Need Plant Help!

[sophiefoster]

hi i cant seem to keep my plants alive anyone know what the problem is?
thanks

 

[hughessomefish]

is the plant in gravel or sand and how much light do this plants get

 

[Truck]

We need more information:

How many watts of light? what type of light? is it a tube roughly an inch in diameter? do you dose any nutrients or CO2, what substrate are you using and what plants do you have?

Do you have any large plant eating cichlids?

 

[iffles]

what type of plants? any CO2 or ferts? i find java moss, java fern and crypts are quite hardy plants.

 

[aaronnorth]

read through this for now, but we need some more info.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/298133-back-to-basics/

 

[OldMan47]

Let me be the first of us to welcome you here SophieFoster. Without some help, we cannot easily determine what your problem might be. The questions about lighting intensity and type need to be compared to tank dimensions so we will also need to know what size tank you have. The folks in most plant situations talk in terms of watts per gallon of light. Another factor that sometimes impacts plant keeping is the spectrum of the light bulb. You will find ratings of fluorescent bulbs in terms of so many thousand K. A daylight spectrum is about a 5500K bulb but planted tank people often use bulbs anywhere from about 5000K to 10000K. The 10000K is a very bluish looking light while a 5500K is slightly yellow, just like sunlight. Plant types and light levels will affect your success, so knowing what levels you have will let people help choose appropriate plants for your situation. There are appropriate plants for almost any lighting situation.