Echinodorus Grandifolius

Start with the size, because it is the deciding factor. Echinodorus grandifolius is one of the larger swords in the hobby, a broad-leaved rosette plant from tropical Central and South America that will fill a surprising volume of a tank once its roots are established. In anything under a couple of feet of depth it quickly reaches the surface and shades everything behind it. Given the space, it becomes the sort of single specimen a whole layout is built around.

Aquarium care

• Roots do most of the feeding. Bury root tabs near the crown and refresh them periodically.
• Use a deep substrate. A shallow layer will not hold a plant of this mass upright.
• Bury the roots but keep the crown at the surface of the substrate, not below it.
• Nursery plants grown out of water often shed those leaves once submerged. Cut them away and wait for the new set.
• Remove old outer leaves at the base rather than trimming them halfway.

A background plant for large community aquariums, discus tanks and South American biotope setups with fish that will not dig at the roots.

What is in stock changes regularly. Pick up at our Lethbridge store, or see the other Echinodorus we carry.