Recommendations of sword plants

[nquint1]

No one told me amazon swords would get so big! My has outgrown it's tank and I would like to replace it with another sword. I'm trying to find a sword plant that doesn't get so big, but I haven't had luck searching online. Does anyone know of any?

 

[Bk718]

well how big do you want it to get? they have ruffle sword, chain sword

 

[nquint1]

Good point. 12-18 inches tall would be good.

 

[Bk718]

well ruffled sword would be great, compact sword, melon sword. And can always look into crypt since they look somewhat similar to swords

 

[Bk718]

www.plantgeek.net
Good site with a decent amount of plant info

 

[Icom]

No one told me amazon swords would get so big! My has outgrown it's tank and I would like to replace it with another sword. I'm trying to find a sword plant that doesn't get so big, but I haven't had luck searching online. Does anyone know of any?

which tank did the Amazon outgrow ??

pm sent too.

 

[Bk718]

amazon swords got 2 much potential lol as clearly shown by this pic

to keep it small you can just trim down the outer big leafs.

 

[happybob59]

My melon is staying pretty short maybe 5-6inches. I used to have an ozelot that would grow out of the tank....but for the most part i dont need to trim my melon to keep it close to the ground

 

[nquint1]

It's in my 37 gallon. The sword is about 22 inches tall and 10 inches wide. It's funny because it was probably 10 inches tall when I got it. I was thinking the ruffled sword would be good.

 

[Squawkbert]

Melons can get pretty big too. I think a Kleiner-Barr may be a good way to go.

You really ought to post or search before buying - I know I've used the words Sword and huge in the same post at least 10 times (just here).