Comment by Adam Carbary on October 2, 2013 at 10:10pm

What type of substrate are you using? If you are planting directly in sand or gravel that is your problem. Plants absorb more nutrients through their roots then they do through their leaves. Flourish and CO2 booster are only going to be in your water and will not get absorbed through the roots, unless you use root tabs. I would recommend adding root tabs or converting to a dirted tank or a nutrient based substrate such as Eco-complete or Flourish gravels.

Good luck and I hope that helps. Also check out Dustin's youtube channel for more information on plated tanks. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4j90aZYe6v7J4Yb6qpbiLw

Comment by Peter on October 3, 2013 at 12:32am

First off i just need to ask you what types lights u have. If the lights arent ment to grow plants n e thing but anubias and hava fern will die. Te substrate u use doesnt matter. U can grow plants in barebottom tanks. So u have the nutrients (flourish) and the co2 (co2 booster) but if u dont have the lights required to grow plants then thy wont grow. Also did u know what plants u had ??? That died? Sword, crypts, easy stem plants, sag??? Some plants even with co2 and nutirents with out high light die.

Comment by Allabouttanks on October 3, 2013 at 9:48pm

I have an Anubias, Amazon Sword, crypts and this plant i forgot the name. I have a 50/50 bulb. Are those good for plant growth? Thank you everyone!

Comment by Adam Carbary on October 3, 2013 at 9:56pm

That is probably your problem right there. 50/50 bulbs are more for saltwater or cichlids then for plant growth. You need to get 6500-6700k bulbs. In my 125g I use all 6500k bulbs and my amazon swords, crypts and anubias are flourishing. My tank is also dirted so they have plenty of nutrients to eat as well. I am willing to bet that if you swapped your bulbs you would see significant growth within a month if you keep up with your nutrient dosing. Just remember not to run you lights too long otherwise you will be dealing with algae growth as well as plant growth. 

Comment by Peter on October 3, 2013 at 9:57pm

Well its weird ur anubias died cus u can grow them attach to rocks just ambiet light. the 50/50 bulbs are for salt water. U need a daylight bulb thats 6500k- 10000k spectrum. Im fairly certain thats y ur sword died. But the anubias shouldnt have died even with that bulb.

Comment by Allabouttanks on October 5, 2013 at 2:20pm

Thank you both a lot! Do you have any suggestions on what type of lightin to get

Comment by Adam Carbary on October 5, 2013 at 2:23pm

You're very welcome. This is where I have purchased all of my lights from. Great quality lights for very affordable prices.http://www.aquatraders.com/

Comment by Peter on October 5, 2013 at 2:45pm

if ur handy u can go to ur big hardward store and buy t5 ho kits that u build urself. i also hear good things about fishneedit.com 

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