Salvinia natans is an easy floating plant that gently shades your aquarium, helping reduce the intensity of bright LED lighting. Ideal for tanks where the light feels a little too strong.
Give your plants everything they need to grow well without pressurised CO2. Neutro Combo is a top seller for low-tech tanks, helping plants stay healthy, grow steadily and compete naturally with algae.
a low-growing sword that creeps along the substrate
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Common name: Burhead, Sword Plant
Origin: North America
Position in Aquarium: Mid/background
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Growth rate: Medium pace
Echinodorus ducumbens is an unusual low-growing sword plant that creeps along the substrate rather than growing upright — producing leaves on long horizontal stolons that spread across the bottom of the aquarium rather than shooting toward the surface. The growth habit creates a sprawling, carpeting effect that's unique among the Echinodorus genus.
Medium light, no CO2 required, planted in substrate with root tabs. The horizontal growth means it can cover significant ground over time — plan for this when deciding where to position it. Growth rate is moderate.
Plant in the foreground to midground. Allow space for the plant to spread laterally. Propagation via the runners and daughter plants it produces naturally.
You’ll receive a healthy, rooted plant in a pot, similar to those shown. Each one is hand-checked before dispatch.
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It grows horizontally along the substrate rather than upright — producing runners that spread the plant laterally like a ground cover rather than shooting toward the surface.
No — grows without CO2. Root tabs near the roots support the best growth.
It can spread significantly over time via horizontal runners. Plan for a creeping ground-cover habit rather than a single specimen.
Foreground to midground — the horizontal growth habit and low profile are best suited to front or centre of the tank.
It propagates naturally via runners. Allow the runners to develop, then separate and replant the daughter plants.
