Plant leaves dying… What to do?

[emeraldking]

I have the lights set up to run from 8: 30 am to 8:30 pm. I will probably get the root tabs u said!

Oh, wow... I don't have the lights on for that many hours and my plants grow great. But it may differ at somebody else's place, of course...

 

[Navfish]

Oh, wow... I don't have the lights on for that many hours and my plants grow great. But it may differ at somebody else's place, of course...

Lol

Well these lights are part of an aquarium Walmart kit….i got it as a set for like 15 dollars

 

[Byron]

The duration is usually dependent upon "problem algae" issues. If the light intensity and available nutrients are balanced, higher plants will use them and algae is thwarted. But if the light duration is greater than what is balanced by the nutrients, plants cannot photosynthesize fully and algae has the advantage. So it is unique to each aquarium. For years I had my tanks lit for 15 hours. But a decade or more after that, I had brush algae issues and had to reduce the lighting until it was 7 hours daily, and in seven years have not had any algae issues. You have a fairly thick plant load, including fast growers (these plants require light and nutrients more than slow growers would), and I don't see problem algae, so you clearly seem to have it balanced. Don't rock the boat!

 

[Back in the fold]

Just one more thing . My Vesicularia dubyana Java Moss was doing OK on room light only and I had seen it as recommended for low light. When I added a 15 watt fluorescent strip light it took off like a scalded dog. Those light recommendations are as useful as "one size fits all". Close but no cigar.