Description
Rose Sword (Echinodorus sp. Rose)
Rose Sword is a popuplar variant of the Amazon Sword plant species originating from South America. This popular plant takes its name after the shape of its leaves which resamble the shape of rose pettles. Rose Sword will also develop a deeper reddish color if provided with bright light and plenty of nutrients (either in liquid fertilizer or root tabs form)
Rose Sword will produce dense and large green to reddish leaves, providing a beautiful background for your aquascape. This aquarium plant is pefect as a focal point in your aquarium and can also be used to "hide" aquarium equipment such as heaters, filter intakes, and more.
Care & Maintenance for Rose Sword
Sword plants in aquariums are not demanding, and they do not 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 Rose Sword in gravel. No specialized substrate is required but the plant will do much better in a loosely packed nutrient rich substrate. Sword plants will propagate readily in aquariums by spreading runners.
We offer many other variety of Sword plants, and they can be found here.
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 (12)
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Rose Sword
Posted by Scott Warthen on 22 Mar 2022Nice looking plant, anxious to see it do well in my Tetra tank.
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Rose Sword
Posted by Robert Wood on 16 Mar 2022Plant arrived looking good, survived First 2 weeks without any melt back. Actually starting to grow already.
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Rose Sword
Posted by Robert Wood on 15 Mar 2022Arriving in good shape, no melt and already greening up after only a week.
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Live plant
Posted by Gordon Linderman on 20 Oct 2021So far so good! Plant arrived in great shape
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Live plant
Posted by Gordon Linderman on 20 Oct 2021So far so good! Plant arrived in great shape
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rose sword
Posted by Mike on 13 Oct 2021arrived in good condition
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Rose Sword
Posted by Steve Minnick on 20 Jul 2021Looks very nice in our aquarium
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Rose Sword
Posted by Rob on 6 Apr 2021Plant arrived healthy and looking good. Adapting into the tank well.
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big healthy, very light green
Posted by Lisa Thomas on 19 Mar 2021This will be really nice when it grows tall
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Very healthy plants with good color. Nice quantity of foliage.
Posted by Bob Pfarr on 2 Mar 2021Beautiful plants.
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Rose sword
Posted by Christopher Sweetman on 29 Sep 2020Didn't know what to expect when I ordered this plant. It is gorgeous with the ribbed patterning on the leaves. Already have new growth in the form of red leaflets. Beautiful plant.
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Rose Sword
Posted by Stanley Ferber on 8 Apr 2020After two weeks plant has routed well original leaves doing well and four new red leaves sprouting and doing well.
