decimated plants

[sam.stoneley]

I have managed to get my 5G tank stable and decided to include a couple oflive plants to replace plastic items.
Bought Limnoph and Myrioph, both looked healthy and pretty in tank.
Problem is the Myrioph has had all the fronds stripped clean and now looks like unhealthy stalks.
Is this because it is dying or have the fish eaten it?
The other plant seems fine.
I have platties, danios and a sucking loach

TIA
Sam

 

[Lateral Line]

Both of the plant types you have bought are high light demanding. Unless you have 3-4 Watts per gallon of full spectrum light per gallon, they will not do well. They usually "bolt" to the surface, all the lower leaves fall off and you have a stalk with a few stunted leaves at the top near the surface.