Anubias properly planted but falling apart, any advice?

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A week ago I added my first live plants to my tank:

Tropica Fern

Wisteria

Anubias

Two small amazon swords

I have two 5000k bulbs on a timer.

Added 5 drops of schultz plant food.

They seem to be doing ok (expect for the Anubias)

The Anubias from what I understand is planted property and yet is falling part, both of them have this leaf decay going on. (I removed some of their leafs because they were so bad and it started happening on new leafs)

Do I have the wrong bulbs? Too much light or not enough?

Really worried that I'm losing these plants, anyone have any insight? I would really appreciate some advice for taking care of my plants.

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Also, my other plants seem to be fine (for now anyhow)

If there is anything I can do, should do or shouldn't do to help with this problem, any words of advice would be very helpful.

Thanks everyone
 
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The ferts your using is for watering house plants, not aquatic plants. I'd stop using that fertilizer, add some root tabs to start. Dosing the water column is a learning curve, read up on macro and micro nutrients. But for those plants, I might not dose the water column. I use 6700K and pink grow lights in my tanks, not sure the pink grow lights are necessary, I like the lighting it gives me. Limit you lighting to 8 hours a day.

The anubius was probably grown emersed, and is adjusting to being grown submersed. I would tie the anubias to a rock/or small piece of driftwood.

The wisteria was def grown emersed, the leaves take on that shape when grown emersed, after a few weeks under water, they will change to a more feathery shape.
 
+1 to petlovr you can use a zip tie to attatch the rhizome to some driftwood or a rock but definetely get it out of the substrate.
 
oh yeah that fertilizer is for house plants not aquatic plants, surprised it didnt kill your fish
 
Ok, thanks for all the advice guys.

I pulled them out of the substrate and gently tied them to various things.

And as far as the fertilizer, thats the last time I take advice from the local fish place lol

"Nutrafin plant gro" came with the cheapo CO2 deal that I just bought, I'll use that for now. Any suggestions for store bought fert after the small bottle of nutrafin runs out?
 
I used fluorish root tabs....they worked great. If you want to leave your anubias in the substrate like that, it's fine. Mine grew two feet tall and a foot across with it in the substrate...just use the root tabs. Takashi Amano plants anubias in the substrate, they like it fine either way.
 
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