Amazon sword looking bad?

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emerald76

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My sword isn't doing too well. It's in two inches of Flourite and floramax and was looking awesome before I added the floramax to the tank.

Lights are 1 36 watt fluorescent tube and I dose liquid carbon daily and leaf zone weekly
Here's the whole tank



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Root tabs applied liberally?

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Not yet, had it for about a month without tabs and it grew from 3 leaves to what it looks like in the photo minus the rotting parts. Did I plant it too deeply with the new substrate or something?


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You need to put root tabs in..

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You need to put root tabs in..

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Nothing to do with the plants...raise the water level. The HOB filters will push more water through them with the water level higher than it currently is.


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Oh yeah that photo is on the middle of a water change :)
So I need some root tabs. Okay thanks!


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Oh, then you are forgiven :)
The Seachem root tabs are usually found in most LFSs and big box stores. Expensive. An alternative is osmocote+ fertilizer in the clear gelcaps (aka Mebbid's root tabs). There are several folks on here who make their own and sell/trade/RAOK them. I just started using them a few weeks ago. Starting to see new leaves on my crypts in my low light tank. I also put them in my high light tank but hard to say if it has had any effect. Everything, including algae, grow in there!


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And it might be buried a bit too deep as well ? Make sure the crown isn't buried too deep, it's the part where all the leaves come together.


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I've never used root tabs in my tank but I would increase your usage of ferts. You have new green growth and your older leaves appear to have a nitrogen deficiency.

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I dose 20 ml and it's only supposed to be dosed to 15 for my size tank.


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Not necessarily the amount but maybe more often vs once weekly.

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Here's a brief deficiency guide.

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Try more root tabs too as others have commented if you feel comfortable with that too.

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