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Marble Queen Sword — Potted

$8.45 USD
by Nature Aquariums
Type: AQUARIUM PLANTS

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Echinodorus 'Marble Queen' is a rare Amazon Sword variety with green leaves marked throughout with white. Like other Echinodorus, it should be planted directly into substrate and is a heavy root feeder that benefits from root tabs, especially in inert substrates like sand or gravel. Easy and undemanding, it grows well in larger tanks.

Skill Level Easy
CO2 Not Required
Requires Aqua Soil Recommended (root tabs recommended in inert substrates)
Type Rooted (Sword/Crypt)
Max Height 6-12"
Placement Midground to background
Light Level Low to Medium (approx. 20-50 PAR)
Origin South America
Other Can be grown emersed or submerged; new leaves sometimes reach above the waterline.

Care & Planting: Remove from pot, rinse roots, then plant into substrate. Propagate by separating new plantlets from the root/runners.

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.