Journal First high tech setup.

[Naturescapes_Rocco]

I haven’t been great at dosing tbh. I’m also not sure which fertilizer to dose and on what schedule. I have the following:
Flourish
Flourish excel
UNS plant food 0-0-9.1
Apt 1
Apt3
Apt e
Easy green
Leaf zone (api)
API c02 booster

just realized I had a kh kit, not sure I understand the directions but it took 4 drops to get yellow

My advice would be to stick with 50-60% weekly water changes. Dose the incoming water at a rate of 1mL of APT 3 per every 1-2 gallons of new incoming water. This is "front loading" your nutrients each week, and it's a pretty simple/surefire way to make sure your plants get everything they need. That's what I'd do in your position!

 

[Koan]

Update here!

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[CincyScaper]

Tank looks great!

APT products are great and highly recommend them. I am sure @Dennis Wong will comment.

My 2 cents for what is worth is that it does not matter what liquid fertilizer you dose, all that matters is you are consistent with what you dose, has all key ingredients (unless going down ADA way) and with the water change %. I would pick a tank/aquarist whose work you like and just copy what they do and don’t change it. Lot of options in this forum to follow.

I did APT1 followed by APT3 with APT feast aquasoil which you can read in my journal. Came with its struggles and in a good spot now (not perfect which will never happen)

 

[CincyScaper]

I really like the sword's colors on the left side. Do you know what species/variety it is?

If you have 0-1 KH in your tank, the Hanna test kit is usually over-estimating your CO2 injection. You might be injecting closer to 20 or 18ppm potentially, which might not be enough for the light levels you're providing. Also, your plants need food! When plants starve, they grow algae. How much fertilizer are you dosing each week?

I think it is Reni Sword (echinodorus Reni), saw it recently in my LFS and wrote it down as a must get plant for the next scape.