plant problem

I am using a 65 watt on my 29 gallon with a DIY co2 and have largely the same plant set up. Look at the little things first. On the swords, they are root feeders so dosing isn't going to help them. Get some root tabs if they have been in there long enough to have developed a system. On the pennywort, remove them from the bundle and plant them individually (they will rot if you leave them in a bundle). Wisteria is interesting and I had some problems as I had it packed in together and it wanted a bit more space.

I don't think you have too much light, I would suspect that there may be some planting issues going on (e.g. onion plant buried too far down, etc.) That type of thing. Like I said we have the same setup and mine are doing good.

And, with regard to the WPG... that is really not the best method to measure the appropriate amount of light. What you are actually concerned with is the PAR rating of the bulb (essentially the photosynthetic radiation that is available to assist the plants in the photosynthesis process). What is Kelvin of the lights you are using in the new fixture. good luck and don't give up.. Once you get those plants going you will be so thankful that you stuck with it.
 
The onion is one of the only things doing good. I have it buried just to the top of the roots. As far as the swords can I use the flourish tabs?

My light is a 6700k just a month old.
 
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I don't think the lighting is a problem ither. I have 3 T5s on my 29g tank now and all my plants have done so much better since then. It might be something lacking in the water or your plants just haven't adjusted yet (how long have you had the plants? A week?). The more light you have, the more c02 you need as well. I've got enough c02 for... maybe a 60g with the standard hood lights?

Some of the plants you can buy are not grown submersed, but in a moist greenhouse with the roots immersed. When you pop those kinds of plants into your tank, they go into shock. Some of my plants had leaves melting off of them and got algae growth for the first few weeks, then started getting new growth and have done well since then (except for the few I failed to do research on and discovered were not truly aquatic. *cough* ).

I had trouble with my anubias getting really yellow leaves. I checked to see what my fertilizers were lacking in and bought some potassium to see if that would help. 2 weeks later my anubias started getting greener. =) Experiment a bit and try looking up specific requirements for each plant. Good luck!
 
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