Echinodorus 'Vesuvius' care
Echinodorus 'Vesuvius'
Vesuvius is a sword plant with narrow, spiralling leaves, smaller than an Amazon sword, that suits a midground.
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Helps
- Where it goes
- Midground
- Growth
- Moderate
- Care level
- Easy
- Height
- 8 to 16 in
- Temperature
- 72 to 82 °F
- How to plant
- Plant the crown just above the substrate
- Propagation
- Plantlets on flower stems
In a 20 gallon long
12¾ in tallHow to grow echinodorus 'vesuvius'
Vesuvius is a sword plant with narrow, spiralling leaves, smaller than an Amazon sword, that suits a midground. Medium light and root tabs keep it growing.
Common problems
- Long, pale leaves in low light.
Light for echinodorus 'vesuvius'
Medium-light plants grow best under a planted-tank LED that spans the tank. Check the mounting length against your tank before buying: how to fit a planted light.
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Fluval Plant 3.0 22W
Adjustable mounting range 15–24 in; maker publishes 1,450 lm and PAR at several depths.
Finnex Planted+ 24/7 CRV-24
Fixed 24-in fixture model; fit depends on the supplied legs and tank span.
Plants that grow in the same light
Sources
Plant identity from Wikipedia: Echinodorus. Heights, temperatures and care are typical ranges in aquariums from common planted-tank practice, not figures from that article. Drawings are our own; photo credits follow.
Photo credits
Real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped to fit; each is used under the license named.
- Amazon sword Brianza2008, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dwarf hairgrass Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Monte Carlo Yercaud-elango, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Water wisteria Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ludwigia repens Show_ryu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Anacharis Ernst Schütte, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
