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I have ludwigia repens, bacopa monnieri, and rotala rotundifolia in my tank. All of them have some stem rot that's black where it's buried in the substrate. My substrate is dirt capped with Seachem Flourite Red. Is it the way i'm pinching them when I plant them that's causing the stem rot? Is it...

My PAR is 95 in air. Do I need to dim it? My tank is 13.5 inches tall

I recently just changed my substrate to a dirted substrate. That makes sense! How many hours of lighting? It was originally 9 hrs but I changed it to 6 hrs. Should I gradually add 30 minutes every week? Or should I keep it at 9 hours

All right, thanks for the advice :):) One last thing, could you help me identify this algae? Could it be Black Beard Algae?

about 3 weeks ago. It's done cycling though

There is also quite a lot of brown algae coating the leaves. Will this hinder its photosynthesizing?

So if I give it time it’ll grow back? ����

I bought other plants as well and none of the leaves died off. They’re growing new leaves everyday. I found that only my Hairgrass is turning yellow. I use Seachem Flourite Red as my substrate.

I have a bunch of Umbrella Hairgrass (Eleocharis Vivipara) that I got about 2 weeks ago and half of it is turning yellow, I have a full spectrum led light on for 8.5 hours a day in a 10 gallon (6500K, 850 lumens, PAR is 72 at 12") no CO2, I use a fertilizer that has more than %3 of potassium...