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Default how do I make my plants green again?

Hi all
Trouble is that all my plants have turned sort of brownish. They have roots, as I can see them and some have arial roots. They get new leaves but they don't look healthy at all. I did have a snail prob, but they have all gone now, fingers crossed.
I have the LED lights, x 2 on for approx 6 hrs a day. I don't know the names of the plants, but one of them has died completely and the other two just need to green up. I put plant food in there today,(whilst doing my weekly 25% water change) and I used the clay ball type, as I used this when setting up the tank and it worked a treat in getting the plants established.


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Any idea what kelvin rating your LEDs are in? What LED fixture do you have? Sounds like possible lack of light or maybe the right light. What size tank?

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This is a nice link I use to diagnose my plant problems:

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May be a decent link, but more geared toward high tech planted tanks.
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