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Healthy Echinodorus Helanthium Tenellus aquatic plant from CPA, showcasing vibrant green leaves suitable for freshwater aquariums.
Healthy Echinodorus Helanthium Tenellus aquatic plant by CPA with bright green, small-leafed stems suitable for freshwater aquariums.
Healthy Echinodorus Helanthium Tenellus aquatic plant by CPA, showing bright green, grass-like leaves suitable for freshwater aquariums.
Healthy Echinodorus Helanthium Tenellus aquatic plant from CPA, showcasing vibrant green leaves suitable for freshwater aquariums.
Healthy Echinodorus Helanthium Tenellus aquatic plant by CPA with bright green, small-leafed stems suitable for freshwater aquariums.
Healthy Echinodorus Helanthium Tenellus aquatic plant by CPA, showing bright green, grass-like leaves suitable for freshwater aquariums.

Echinodorus Helanthium Tenellus

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Common Name: Echinodorus Tenellus, Chain Sword, Dwarf Chain Sword, Pygmy Chain Sword

Echinodorus Tenellus is a carpeting grass-like plant that bears a close resemblance to a mix between dwarf hair grass and micro swords.  This plant grows by sending out lateral runners just like hair grass and other swords and when grown under proper conditions can spread to cover the foreground of your aquarium.  For smaller nano tanks, this plant can also serve as a short background plant but adequate lighting and CO2 are recommended.

Notes:

  • Please be sure to remove this plant from its pot. Remove the cotton surrounding the roots and plant into a quality substrate. For instructions on how to properly prep "potted" aquarium plants, click here.
  • Do not make drastic changes to the aquarium. Unstable parameters will result in melt and rotting of the aquarium plant.
  • CO2 injection and quality aquarium soil will yield better growth.

Family Name: Haloragaceae

Origin:North America

Height: 2-3"

pH: 6.5-7.5

Care: Easy to Moderate

Light: Medium to High

Co2: Recommended

Propagation: Cut stem and replant

Growth rate: Moderate to Fast

 

Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 10 reviews.

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Healthy and Hardy

"I was very impressed by the amount of chainsword I got in each pot. I got 3 for only about 20 bucks and was able to fill out a corner of my tank very densely, If you were inclined to propagate your own, this stuff will be easy to do it with. It came to me healthy, with great roots, and survived planting with next to no melt."

— Simon L. (5/5)

Very healthy plants

"Nice and very healthy plants"

— Jesus B. (5/5)

Super healthy

"Came in super healthy and looks great. Having a little bit of melt back but that's to be expected. Will be buying again."

— McKay F. (5/5)

Nice

"Nice plants"

— Dung B. (4/5)

I really do enjoy this

"I really do enjoy this plant. I kept it in bunches, and made 1 large bundle to add scale to my scape. For scale, it arrived at about 3-4 inches in height on average."

— Josue R. (5/5)

Nice plants

"Nice plants"

— David S. (5/5)

Beautiful

"This plant came in great shape. Live it"

— Clinton C. (5/5)

Came in alive..a bit of

"Came in alive..a bit of melting but pretty decent"

— Gordon S. (3/5)

Great Product

"Arrived promptly, healthy and ready to plant. Very nicely packaged. Plants look great and can’t wait to see how they grow."

— Matt N. (5/5)

Great foreground plant

"Growing very well, arrived in great condition. Spreading quickly through my tank. Very happy!"

— Derek W. (5/5)

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