Plant Trouble!i!

[The Noob Fish Shepherd]

I've heard of people having their plants grow TOO fast, but mine seem to be growing exeptionally slow, if al all!! When I bought them I even asked for the fastest growing folliage available, what could be goin' on?? I even used CO2 and nutrient supplements!! I also have healthy fish if thats any consolidation...

 

[lljdma06]

I've heard of people having their plants grow TOO fast, but mine seem to be growing exeptionally slow, if al all!! When I bought them I even asked for the fastest growing folliage available, what could be goin' on?? I even used CO2 and nutrient supplements!! I also have healthy fish if thats any consolidation...

What is your lighting level, and what are you growing?

 

[The Noob Fish Shepherd]

What is your lighting level, and what are you growing?
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Lighting hadn't even crossed my mind even though my light is really old (maybe as old as 10 years)! It still seems really bright though.

I wait until 10am until I turn it on, and then turn it off again around 6pm because the room catches so much light in the evening that the tank is about as bright with the lights off.

I'm not sure of the exact names, but I only have 2 species of plants. One that looks like this:

and one that looks like this:

 

[The Noob Fish Shepherd]

Also other things you may be interested in:
-There is very good gas exchange between the water and the air
-I have 3 BN Pleco, I'm not sure if their gnawing habits involve the plants though. I haven't seen them near the plants
-I just exterminated alooot of algae (Well, the BN Pleco did) a week ago, and one of the plants seems to have started growing since then
-There are quite a few leaves coming off the plants, and they appear to be healthy leaves
-I recently added my first 6 fish (Other than the 3 BN Pleco), will this help be a benifit or not for plant growth?
-The Temperature is kept at 25*C
-There is alot of Bogwood in the tank
-They are rooted in white pebbles, which looka empty of any nutrients

I really want a heavily planted tank. Do you know what factors stimulate and dictate plant growth? I can't find much on google, sorry to bombard you with all this...