Transparent Leaves And No Growth?

[am3ience]

This is my first planted tank, and I want to make it a heavily planted one. My tank is 36g and has amazon swords, java fern, java moss, othellia? and other low maintenance plants. I currently have one life-glo Fluorescent Light Bulb 20W 6700k in the tank, and I dose with liquid co2 (excel) every other day, and flourish once a week. My problem is that, i've had my plants for a couple weeks now, and been dosing for that long as well. Some of my plants like my othellia have transparent leaves, and other plants have spots of brown or black on them. I have otos and shrimp for algae care but still have spots. Can anyone help me find out why I have no growth and have transparent leaves. Some plants like my java fern and moss look to be fine though.

 

[Xzavier247]

Signs of deficiency, Could you post some pictures?

 

[am3ience]

Signs of deficiency, Could you post some pictures?

 
unfortunately i'm at work right now, but will post pictures asap when I get home

 

[Xzavier247]

Ah.. Arnt we all lol

 

[bluesword23516]

Plants do what is called melting when adjusting to new surroundings. How long is your light on? They could be melting or just not have enough light.

 

[am3ience]

Plants do what is called melting when adjusting to new surroundings. How long is your light on? They could be melting or just not have enough light.

 
on a timer for 10 hours a day. I heard of that too, plants act weird when newly introduced. But my older plants still don't have any see-able growth, and I've had some for weeks. 

 

[bluesword23516]

Do you add any fertilizer? I know i see a huge difference in my plants when I add a fresh dose. Maybe try that. 
And it sounds like enough light. Interesting...

 

[am3ience]

Signs of deficiency, Could you post some pictures?

 
http/imgur.com/a/qGHkM/all
 

Do you add any fertilizer? I know i see a huge difference in my plants when I add a fresh dose. Maybe try that. 
And it sounds like enough light. Interesting...

 
yeah I dose with seachem flourish, and use root tabs. 

 

[Xzavier247]

Yep deficiency. You will need iron and trace. Dose trace on alternate days of flourish.

 

[SO19Firearms]

You need to dose liquid carbon daily