So I'm in the process of cycling my 55 gallon tank with Tetra SafeStart and 6 Cherry Barbs. The Cherry Barbs are doing great, but the plants not so much.
So half my plants (Moneywort, Amazon Sword, Rotala Rotundifolia) I got from Meijer (which is like a Walmart in the Midwest) and they were perfectly green and healthy in the tank at the store, and now in my tank (which definitely has better lighting than the tanks at Meijer) they're turning brown. The Moneywort is in the worst shape, it was fine for a few days and now (a week after adding) 50% of the leaves have turned brown. The Amazon Sword is also starting to turn brown, and the Rotala doesn't look in the best shape either.
The other plants I couldn't find in a store so I bought online, and they were in pretty bad shape to begin with when they arrived, but they aren't getting any better. (Crinum Natan, Ludwigia Repens, Hygrophila Rosenverg)
I also have some plants that are doing fine (Anubias Nana on driftwood and Microsword)
My tank has the Coralife two ht5 lamp with two 54 watt bulbs (10000k and 6500k) so that's 2 watts per gallon. The lights are on for 8 hours a day.
I've dosed liquid fertilizer and liquid CO2 twice in the week that I've had them.
Tank has sand substrate with plenty of root tabs, especially around the Sword.
Temp: 78F, pH: 7.8, soft water, ~.10 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate
I'm wondering if this is normal for new plants but I want to make sure before they just completely die
Thanks in advance
So half my plants (Moneywort, Amazon Sword, Rotala Rotundifolia) I got from Meijer (which is like a Walmart in the Midwest) and they were perfectly green and healthy in the tank at the store, and now in my tank (which definitely has better lighting than the tanks at Meijer) they're turning brown. The Moneywort is in the worst shape, it was fine for a few days and now (a week after adding) 50% of the leaves have turned brown. The Amazon Sword is also starting to turn brown, and the Rotala doesn't look in the best shape either.
The other plants I couldn't find in a store so I bought online, and they were in pretty bad shape to begin with when they arrived, but they aren't getting any better. (Crinum Natan, Ludwigia Repens, Hygrophila Rosenverg)
I also have some plants that are doing fine (Anubias Nana on driftwood and Microsword)
My tank has the Coralife two ht5 lamp with two 54 watt bulbs (10000k and 6500k) so that's 2 watts per gallon. The lights are on for 8 hours a day.
I've dosed liquid fertilizer and liquid CO2 twice in the week that I've had them.
Tank has sand substrate with plenty of root tabs, especially around the Sword.
Temp: 78F, pH: 7.8, soft water, ~.10 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate
I'm wondering if this is normal for new plants but I want to make sure before they just completely die
Thanks in advance