Amazon Sword

The Amazon Broadleaf Sword is a classic South American rosette plant with long, broad green leaves. It creates an impressive centerpiece or background feature and remains one of the most recognizable plants in the freshwater aquarium hobby.

Amazon Swords do not require injected CO₂, but they are heavy root feeders. A nutrient-rich substrate or regular root-tab fertilization is important for sustained growth.

Why Hobbyists Love Amazon Swords

• Classic aquarium centerpiece
• Large, substantial green leaves
• Does not require injected CO₂
• Beginner-friendly when root nutrition is provided
• Excellent cover for fish

What You’re Getting from Legacy Line Aquatics

• One large Amazon Broadleaf Sword unless otherwise stated
• Plant inspected for crown and root condition
• Natural variation in height, leaf count, and leaf shape
• Plant not represented as sterile tissue culture

Growth & Care

Amazon Swords can become substantial plants. Remove damaged outer leaves at the crown rather than cutting healthy leaves in half.

Lighting & Nutrition

Provide root tabs or nutrient-rich substrate. Water-column fertilizer can supplement growth, but it does not replace root nutrition.

Placement & Planting

Bury the roots while keeping the crown, the point where the leaves emerge, above the substrate.

Good Uses

• Medium and large community aquariums
• Discus displays
• Angelfish aquariums
• South American aquascapes
• Centerpiece planting
• Background cover

Avoid:

• Burying the crown
• Keeping permanently without root nutrition
• Small aquariums that cannot accommodate mature growth
• Large herbivores or aggressive digging fish
• Assuming normal transition melt means the plant is dead