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We’ve had our tanks set up for about 7 months. Java ferns in place about 6 months. Water parameters are all 0. We backed lights down to about 6 hours (it was 12) about two weeks ago. 
 

our java ferns have never been happy. I’m not sure if it’s the lighting or the water. All our other plants have thrived, but the javas are angry. We use easy green about every two weeks.  
 

The javas in spider wood are shoved into a hole (not glued). The other on drift wood have a tiny dot of glue to hold them on. 
 

what can we do to help these guys out? 
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If your nitrates are reading 0 but you're dosing ferts, it's likely the other plants are taking up the nutrients faster than the Java can get to it (being a slower growing plant). You can try dosing more ferts, but it's possible the faster growing plants will just grow that much faster. I'd try it, but maybe just plan to move the Java out if it doesn't improve. 

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Those Val’s and stems are likely to be eating all the fertilizer faster than the Java fern can.  I’d start dosing more often.  Some people are using smaller doses more often, even several times weekly.  But I’d start with going to at least weekly.  If you don’t see improvement, dose every 6 days, then every 5 days if that’s not enough, until you find the right balance.

You may need to move them to another tank that has plants with a less greedy nature.  😝 

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On 6/14/2022 at 7:26 PM, Anjum said:You can try dosing more ferts, but it's possible the faster growing plants will just grow that much faster.

Can confirm this worked for me. I was worried about adding too much fertilizer in my 10 Gallon aquarium before and my Java Fern was going black. Ever since I did one pump a week AND now that I have a higher stocking level, it has been growing and propagating. 

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