hi
i am newbie to planted tank i have quite a lot of plants in my juwel rio 400
5foot long 20"wide 24"deep.i also have 6 decent size discus&corys.i am wanting advice as to best way to keep plants healthy.i have put a sera co2 on which uses tablets put tabs in every other day.also got some tea bag type fert that came with plants.the plants are in grvel substrate in planters so i can keep bare bott.
i am haveing a problem with nitrate i use hma filter nitrate from hma is 12.5 test water day after nitrate is 25.is this the norm in planted tank.will be adding more fish later.any advice please.
thank you lindy