Echinodorus 'vesuvius' (Echinodorus Angustifolia )

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A lovely and easy mid to background plant that has little demands and can also be grown under intense situations. Rate of growth is dependent on the type of tank, from low tech to high tech. Propagation by runners

Robert H

The proper name would be E. angustifolia var vesuvius. The common variety of angustifolia is a straight leaf, looking very much like a form of tennellus.

Jag1980

3.3wpg Daily fertilizer dosing and Pressurized Co2, this plant grows runners about 2 inches per day. Needs good water circulation and weekly water changes will keep this plant clean.

customdrumfinishes

Slow grower in low light, works best in medium to high light tanks. Mine grow new runner plants weekly, about 4" a week growth on runners with 2.4 wpg and diy c02. Needs good flow to grow and stay clean.

zxc

can anyone let me know what kind of plant behind this plant?

alvagoldbook

I haven't had very much success with this plant. While it looks lovely, it seems to grow slow, and I have a lot of problems with the tips of the leaves browning and melting away. I'm using Flourish and Flourish Excel, plus plenty of DIY CO2 with plenty of water changes. So far I've had one of these guys nearly die out from being choked out by my other plants.

Abs

does this is a marginal pond plant? Pls answer........

alvagoldbook

These are tough little plants. I bought one with my initial set up, and my tank went south, and just about everything in it died. The only thing left are some amazon swords that have seen better days, and these guys. Except now I have 6 of them. They propagate by runners, and I had one send a runner all along the back of my tank and establish a new plant on the other side of the tank. In a low tech setting like mine they don't grow very fast. Can be a bit of a headache if you plant too close to a stem plant.

supplice

I bought 2 of them, had them since my tanks inception. After a year of improper treatment, just cutting them, rare water changes and supplements they lived through everything. The only problem I face now is that it is no longer swirly, they are all straight but the main plant has produced a lot of runners.