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Dwarf Amazon Sword Compacta

$5.99 USD
by Nature Aquariums
Type: AQUARIUM PLANTS

Dwarf Amazon Sword Compacta is a compact cultivar of the classic Amazon Sword, growing as a tidy rosette that stays smaller than the standard species — a good fit for foreground-to-midground placement in smaller tanks.

Skill Level Easy
CO2 Not Required (recommended for faster growth)
Requires Aqua Soil Not required, but recommended — heavy root feeder
Type Rooted
Max Height 4-6"
Placement Midground
Light Level Low to Medium (approx. 20-50 PAR)
Origin South America
Other Heavy root feeder — supplement with root tabs in inert substrates like sand or gravel.

Care & Planting: Remove from the pot and root wool before planting into quality substrate. Propagate by separating and replanting new plantlets from the base.

A note on "melting": Like most Amazon Swords and Cryptocoryne species, this plant is farm-grown emersed (above water). When you first submerge it, don't be alarmed if the original leaves die back over the first few weeks — this is called melting, and it's a normal part of the transition, not a sign the plant is failing. Emersed leaves are built for air and only have stomata on their underside; once submerged, the plant sheds them in favor of new underwater leaves with stomata on both sides, better suited to absorbing CO2 from the water. New submersed growth typically appears within a few weeks.