Echinodorus 'Red Diamond' - Tropical Aquarium Plant - CloudAqua

Echinodorus ‘Red Diamond’ is a cultivated sword plant hybrid from Eastern Europe, created by crossing Echinodorus 'Barthii' and Echinodorus Horemanii 'Red'. It is prized for its intensely coloured red to burgundy leaves, which transition to deep green as they mature. It has large leaves on long stems, that resemble arrows.

Ideal for medium to large aquariums where it serves as a brilliant focal point plant, and creates a sense of scale. Its resilience and adaptability make it popular with both beginners and experienced aquascapers.

Plant the Echinodorus directly into the substrate. A transition period will occur if planting emersed plants, and new underwater leaves will sprout. Roots can be trimmed shorter too for ease of planting, and will regrow quickly. It is a heavy root feeder, aqua soil and/or root tabs are recommended for fuller growth. High lighting will enhance leaf colouration, and CO₂ will promote larger and faster development.

This plant will reproduce naturally. In the first step of the process, it will grow a flower stalk and then flower. Keep stalk submerged, and plantlets will develop on flower stalks. Cut away mature plantlets once large enough and has developed own roots, and replant them in the substrate.