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Yep yep, the fading ones just cut them away. As long as any new growth is happening it should be good.... Plants in my experience definitely don't love hot water but most of the species you have I believe are fairly sturdy and will recover....
Also it's totally normal for plants to melt (have leaves go translucent and fall off) when they change environments, especially if the grower grew them emersed (i.e. out of water) and now they need to transition to their water form in your tank.... usually when plants are going from land form to water form they discard some (and in some cases all) of their old leaves and just start again. So you can have something literally disappear from your tank, but if the roots are still in the substrate and you just leave them there you can see new leaves peeking out after a while and the plant comes back in its new submersed form. It's pretty cool.
Now I'm definitely no expert but from what I've seen so far your plants are all relatively undemanding and should do fine in low to medium light. I have a pretty crappy light and my amazon swords are not complaining. And my water sprite is going mental taking over everything, it takes her like a week to reach the water surface after I cut her down to half. Over time you will see which plants are thriving for you and which are struggling, and then you can decide to ditch the struggling ones and pick up some new ones to try... Water sprite for me so far has been bullet proof, also nymphoides hydrophylla has been growing wildly for me. But you should look at that a few months down the line.
Also it's totally normal for plants to melt (have leaves go translucent and fall off) when they change environments, especially if the grower grew them emersed (i.e. out of water) and now they need to transition to their water form in your tank.... usually when plants are going from land form to water form they discard some (and in some cases all) of their old leaves and just start again. So you can have something literally disappear from your tank, but if the roots are still in the substrate and you just leave them there you can see new leaves peeking out after a while and the plant comes back in its new submersed form. It's pretty cool.
Now I'm definitely no expert but from what I've seen so far your plants are all relatively undemanding and should do fine in low to medium light. I have a pretty crappy light and my amazon swords are not complaining. And my water sprite is going mental taking over everything, it takes her like a week to reach the water surface after I cut her down to half. Over time you will see which plants are thriving for you and which are struggling, and then you can decide to ditch the struggling ones and pick up some new ones to try... Water sprite for me so far has been bullet proof, also nymphoides hydrophylla has been growing wildly for me. But you should look at that a few months down the line.
