about to give up on this sword

[Mrduna01]

So I'm still having trouble with this amazon sword. All new growth comes in with brown vein like look to it and it grows in very needle like and then curls under. I have had it several months. I have relentlessly removed the bad growth and it grows in again the same way. I have floramax substrate, using flourish and root tabs as well as liquid co2. My lighting is low at about 1.5 to 2 wpg. Below is the best pic I could get. Please help. I'm very frustrated.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/70845481@N05/6411465143/

 

[Atxpunx]

My swords make those lines and still grows awesome. It looks like it's gonna perk up IMO.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

Some of my plants do that too. They just die away, and then in a month they come back. It happens I guess.

 

[Atxpunx]

Well my sword has never made those lines in my lower light tank. I started but nutrients at the roots and upgraded the lights and THEN I got the brown lines. I thinks a favorable condition. Like how ozelot swords are darker when they first emerge and then lighten up as they mature.

 

[aqua_chem]

You might just let it grow. "Bad growth" is still photosynthetic, which will provide the plant with energy for more growth.