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all my plants are thriving, exept one which seems to be growing new leaves only for them to die and rot straight away, its making my tank look really untidy what can i do to help this?

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Hi there,
What's the plant? How much light? How many gallons? What fish are in the tank? What do you feed the plants? Water parameters?

Chances are the plant is lacking something, we can't figure out what that is until we know more about the plant and it's environment.

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i dont know what the plant is called but it has leaves < that colour they are thin and look like dandylion leaves the plants get loads of like (artificial sunlight) 15.6 imperial gallons or 18.7 us gallons i gave them plant food yesterday but it doesnt seem to have changed anything

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everyone loves the almighty spork queen

It sounds like a crypt, is it new to the tank? They are slow growers and have a habit of 'melting' when first introduced to the tank, they stop doing this once they've become established in the tank. Just pull off the affected leaves and make sure part of the knubby root is sticking out of the substrate. That is the bulb or corm or what ya call it, it needs to be out of the gravel a bit or the plant will eventually rot away.

The other thing it could be if it does not have a knubby part is it could be an amazon sword, in which case it may not be getting enough light/food. What are you feeding and how often?
Go here to Tropica and see if you can find it, either under echinodorous blehri or cryptocorne wendtii 'green'. Let me know which it is.
Tropica

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Either post a photo or ask where you bought it from.

Is this in the new tank you have just set up if so all the conditions might not be right for it?
Have you got the correct lighting? What are you using and for how long per day.? Plant food what type and how often?

The only plant product I know that would work that fast would be plant weed killer I dont think you will find a plant food made today that will give instant results like you are expecting.

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thanks you 2 um your right its an amazon sword the name and the sceintific name reminded me ill start feeding them more often

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keith i didnt think you could post pictures if you werent a premium member

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Craig,

ill start feeding them more often

As has been asked by previous posters before, what do you feed, how much, and how often. Do you know about macros, micros, and their balance?

Photos can be posted in various ways, just check this link.

Hope this helps,

Ingo

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