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Broadleaf Amazon Sword
Echinodorus bleheri
Family: Alismataceae
Echinodorus Bleheri, the Broad-Leaf Amazon Sword, is the quintessential large background plant of the freshwater aquarium. It produces broad, bright-green lanceolate leaves that can reach 50 cm, creating a dramatic focal point in larger tanks. It is a heavy root feeder and benefits greatly from nutrient-rich substrate or regular root tab fertilisation.
Keeping this species
- co2
- Beneficial but not essential
- light
- Medium to high (60–120 PAR)
- placement
- Background / centerpiece in large tanks
- substrate
- Nutrient-rich substrate; root tabs recommended
- growth rate
- Moderate to fast
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.5–7.5
- nitrate
- <30 ppm
- hardness
- 5–15 dGH
- temperature
- 72–82°F (22–28°C)