Hi there,

New member here, hope someone is able to help.

Have a relatively new tank setup (Juwel Rio 240L). Couple of months old now. My fish are fine, but I seem to have had a little trouble with plants. Dotted a few plant fertilizer capsules around the place when I first set the tank up. Have also started adding liquid CO2 and liquid fertilizer over the last few weeks. Some of the first plants I had in died off pretty quick. Others have survived, but are starting to look a little unhealthy (at least to my untrained eye). I do have a couple of loaches who seem to like having a go on the leaves.

Do people think these plants look unhealthy and if so, what would you say is the issue?

Thanks in advance

And another

The plants are healthier looking than my own attempts at keeping live plants. I'm not entirely sure that we have many on the forum who are experts in aquarium plant-keeping. However / in the interim, you might find the following helpful:
http://aquathusiast.com/wp-content/up ... t-Nutrient-Deficiency.png
http://i.imgur.com/2nJy5XD.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/7 ... f7609f44e22f7edca0ad4.jpg

Maybe I'm overly conscious because the first couple of plants I had died pretty readily (some reddish coloured things, cant remember what they were!

Thanks for those - so possible zinc issue looking at those links. Will see how it progresses