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Hi everyone,
Im a newb here so be gentle!
I've had a lightly planted tank for a little over 2 years now. Kind of a community tank/lightly planted aquarium. Here's a little pic to give you guys and gals an idea; (Anyone know what kind of plant if the one on the far right next to the Angelfish?)
(I have since removed about 2/3 of the Amazon Frogbit since I believed it was potentially blocking out the light from plants beneath.)
So I come to you all here with questions and concerns and seeking advice on how to make this tank thrive.
I recently bought a plant from a LFS and they told me it was called "Red Ivy", here's a picture;
Does anyone know what plant that is? And also why it is just dying since being added to my aquarium 2 weeks ago? The stems rot from the base as you can see in this picture; (these two stems were planted but floated up. Notice the greenish color - that is the rotting part, and it seems to be working itself up the stem)
I also bought some Cabomba that has not been doing well at all either and keep rotting at the base then eventually floating up as well.
My only means of testing my water were 5 in 1 API test strips, which I am upgrading to the Nutrafin Master Test Kit which should be here in a week along with an extensive order of ferts such as Flourish Excel, Flourish Potassium and Flourish Trace. I'm hoping Ill be able to get much more growth with those..
Water parameters were good, 0 amonia, 40 nitrates, 0 nitrites, 7.5ish PH (hard to read those silly little strips!). Filter is Aquaclear 50, no water heater, although I do own one, it doesnt seem to be necessary in my apt. And the livestock in the tank are 1 Angelfish, 5 Red Fin Columbians, 3 Harlequin Rasboras, 6 Platies (they keep spawning more) and 6 golden algea eaters which just recently totally annihilated an algae infestation. All in a 35 gallon aquarium.
What could I do to get this tank thriving?! Haha
Thank you all in advance for the help!:thumbsup:
Forgot to add; I dose 5ml of Nutrafin plant Grow every week during water change and no CO2 (which I'm looking to buy API CO2 booster in the coming week to compensate)
Im a newb here so be gentle!
I've had a lightly planted tank for a little over 2 years now. Kind of a community tank/lightly planted aquarium. Here's a little pic to give you guys and gals an idea; (Anyone know what kind of plant if the one on the far right next to the Angelfish?)

(I have since removed about 2/3 of the Amazon Frogbit since I believed it was potentially blocking out the light from plants beneath.)
So I come to you all here with questions and concerns and seeking advice on how to make this tank thrive.
I recently bought a plant from a LFS and they told me it was called "Red Ivy", here's a picture;

Does anyone know what plant that is? And also why it is just dying since being added to my aquarium 2 weeks ago? The stems rot from the base as you can see in this picture; (these two stems were planted but floated up. Notice the greenish color - that is the rotting part, and it seems to be working itself up the stem)

I also bought some Cabomba that has not been doing well at all either and keep rotting at the base then eventually floating up as well.

My only means of testing my water were 5 in 1 API test strips, which I am upgrading to the Nutrafin Master Test Kit which should be here in a week along with an extensive order of ferts such as Flourish Excel, Flourish Potassium and Flourish Trace. I'm hoping Ill be able to get much more growth with those..
Water parameters were good, 0 amonia, 40 nitrates, 0 nitrites, 7.5ish PH (hard to read those silly little strips!). Filter is Aquaclear 50, no water heater, although I do own one, it doesnt seem to be necessary in my apt. And the livestock in the tank are 1 Angelfish, 5 Red Fin Columbians, 3 Harlequin Rasboras, 6 Platies (they keep spawning more) and 6 golden algea eaters which just recently totally annihilated an algae infestation. All in a 35 gallon aquarium.
What could I do to get this tank thriving?! Haha
Thank you all in advance for the help!:thumbsup:
Forgot to add; I dose 5ml of Nutrafin plant Grow every week during water change and no CO2 (which I'm looking to buy API CO2 booster in the coming week to compensate)