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Maybe the above are right, I don't know plants very well, I just buy what looks pretty. But, I can tell you I had Italian Vals for a while and they did the exact same thing. I hated them because it looked very..."incomplete" because they didn't grow tall like I wanted them to lol. If you want...

Well it's "perfect" for a year or so, and a good idea afterwards to at least do some liquid fertilizers and root tabs (if you have heavy root feeders)

Just siphon it out lol

Nice! Try the water sprite as a center piece, you can see it really bloom into a tree that way rather than having it restricted to the corner. What are those plants on the left and right of the Anubias? Either way try separating those out so they can carpet out :)

That's good, it means your tank parameters are great. You can snip off the leaf, but usually I leave it on until the leaf completely rots, usually that's around the time when the baby plant will be ready.

It's definitely hard to tell what kind of swords because there are so many. Did you just recently buy this? If so, it may have been grown out of the water (judging by the narrow round leaves). If they were grown outside the water then in a month or so it may grow new submerged leaves and drop...

How long have you had the plant? Also, it looks like ludwigia, usually they'll drop their lower leaves, it's fine, if you can't stand it, just cut off the bottom and replant the top, but as long as you're getting good growth at the top it's fine.

What kind of dirt is this? You have to remember that dirt is mainly NPK levels for outdoor plants, there is a chance that there is a lot of N getting into the water. I hear high N levels can completely burn up the plants. From what you wrote it sounds like you had the plants before dirting...

Although some people have recommended getting rid of the sword it could be manageable with trimmings here and there. Try not to crowd your 20 gallon with multiple species of plants because in a month if all goes well you're going to be out of space. P.S. whether you decide to keep the...

Or you could just leave them. If the roots are going in and out you might just bury them but if they're reaching out and the ends are shooting up then it might indicate that there isn't as much fertilizer in the substrate and it's looking for some more through the water column.

Does it really? I have heard of people keeping fish in like the 60's but I always thought in the mid 70's was the best temperature. 80's and you start to expel the oxygen out of the water. P.S. I really like the platy fish because they're so colorful. I was thinking about setting up another...

Aww man, sorry to hear about that. Were your water parameters in check? What about the temperature? I've had best growth in warmer water :)

P.S. I've been trying to add more videos :)

I used to have quite a bit actually when I just let the babies roam free right after birth. I would get a lot of dead ones sinking to the bottom and then I would have to reach in there and fish them out. The only time I really had a problem with deaths was when I didn't have time to turn the...

Hey thanks! So actually I didn't use them for breeder boxes, I just used them to isolate from the bigger fish. I haven't run into any problems. I had the setup for several months and eventually gave away the fish since there were so many. Of all the fish I had zero crooked spines or any...