Growing And Keeping Plants Pls Help

[2623dave.w]

hi all new to this so lets try ! i have got a juwel vison 450 tank with new style lights so that is 108 watts also reflectors fitted . plain gravel is used. no co2 just liquid fertilizer . lights on approx 8 -9 hrs a day. water is nitrate 0 nitrite 0 amonia 0 gh 14od ph 7.5 and kh approx 5 od. my plants either lose leaves and end up as sticks in the tank or just die but few just survive and never really grow .the crypts just sit there with brown leaves . i have ordered some more plants so would love any idears or help pls thank you

 

[aaronnorth]

You say you use liquid fertiliser, but then your nitrates are 0! So this is telling me that it doesnt contain Nitrogen, and most probably no phosphate either which is a bad sign.

Try Tropica Plant Nutirtion+ (TPN+) as this contains NPK and trace elements.