Echinodorus Barthii

Echinodorus Barthii is a great plant for adding colour and decoration in the aquarium. It becomes 25-50 cm tall and the whole rosette 20-30 cm wide. The leaves change colour from dark-red in the youngest leaves to dark-green in the oldest. The colour develops well when the light intensity is high. Ideal growth and richest coloration in bright light with CO2 injection, moderately hard water, and nutrient rich substrate.

Place of originCultivated
Temperature range18 – 28 degrees Celsius
Maximum height15 – 35 cm
Growth rateMedium
Light rateMedium
DemandsEasy
Position rangeBackground