The sea monkeys Rock
Aquarium Advice Regular
The reason I suggested to cut back on adding liquid ferts is b/c until your plants acclimate and start to grow there's nothing to make any beneficial use of them. Also as Rivercats stated dry ferts are less expensive, you might look into making your own liquid ferts it's cheaper and will last you longer. Yes with good lighting and CO2 injection your plants can grow really fast thus demanding more nutrients, but that's not happening just yet. Your substrate also has macro/micro nutrients so another reason not to dose ferts on a daily basis. Plants feed mainly through their roots anyways over time your plants will deplete the substrate of nutrients that's where most start to use root/iron tabs and liquid ferts.
If your plants do start to suffer from nutrient deficiencies you can always add ferts and trim your your plants to promote new growth.
I suggest you do some research in using RO units for your planted tank. They can be ideal for creating a good controlled environment for both fish and plants. RO units basically strip the water of all its mineral contents, some of which are very beneficial to both plants and fish. You add minerals and sometimes buffers to set your tanks parameters as desired. However if done incorrectly it can cause unstable parameters to your PH, GH, and KH especially with CO2 injection.
These are just my humble suggestions and that's what we are here for, to give personal experience and advice. You have a really nice setup for a planted tank beginner so I think your plants will do just fine. Have fun with your tank.
Thanks Daxhua. I am looking into RO now. It seems my plants are not compatible with each other in any case.
Rotala Macrandra needs <10PPM nitrate, and Rotala Wallichii needs 20-25PPM Nitrate. Oh great! Even with an RO unit I cant great those conditions. Perhaps I need to get rid of one of them? BTW my information source here is:
Rotala Macrandra
Rotala Wallichii
Thanks for your help