Hi,

Two of my amazon swords recently sent out plant spikes with numerous baby
plants along them. As I don't have room in my tank for any more amazon
swords, I waited until the little plants developed roots, and then planted
them out in a plastic tub. The tub is about 20cm deep, and into it I put
some soil, some of the (in)famous jobes plant spikes, and a thin layer of
gravel, and then left it in a shady position on the patio. This was clearly
the wrong thing to do. All of the plants are looking fairly sick. The
leaves they had when planted out are dying back (which I partly expected),
but all of the new growth seems to quickly become transparent and die back
too. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, and how I can better approach it
next time?

Thanks,

Kate