Echinodorus palifolius
Aquarius palifolius
Echinodorus palifolius is a rosette plant suited to background planting.
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Planting & care
- PlacementBackground
- Growth typeRosette plant
- LightMedium
About this plant
Care level: Beginner Friendly. Light requirement: medium.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Beginner Friendly
- Light
- Medium
- Temperature
- 73–82°F (23–28°C)
- Placement
- Background
- Growth type
- Rosette plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
Water conditions
Plant reference ranges, not dosing instructions or measurements from your aquarium. Consider livestock needs and measured conditions.
- Temperature
- 73–82°F (23–28°C)
- pH
- 6–8
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–10 °dKH
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Fast
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What you’ll need to grow Echinodorus palifolius
Start with this plant’s documented care needs, then use an AquariumLesson calculator to size the setup for your aquarium.
Substrate
A suitable substrate or targeted root nutrition can support this plant's growth habit.
Calculate how much substrate you needTaxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Echinodorus
- Botanical name
- Aquarius palifolius
