Chain Sword Narrowleaf Compact Runner Plant for Natural Carpeting

Chain Sword Narrowleaf (Echinodorus tenellus) is a small, fast-spreading sword for natural carpets and tidy foregrounds. Slim blades creep by runners, forming a soft grass bed in dirted, low-tech tanksno CO, no bottles, no drama. Set it over Aqua Preta for steady root nutrition.

Why you’ll love it

• Carpet-like growth from natural runners
• Compact size for nano tanks and foregrounds
• Low-tech friendlyno CO or liquid fertilizers
• Shrimp and fry safe, great cover and biofilm

Care

• Lighting: moderate (more light = faster spread)
• Substrate: rich soil with a sand cap
• Placement: foreground
• Growth rate: moderate (speeds up in brighter light)
• Tank size: 5 gallons and up

Once settled it throws runnerstrim or guide them to shape your layout.

Father Fish tip

Want a carpet without the chemical circus? Give it soil and time. Itll run.

Explore more Sword Plants, add fast growers from the Stem Plants Collection, and finish with easy accents from the Anubias Collection.

Pairs well with

• Aqua Preta Natural Substrate
• Stem Plants Collection
• Plant Packages