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Dry ferts.. EI: what am I doing wrong

Stems were 'burnt out twigs'. If the fish were damaging them they would not be recovering now dosing has been reduced.

If I am not mistaken, the OP has a nutritious substrate. Dosing the original levels of EI in conjunction with the nutritious substrate and waste production + feeding of fish can increase the baseline far from EI levels which is already way in excess of what the average tank actually uses.
 
Would agree that full EI would maybe not be needed for first few month's with ADA soils but fishes were responsible for most of the damage according to photos and OP's observation's.
OP replaced sword plant's and Bristlenose immediately set upon them.
In any event,nutrient's have been reduced according to OP so whatever the dosing is now,,,it is not EI method.
 
roadmaster said:
Would agree that full EI would maybe not be needed for first few month's with ADA soils but fishes were responsible for most of the damage according to photos and OP's observation's.
OP replaced sword plant's and Bristlenose immediately set upon them.
In any event,nutrient's have been reduced according to OP so whatever the dosing is now,,,it is not EI method.
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Sorry if there was a miscommunication from my side. Just wanted to clear few stuff. Most of the stem plants had melted or had burnt look and that I attribute to the high levels of nutrients. And as to why the ei dosing with weekly 50% water change did not work was also bcos of inadequate lighting. This I concluded after a few months of tweaking various parameters. Now ei dosing does work but I have reduced the amt I add from the original recommended values. Secondly.. the only plant damage I can confidently say was only due to fishes was the echinodorus major or swords which was due to the pleco.
Thanks so much for taking interest. Some of my plants never recovered fully. So I put in some new ones. Once I have completely figured out and get a sustainable good growth I wil post more pics.
In conclusion EI dosing does work but the actual dosing must be adjusted to suit our tank conditions. And I love this forum where ppl r so active and contribute so much. Pls carry on the good work.

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