I recently got a new flame sword but its leaves keep turning brown and dying, I have every single product including flourish, and flourish potassium, excel, nitrogen, phosphorus, and now iron but wat could be wrong with the plants?
plants keep dieing
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what kind of lighting are you using? the name, flame, says it supposed to be red-ish? I know terrestrial plants with red leaves need lots of sun, so I would assume you need good lighting. Also, lots of my plants have a pretty long break in period were they try to adjust to a new tank, and it can be pretty hit or miss while its settling in.
the water in the tank has a very brownish color to it from tannins if this is why this is happening wat should I do?
Tannins aren't going to harm anything except slightly lower your pH. If you don't like the look, I had excellent results from using Purigen in my filters. After a while the tannins will stop leaching out, and you can remove the Purigen. I'm not possitive what effect Purigen has on your fertilizer dosing. I use Flourish and never noticed problems with nutrients getting sucked up.
The sword may have been farm raised emersed (only the roots under water). If this is the case, all the leaves will die and be replaced with suitable underwater leaves. And like I said, the break in period for new plants can sometimes take a while. Keep up with the daily fertilizers, make sure you've got good 6000-7000k lighting, and time will hopefully result in a healthy plant.
The sword may have been farm raised emersed (only the roots under water). If this is the case, all the leaves will die and be replaced with suitable underwater leaves. And like I said, the break in period for new plants can sometimes take a while. Keep up with the daily fertilizers, make sure you've got good 6000-7000k lighting, and time will hopefully result in a healthy plant.