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Dwarf Amazon Sword
Dwarf Amazon Sword
Echinodorus grisebachii 'Tropica'
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The Plant
Echinodorus grisebachii 'Tropica' (also sold as Echinodorus parviflorus 'Tropica'), a small sword plant that first turned up at the Tropica nursery in Denmark in the 1980s. It forms a low, spreading rosette of narrow, slightly puckered leaves in medium to dark green. It stays compact enough for the foreground or midground.
Comes as a Tropica tissue culture cup: grown in lab gel, so it arrives free of snails, algae, pests and pesticides. Rinse off the gel and split it into small portions to plant.
Plant Care
Type: Rosette
Origin: Cultivar
Height: 5 to 10+ cm (after about two months)
Light: 0.5 W/L
CO2: 6 to 14 mg/L
Planting Tips
Plant it in the foreground or midground. Swords feed mostly through their roots, so a root tab near the base helps.
Why Shrimp Keepers Like It
Its leaves collect biofilm for shrimp to pick at, and shrimp shelter around its base.
Photos from AquascapeGuide's Etsy shop, used with permission.
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