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By Senzeal | 30 August 2019 | 0 Comments

How to Keep the Amazon Sword?

You may have seen some aquatic plants, but have you seen an aquatic plant like this? It has small white petals and a yellow flower bud. It looks very pure and cute. Who is it? It is the amazon sword, a scientific name called the Echinodorus amazonicus.


 
It is native to Cuba, Central America, and South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia. It is also a kind of large aquatic plants with wide leaves. Because of its luxurious and magnificent appearance, it is known as “the king of tropical aquatic plants”.



 
If you want to buy some aquatic plants to decorate your fish tank, you can try the amazon sword. Because it is easy to keep and has a very beautiful green color. No matter what kind of fishes you are keeping, with its comparison, your fishes' color will become more beautiful. If it is properly maintained, it can even grow to higher than 60cm! So it is a popular aquatic plant.



 
As the amazon sword grows slowly, you will find that it slowly grows out a branch. If the branch is out of the water and the light and other conditions are appropriate, some small and beautiful white flowers will appear. This flower has a long flowering phase and can last from May to September. But if there is only one flower, its life span is very short, usually only one day.



 
What kind of living environment should be provided to the amazon sword?  Water temperature should be above 24℃, and the most suitable temperature is between 26 ℃ to 28 ℃ because they love the warm environment. Therefore, a
best aquarium thermometer is required for taking care of it. We recommend you this Digital Aquarium and Indoor Thermometer because it has a large LCD display and can detect the temperature in ℉ or ℃. Water should be slightly acidic and in neutral ph. Aquarium light is also necessary because they need light for photosynthesis. You can turn on the light for 2 to 4 hours per day. This X5 Aquarium Light is suitable for freshwater fish tank. It is UV-free and has an elegant shape. When we plant them in the fish tank, division propagation is the way to breed them. Division means the plant is broken up into two or more parts. Both the root and crown of each part are kept intact. It also needs fertilizer, you can provide them with liquid fertilizer with professional syringe and needle. Last but not least, if its leaves turn yellow and rot, please trim and clean your fish tank immediately.

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