Amazon sword
Echinodorus bleheri
easy
Quick stats
⭐Difficulty
easy
💡Light
Medium
☀️PAR
50 to 100 PAR
💨CO2
Optional
🌱Growth rate
Medium
📍Placement
Background only. Can grow very large reaching 30 to 40cm in a mature well fed tank.
📝Care notes
Dramatic centrepiece plant that grows large and impressive. Sends out runners with daughter plants once established and well fed. Needs nutrients in the substrate to truly thrive.
🧪Fertilisation
Root tabs every 6 weeks
⏰Schedule
Push 2 root tabs around the root zone every 6 weeks. Heavy root feeder.
✂️Propagation
Daughter plants on runners can be cut off once they have 4 to 5 leaves and their own roots established.
