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Question about my Amazon Sword plant

Hi all! I don’t use reddit too often so I’m not exactly sure if this is the correct subreddit, but thought I’d ask!

I recently bought an Amazon sword at a local fish store about maybe 3 weeks ago? When I first bought it, the leaves weren’t perfect but they were definitely more green than brown, but now the opposite is true! All the leaves have turned almost entirely brown. I trimmed off the ones that no longer had a speck of green on them, but the rest aren’t faring well.

So, should I just cut all these leaves off and let the plant start from scratch? Will it stress out my sword? Can the leaves recover from this state? I have other plants like my Moneywort, Ludwigia, and rotala Hra and they seem okay. No fish yet since this tank is only a couple weeks old. I’d appreciate any helpful advice, thanks!

u/Lavnderbugg — 3 hours ago