of plants, as pictured, really sets off the aquarium.
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Amazon Swords
Posted by Unknown on 21 Oct 2020The choice of 3 sizes, is the best. Modern Aquarium is full of outstanding plants.
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Amazon Swor Plants
Posted by Jerry Ward on 20 Oct 2020Beautiful full and healthy. Great addition to my aquarium.
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Great Amazon sword , would buy more in the near future.
Posted by Juan Eduardo Carrión Ramos on 22 Sep 2020Package arrived on time and in good condition.
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AMAZON SWORD
Posted by Zacarias Rivera on 17 Sep 2020Great
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Just okay
Posted by Melinda DeCoste on 8 Sep 2020I received these and did not have the "Wow" reaction that I've had with the other four items I've purchased from here, but part of the problem may have been the hot and humid weather we're experiencing in good 'ol Georgia. I'm about to purchase the anubias nana petite on lava rock, so it wasn't a deal breaker; all of the other products I've purchased on this site have turned out beautifully.
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Healthy and Tall
Posted by Alejandra Ibarra on 1 Sep 2020I've had them in my tank for a week now and they are doing great! They are pretty full and tall. They are already close to shooting out of my 10 gallon tank!
