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Did I over trim?

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So today I realized that my anubias were not growing new leaves, my sagitaria are green at the top but semi transparent at the crown, amazon sword leaves were eaten, I watched a few videos and they said if you leave bad leaves on the plants the others won't grow and will die not fill out, so I went through and cut all the bad half eaten leaves off my anubias, one was so bad it only has 3 leaves left on it pretty much a rhizome, I didn't really mess with the sagitaria much as I didn't know if that's how they are supposed to look, just cut the really long 4-5" leaves off at the base, and a few ones that were discolored, and with the amazons I had a lot of bad leaves that were eaten off, my tank doesn't look as full now but I know from basic plant knowledge that the plant will still try to feed the dead leaves and will die /not promote new growth, I do not have the money for co2 and I don't have the knowledge I would end up killing my fish which leads to my next question, I added a root tab by the sagitaria which makes a total of 7 tabs total in a 55 gallon, 3 tabs for the amazons (3 plants 1 per) 2 for my red Flame, and now 2 for my sagitaria, also is the sagitaria like the amazon where the crown should be exposed or should it be buried Ty in advance, I dose excel 2x weekly and flourish 1x weekly, will all these ferts kill my fish (tabs specifically)

By trimming so much could I of shocked the plant and cause it to die

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Tabs shouldn't be an issue as long as they are burried. Remove dead/dying material as the amount could create an influx of ammonia. This also leads to algae. Sounds like plants are melting some. Remember plants need time to acclimate to submerged growth. Anubias is not a speedy grower for most.

Long time no see....post some pics.

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Looks like start of some melt. I see some munching been going on. Maybe some diatoms too. Lots of heavy feeders in there. Over all dont look bad. Id stay on the trimming. Seems like your doing all right things.

Id look into getting more into the nutrients than just flourish comp. Some Fe, K, at the least. Look into flourish trace as well.

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I haven't done a water change in 2 weeks cause of a bad cold, so I have my work cut out for me tonight, filters, tubes, glass, lids, water of course lol

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Looks like start of some melt. I see some munching been going on. Maybe some diatoms too. Lots of heavy feeders in there. Over all dont look bad. Id stay on the trimming. Seems like your doing all right things.

Id look into getting more into the nutrients than just flourish comp. Some Fe, K, at the least. Look into flourish trace as well.

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Yeah I have diatoms I wipe off the leaves when i do my water change with sterilized gauze don't know any other way, so dose flourish, Excel, trace, and those other 2 plus the tabs?

The pic with the crown showing that's the sagataria, is it supposed to be fully buried or is the crown supposed to be exposed

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I do. I think it is a sound easy affordable option. Do your own research. Visit seachem site look at thier dose charts. Then reaearch EI and PPS see what works for you.

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I have no idea what that means lol I'm totally new to this

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What's EI, PPS? would the plants do better with more frequent changes or once every week at 50%

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Wc for most are different. But weekly 50pwc is pretty standard. I do 3 x 50 then the last one of month at 75 percent.

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Water change complete, I'm going to wait on more trimmings so I don't kill the plants per my lfs recommendation not to trim more than 50%

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