Please help java moss

[Epicoz]

All my java moss is dead and a lot of my plants are dying. What should I do
I have java moss, Anumbis, and java fern in there and it’s all dying. I don’t give light because of algae and just started using thrive. I have a batch of good moss but it was in my tank about a year ago possibly with ich and I took it out before treatment is it safe?

 

[NickGNz]

HI Epicoz. No plants will do well with no light whatsoever. This may be your problem.

 

[Corycatz]

Probably a lack of light

 

[Epicoz]

There’s no ich I have another patch in a container that was exposed to ich a year ago

 

[CoryBoi]

The plants are not growing because you aren’t turning the light on, they need light to photosynthesis and without it they will die

 

[TWiG87]

Yes, the lack of light is your issue. Is this an established tank that you added plants to or a new tank that you’re cycling?

 

[Epicoz]

Established I’ll try adding more light

 

[Epicoz]

Now one of my fish is stressed I turned off the light but it’s still a bit stressed

 

[Dennis57]

In a planted tank, lights should be on for 8-10 hours a day

 

[DFSmith]

The best way to avoid algae in a planted tank is to have enough plants, with the lights on, of course, because if the plants are growing strong, there's no nutrients left for the algae. You can also try to add a Nerite snail or some Glass Shrimp (also known as Feeder Shrimp, among other names), they'll eat the algae.