- Scientific name: Echinodorus bleheri
- Synonym: Echinodorus paniculatus, Echinodorus pangeri
- Common name: Broadleaved Amazon Swordplant
- Family: Alismataceae
- Group: Aquarium plants
- Max height: 50 cm
- Distribution: South America
- Habitat: Marshes, swamps
- Substrate: Sand or gravel
- Placement in aquarium: Middleground, background
- Planting density: 1 plant for 40 cm2
- Lighting needs: Medium-Bright
- Temperature: 20-30 °C
- pH: 5,5-9
- Hardness: 4-20 NK°
Description: Echinodorus bleheri is the most widely available Amazon Sword species among aquarists, very similar to Echinodorus amazonicus, but the leaves are broader and can be straight. Can be used alone as a highlight in smaller tanks and, when there is space, in groups. Broadleaved Amazon Swordplants is undemanding, easy to grow and not very light demanding so this plant is recommended for beginner aquarists. One single plant can have up to 30 leaves and one leaf can reach a height of 30-50 cm and grow to be 4-8 cm wide. The leaves are sturdy and durable and healthy plants develop a bright to dark green coloration. It can grow both underwater and also coming above the water. Emersed leaves are shorter and not as narrow as the submersed leaves. It is recommended to trim its long leaves periodically. They do well in fine, iron-rich substrates, so provide a good source of iron, both in the substrate and through liquid fertilizers. If shorter, light green leaves suddenly develop an additional fertilization becomes necessary. Propagation is quite easy by adventitious plants that develop at the parent plant. When the new plant is big enough, simply cut it from the parent plant.
(Butterfly splitfin)
(Half beak)
(Mosquitofish)
(Goldbelly topminnow)
(Metallic livebearer)
(Least Killifish)
(Celebes halfbeak)
(Guppy)
(Sailfin molly)
(Redtail splitfin)
(Swordtail)
(Platy)
(Montezuma swordtail)
(Mountain swordatail)
(Variegated platy )
(Peaceful betta)
(Betta, Siamese fighting fish)
(One spot mouthbrooder)
(Honey gourami)
(Kissing gourami)
(Ornate ctenopoma)
(Pearl gourami)
(Three-spot gourami)
(Croaking gourami)
(Gold skirt tetra)
(Silver-tipped tetra)
(Firehead tetra)
(Bentos Tetra, White Tip Tetra)
(Serpae Tetra)
(Bleeding heart tetra)
(Flame tetra, Red tetra)
(Black neon tetra)
(Lemon tetra)
(Lesser bleeding heart tetra)
(Black phantom tetra)
(Red phantom tetra)
(Emperor tetra)
(Cardinal tetra)
(Neon tetra)
(Glass bloodfish, Glass bloodfin)
(Blackline penguinfish)
(Checkered barb)
(Five-banded barb)
(Gold barb)
(Tiger barb)
(Cherry barb)
(Pearl danio)
(Leopard danio)
(Zebra danio)
(Siamese algae eaters)
(Red tailed black shark)
(Harlequin rasbora)
(Red-line rasbora)
(Orange-finned barb)
(Rummy nose rasbora)
(White cloud)
(Oscar, Velvet cichlid)
(Frontosa)
(Moori, Blue dolphin cichlid)
(Nicaragua cichlid)
(Butterfly cichlid)
(Flower horn fish)
(Gold nugget pleco)
(Clown botia, Clown loach)
(Giant Cory, Barbatus Catfish)
(Leopard catfish, Three line cory)
(Spotted sailfin pleco)
(Zebra pleco)
(Midget Catfish, Midget Sucker Catfish)
(Giant Whiptail, Golden Whiptail)
(Cuckoo Synodontis, Multi-spotted synodontis )
(Striped panchax, Lineatus panchax)
(Madagascar rainbowfish)
(Splash tetra)
(Elephant nose)
(Glass catfish)
(Boeseman's rainbowfish)
(Neon rainbow)
(Brown pencilfish)
(Congo tetra)
(Bluegreen lampeye)
(Peacock gudgeon)
(Bumblebee goby)
(Indian glass fish)
(Mono, Fingerfish)
(Scat, Spotted scat)
(Green pufferfish)
(Archerfish)
(Pearly lamprologus)
(Compressed cichlid)
(Long-finned characin)
(Striped Anostomus, Striped Headstander)
(Bloodfin tetra)
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(Banded gourami)
(Black-spotted corydoras)
(African butterfly cichlid)
(African red-eyed characin)
(Mexican tetra)
(Blue tetra, Cochu's Blue Tetra)
(Badis, Blue Perch)
(Rio Grande Cichlid)
(Jack Dempsy)
(Keyhole cichlid)
(Chessboard Cichlid)
(Festivum, Flag cichlid)
(Firemouth Cichlid)
(L155 catfish, Polka Dot Lyre Tail Pleco)
(Marbled hatchetfish)
(Swordtail characin)
(Silver tetra)
(Spotted hatchetfish)
(Common hatchetfish)
(T-bar cichlid)
(Slender cichlid)
(Striped Raphael Catfish)
(Swallow-tail glass catfish)
(Royal Panaque)
(Spotted hoplo)
(Whiptail catfish)
(Bala shark, Silver shark)
(Arulius barb)
(Two-spot barb, Ticto barb)
(Yellow Congo Tetra)
(Glowlight Tetra)
(Red hygrophila)
(Dwarf anubias)
(Congo anubias)
(Wavy-edged swordplant)
(Madagascar lace plant)
(Compact aponogeton)
(Giant bacopa)
(Orchid lily)
(African fern, Congo fern)
(Yellow cabomba, Giant cabomba)
(Red cabomba)
(Java moss)
(Indian fern)
(Giant crypt)
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(Water hedge)
(Radicans sword)
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(Pygmy chain swordplant)
(Common waternymph)
(Straight vallisneria)
(Giant hygrophila)
(Dauben's waterlily)
(Tiger lotus)
(Giant sagittaria)
(Dwarf sagittaria)
(Lizard's tail)
(Dwarf vallisneria)
(Peacock Bass)
(Red Terror, Festa's Cichlid)
(Panda Catfish, Panda Cory)
(Golden Pheasant, Red Aphyosemion)
(Steel-blue Aphyosemion)
(Red-chinned Panchax, Black-lipped Panchax)
(Fire Eel)
(Dwarf Rainbowfish)
(Patrizi's Notho, Red-tailed Torquoise Notho)
(Blue Victoria Mouthbrooder)
(Leopard cactus pleco, L-114 catfish)
(L-14 catfish, Sunshine pleco)
(Blue-eyed Pleco)
(Playfair's Panchax)
(Coolie Loach, Kuhli Loach)
(Senegal Bichir, Cuvier's Bichir)
(New Guinea Rainbowfish)
(Giant Puffer)
(Congo Puffer)
(Silver Needlefish)
(Pearl Cichlid, Pearl Eartheater, Brasiliensis)
(Red-Striped Earth Eater)
(Redhump eartheater)
(Butterfly Pleco, L-168 Catfish)
(Banjo Catfish)
(Blunt-Jaw Elephantnose)
(Thread-finned Acara)
(Green Terror)
(Banded Dwarf Cichlid)
(Needle Catfish, Farlowella cat)
(Clay hoplo, Brown Hoplo)
(Brichard's slender cichlid)
(Congo lamprologus)
(One-spot Synodontis, Domino Syno)
(South Amrican Bumblebee Catfish)
(Pygmy Cory)
(Schwartz's Cory)
(Elegant poeciliid, Tiger Teddy)
(Silver Arowana, Arowana)
(Glass Knife Fish, Green Knifefish)
(Gunther's cichlid)
(Compressiceps Dwarf Pike Cichlid)
(Zebra Shovelnose)
(Threadfin Rainbowfish)
(Clown Pleco, Ringlet Pleco)
(Paraguay eartheater)
(Red tailed catfish)
(Six-banded Distichodus)
(Thick-lipped Gourami)
(Featherfin Synodontis)
(Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish)
(Flying Fox)
(Forktail rainbowfish)
(Chocolate-colored catfish)
(Julii Cory, Leopard Cory)
(Sterba's Cory)
(Knife Livebearer, Knife-edged Livebearer)
(One-spot Livebearer)
(Glowlight Danio)
(Harald Schultz's Cory)
(Jaguar Cichlid)
(Para molly)
(Indonesian Tiger Fish)
(Knight Goby, Fan Dance Goby)
(Spotted Blue-eye)
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(Flagtail Catfish)
(Ornate pimelodus, Ornate Pim)
(Gar Characin)
(Yellow tetra)
(Odessa Barb, Scarlet Barb)
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(Knobnose Whiptail Catfish)
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(Water trumpet)
(Regan's pike cichlid)
(Clown Killifish)
(Red-Striped Killifish, Five-Banded Killifish)
(Salvin's Cichlid)
(Figure Eight Puffer, Eye Spot Puffer)
(Seba Mono)
(Ceylonese combtail)
(Spotted ctenopoma)
(Mottled ctenopoma)
(Banded ctenopoma)
(Brown Spike-Tailed Paradise Fish)
(Bandit Cory, Masked Cory)
(Orange-Finned Danio)
(Filament Barb, Black Spot Barb)
(Barfin Synodontis, White-Barred Synodontis)
(African snakehead, Niger Snakehead)
(Zebra Knifefish)
(Fahaka Puffer, Nile Puffer)
(Pink-tailed Chalceus)
(Black-Lined Loach)
(Red Swamp Crayfish)
(Bamboo Plant)
(Japanese Bamboo Plant)
(Crypt Ciliata)
(Ornate Bichir)
(Polka Dot Synodontis)
(Zebra Crayfish)
(Emerald Dwarf Rasbora)
(Lipstick Leporinus)
(Red Eye Puffer)
(Jewel Cichlid, Jewelfish)
(Blood-Red Jewel Cichlid)
(Banded jewel cichlid, Five Star General)
(Chameleon Loach)
(Orinoco sailfin catfish)
(Amazon sailfin catfish)
(Panda Garra)
(Bluefin Nothobranch)
(Bengal Loach)
(Cardinal Brachy, Olomina)
(Pygmy swordtail)
(African Butterfly Peacock)
(Half-banded Spiny Eel)
(Black Belt Cichlid)
(Red Claw Crab)
(Sturgeon Catfish)
(Golden Zebra Loach)
(Cryptocoryne nevillii)
(Silver hatchetfish, Spotfin Hatchetfish)
(Australian Rainbowfish)
(Redbreast acara)
(Horsemans Cory)
(Honey Blue-eye)
(Two-spot Pike Cichlid)
(Striped Headstander)
(African Giant Filter Shrimp)
(Bold characodon)
(Redflank Bloodfin)
(Bugeye squeaker)
(Daisy's Ricefish)
(Head-and-tail light tetra)
(Clown Rasbora)
(Red Nose Shrimp)
(Cuban Cichlid, Biajaca)
(Salt and Pepper Cory)
(Red-tailed Redeye Puffer)
(Golden Vampire Pleco)
(Elliotis cichlid)
(Three Beacon Pleco)
(Zebra Oto)
(Australian bonytongue)
(Colombian Tetra)
(South American Puffer)
(Chameleon Whiptail)
(Lava Snail)
(Haplochromis Thick Skin)
(Coffee Bean Tetra)
(Purple Vampire Crab)
(Orange Chromide)
(Burmese Border Loach, Polka-Dot Loach)
(Black Shark, Black sharkminnow)
(Walker's Killifish)
(Redtail Loach)
(Rainbow Stiphodon Goby)
(Skunk Loach)
(Broken-line Tetra)
(Banded cichlid)
(Silver Dollar)
(Diamond Tetra)
(Red-eye Tetra)
(Dwarf Pencilfish)
(X-ray tetra)
(Red Bellied Piranha)
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(Penguin Tetra)