🌿 Amazon Sword – The Classic Rooted Plant for Natural Aquariums (Echinodorus bleheri)
🌿 Amazon Sword (Echinodorus bleheri) is the gold-standard background plant—bold, adaptable, and built for natural, low-tech tanks. Big green leaves and a strong root system anchor your scape, add shade, and help balance nutrients—no CO₂, no liquid ferts, no root tabs.
Why you'll love it
- ✅ Broad green foliage for lush background height
- ✅ Deep root feeder—perfect match for a soil base with sand cap
- ✅ Low-maintenance—no bottles needed
- ✅ Helps stabilize tanks by pulling from the substrate
- ✅ Shrimp, fry, and community safe
Care
- Lighting: low–moderate
- CO₂: not required
- Substrate: deep soil base with a sand cap
- Placement: background or corners
- Growth rate: moderate to fast once rooted
- Tank size: 10 gallons and up
🌱 Plant deep in soil so the crown sits at sand level. Skip root tabs—your soil does the feeding.
Father Fish tip
“A sword needs soil. Plant it deep, let it root, and forget the bottles.”
👉 Build a strong base with Aqua Preta soils, add quick growers from the Stem Plants Collection, and finish with easy accents from the Anubias Collection.
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