Bolivian Chain Sword (Helanthium bolivianus "Quadricostatus"), Bare Root

Bolivian Chain Sword (Helanthium bolivianus "Quadricostatus"), Bare Root

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Bolivian Chain Sword is larger and has broader leaves than Pygmy Chain Sword, and it is a great carpeting plant for the aquascape!

Bolivian Chain Sword (Helanthium bolivianus "Quadricostatus", formerly known as Echinodorus bolivianus) is a long-celebrated carpeting foreground plant in the aquarium hobby due to its ease of care and attractive grass-like appearance. This prolific plant can thrive under moderate or high lighting and does not have any special requirements beyond nutrient-rich substrate (which is a requirement of most aquatic plants with roots). It propagates through runners and plantlets, which can be clipped and replanted elsewhere in the aquarium. It can also be planted emersed in terrariums, paludariums, and viquariums.

Care for Bolivian Chain Sword is very simple. It grows quickly when provided with nutrient-rich substrate and moderate lighting. It will grow at a slower pace under low lighting. It should not be planted in the shadows of taller plants. Under optimal conditions, it can grow at such a rate that it needs to pruned regularly. Like many plants, this plant will respond significantly to CO2.

No aquarium plant distributor/nursery/wholesaler/retailer can or will guarantee their plants to be 100% snail free. We can not guarantee our plants will be snail free.

What We Like About This Plant:

Provides refuge for animal fry
Excellent in low-tech setups
Prolific and easy to prune
Distinctive carpeting plant
Very easy to maintain

Care Guidelines:

Temperature: 72° - 86° F (22° - 30° C)
pH: 6.2 - 7.5
Lighting: Moderate to High
Origin: Nursery grown, but indigenous to Mexico, Central America, and South America
Aquarium placement: Foreground to Midground in medium to large tanks. Background in small to medium tanks.
Care: Easy

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For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.

Shipping Rate

Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.

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