Echinodorus 'Red Special'
Echinodorus 'Red Special' is a rosette plant suited to midground planting.
MidgroundRosette plant
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Planting & care
- PlacementMidground
- GrowthRosette plant
- LightMedium
- CO2Recommended
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Very easy
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 68–82°F (20–28°C)
- Placement
- Midground
- Growth type
- Rosette plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
Water conditions
- Temperature
- 68–82°F (20–28°C)
- pH
- 5–7
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–21 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 10–40 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Propagation
- proliferating inflorescences
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What you’ll need to grow Echinodorus 'Red Special'
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
