Plants dying! Help!

[Fishperson]

So here is my tank: 20 gallon high. It had staurogyne repens, crypt undulata, ludwigia repens, and Java moss on dw in it. Then I got some new plants, AR, AR mini, bacopa, downoi, baby Vesuvius,and rotala rotundifolia. I changed my lighting to a finnex fugeray planted + 24", dosed the tank with 2 ml of PPS pro, and left. That was Saturday. Come today, Tuesday, this is what happened with the light on for 6 hours a day:
Rotala: minimal damage, some smaller leaves falling off.
Staurogyne repens: a few pinholes, not much more.
Downoi: leaves completely gone, 3/5 plants seemingly nonexistent.
Vesuvius: one plant dead, rest of them have leaves that are turning transparent.
Bacopa: all leaves gone.
AR and AR mini: many leaves turning transparent.
Java moss: turning brown.

The new plants were grown underwater. The fish are 5 rummynose and 3 glowlight tetras and 1 oto.

The only thing it could be that I know of was the nitrate spike that occurred because of the new Eco complete i added. It was at 20ish before by now its up around 40:



Bacopa:


AR and AR mini:


Java moss:


Thanks for any help!

 

[Brookster123]

Wowzers.. that's some serious melt.. what was the lighting schedule in your absence?

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[Fishperson]

Wowzers.. that's some serious melt.. what was the lighting schedule in your absence?

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1-7 PM is what the timer is set to but we've has issues with it before. Let me check with my mom to see if it was.

 

[Fishperson]

Just confirmed with my mom. She doesn't think it was on or off at any strange times so it should have been 6 hours a day.

 

[Brookster123]

Plants may have got a Lil cooked on the ride.. give them some time, adding root tabs around the tank can always help.. did you mix the kno3 separately?

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[Fishperson]

Plants may have got a Lil cooked on the ride.. give them some time, adding root tabs around the tank can always help.. did you mix the kno3 separately?

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No i did not, but I will once i remix them tomorrow. I will also add co2 tomorrow and set the timer up to go on for 4 hours, off for 3, and then on for 4 more. Today I will probably mix ferts, do a water change, and get co2 prepped for tomorrow.

What do you recommend i do besides that?

Edit: off for four hours not three

 

[Fishperson]

Oh, and will they grow back?

 

[Brookster123]

Oh, and will they grow back?

They should recover, I've had some go way down and come back a couple weeks later.

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[Fishperson]

They should recover, I've had some go way down and come back a couple weeks later.

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Ok thanks. And my lighting regimen sounds good?

 

[Darkseid76]

They should bounce back. A lot of plants can go through some melt when adjusting to a new set up.

And not to laugh but that scrap of java looks so pathetic lol

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[Fishperson]

They should bounce back. A lot of plants can go through some melt when adjusting to a new set up.

And not to laugh but that scrap of java looks so pathetic lol

Send me a pm and I'll hook you up with a decent ball, just pay the shipping.


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Yeah I got it from another guy who just through a bit of it in as part of a plant package. I just attached it to driftwood to see if it would grow. I'm not looking for Java anymore though. I'm looking for either flame moss or fissidens fontanus. But i also need some pogo erectus so I'll try to get both in the same order.