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The short answer is no. But it depends on your ambitions as an aquascaper. If you want to maximize growth, color and health then yes. But you can have healthy plants without it. I have a 20 cube with no CO2 and I’m always trimming and plants look good. Not a show tank but it looks good.
Anubis won’t always do well if it’s getting direct light from your tank light. Mine tend to do better tucked under rock, plants or driftwood. Not fans of direct light.
3 weeks is new so the plant could still be acclimating. Is it getting to much light? Is the rhizome damaged or under the substrate? Could be a nitrogen issue. It’s a little trial and error
Try not to over think it and do to much. Sometimes they injure themselves and it’s the result of healing themselves. Try not to stress her out by trying everything in the book.
It’s really hard to do a 100% biotope especially in a small tank. Water quality can be hard to control. You want have sandy bottoms in the wild but it would make things easier to balance with all the other organics
Sand can definitely hold nutrients especially since it packs down. It can also be a dead zone. The high end products contain nutrients but while the lower end substrates don’t they do an awesome job of storing it. Seachem Clay works really well and won’t break the bank. Same for Carib sea. And...
If you’re not using proper substrate your fertilizer is probably going right up into the water column and away from the roots of your plants. Plant specific substrate is designed to hold on to the fertilizer and feed the plant as needed. A lot of aquarium gravel won’t do that. Also depends on...