🌿 SW Echinodorus ‘Kleiner Bar’

Scientific Name: Echinodorus hybrid
Common Name: Kleiner Bar Sword, Dwarf Red Melon Sword
Type: Rosette plant

Description:
The Echinodorus ‘Kleiner Bar’ is a popular aquarium sword plant hybrid, valued for its compact growth and reddish to bronze-colored leaves. Unlike many sword plants, it stays smaller (usually 8–12 inches), making it a perfect midground choice for medium-sized aquariums. Its vibrant colors provide contrast against green background plants.

Care Requirements:

• Lighting: Moderate to high
• CO₂: Not required, but promotes richer color and faster growth
• Substrate: Nutrient-rich substrate or root tabs recommended
• Temperature: 72–82°F
• pH: 6.5–7.5
• Hardness: Soft to moderately hard water

Placement in Tank: Midground (can also work as a centerpiece in smaller aquariums).

Growth Rate: Moderate. Regular trimming keeps it tidy and prevents overshadowing smaller plants.

Propagation: Produces side shoots/runners that can be separated and replanted.