Echinodorus Red Wild Grass is an easy sword for the midground. Its fine tuft gives a meadow-like texture against broad-leaved plants.
Did you know
Echinodorus Red Wild Grass is a sword plant that looks like a grass. Most Echinodorus grow broad blades, but this one forms a dense tuft of narrow leaves.
Caring for Echinodorus Red Wild Grass
Plant Echinodorus Red Wild Grass in a nutrient-rich substrate or over root tabs, with the crown just above the surface. It is a heavy root feeder that also takes food from the water. A fertilizer with iron helps hold the red-brown tone.
Medium light is enough, and in dimmer tanks the leaves turn plain green. It grows steadily without CO2, and added CO2 speeds it up. The tuft stands 15 to 25 cm tall.
Farm stock usually arrives in the coarser emersed form and converts to softer underwater leaves after planting. It spreads slowly by side rosettes. Cut one away once it has a few leaves and replant it.
Good to know
Echinodorus Red Wild Grass belongs to the family Alismataceae. Its narrow leaves carry a warm red to brown-red tint, and no seller records its parentage. New leaves rise pink from the center of the rosette and age toward green, with the warm tint held on top.
In the wild
Echinodorus Red Wild Grass is a recent trade cultivar with no wild range. Its genus comes from South American marshes and stream margins. There, swords grow emersed on wet mud for part of the year and submersed for the rest.
Common questions
Does Echinodorus Red Wild Grass need to be planted in the substrate?
Yes. Bury the roots and leave the crown, where the leaves join, just above the substrate.
Does Echinodorus Red Wild Grass need CO2?
No, but it helps. Echinodorus Red Wild Grass can grow without injected CO2, and added CO2 makes it grow faster.
How much light does Echinodorus Red Wild Grass need?
Echinodorus Red Wild Grass wants medium light. A light sold for planted tanks covers it.
Does Echinodorus Red Wild Grass need root tabs?
They help. Echinodorus Red Wild Grass takes nutrients through both its roots and its leaves. Root tabs near its roots and a liquid fertilizer cover both.
How do you propagate Echinodorus Red Wild Grass?
Echinodorus Red Wild Grass propagates by side shoots. Cut a side shoot off once it has a few leaves and plant it on its own.
How tall does Echinodorus Red Wild Grass grow?
Echinodorus Red Wild Grass grows to about 9.8 in (25 cm) tall. It grows at a moderate pace.
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