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So an update and question: its been a couple days I spreaded out the temple and starting to see some color come back to it and the Italian vals are getting better also nitrates starting to go down to more manageable amount so my question now is, how do I trim the plants being new I dont know where to ideally cut to increase health and control growth any youtube links or advice is appreciated 

[Need advice on plants]

So and update and question, I did a 40% water change and re planted the scarlet temple abit more spaced but my nitrates are still pretty high does it go down slowly or maybe the wood leeches out Nitrates idk

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On 1/2/2023 at 6:59 PM, Rube_Goldfish said:

I'd wait until @nabokovfan87 or some of the other experts to weigh in on the temperature thing; I've been double-thinking (that's a thing people say, right?) it ever since clicking Submit.

Fair enough the tank stays around 77-79 on average 

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On 1/2/2023 at 5:45 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

20 is the norm.  40 on the high end.  I try to keep mine between 5-15.  I want the bioload low, nitrates from dosing.
 

Are you dosing a full dose twice a week?  You might just be overdosing a slight amount.  I would start with one dose, once a week, or 1/2 a dose every 3-4 days.

Especially when new, plants take time to condition and settle in.  Using just root tabs up front is a great technique to help them settle in a little bit easier. At least for the first week.  Once you start seeing algae, it's usually a sign of too much nutrients or light, especially if you're seeing it on new growth.  Not seeing any growth is it's own issue.  So, trying to figure out which one of those is going on, that's sort of the crux here.

Is it an issue if you try to change more water during your changes?  say, 40% instead of the 25% you're changing now?  That might help get the nitrates down and that one shift, keeping everything the same might be enough to clear up the algae and get things going.

I'll do 40% water change to adjust the Nitrates abit down and do only 1 dose of easy green to and adjust over the weeks

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The current stock in this tank is an angelfish 10 tetras neon/cardinals 3 bristlenose plecos 3 kulihi loaches and snails 

On 1/2/2023 at 5:37 PM, Rube_Goldfish said:

50 ppm nitrates should be good, unless you have very sensitive animals in the tank. Can you turn the heater down a few degrees? All else being equal, plants grow better in somewhat cooler water (74-76 instead of 80). If you have to have it that warm for a fish that needs it, we can work around it, though.

The current stock in this tank is an angelfish 10 tetras neon/cardinals 3 bristlenose plecos 3 kulihi loaches and snails and a hillstream loach if lowering the temperature doesn't effect fish health im all for it

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Where should Nitrates be at for a planted tank my Nitrate is at around 50 is that to high

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Thanks to all that gave some information its all  super helpful for me! As for my weekly cleaning I'm currently changing about 10 gallons Monday and Friday with a monthy gravel vac, I dose my tank water conditioner, easy green twice a week, and now root tabs my current parameters are

PH 7.0 

Ammonia 0-.25ppm

Nitrite 0ppm

Nitrate 40-50ppm

Temp 80degree

I'll probably move the grass in back like suggested

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I have had my plants for about 2ish months,I just bought today some tabs and easy iron the hope being they show improvement 

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I should probably also mention im new to live plants

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Hey Fellow Keepers! I have a 40 gallon community tank with a few plants that are not doing so great my scarlet temple is turning brownish and shriveled and my italian val is not great near its tips. I'm using easy green(might be underdosing it) any advice would be nice thx.