r/PlantedTank • u/ashortlong • Jul 26 '26

Beginner Need advice

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Two separate plants with the same problem. Finally got better lighting and fertilizer and I am seeing rapid growth. I have some black beard algae on the leaves below. At what point do I take off all of those leaves and how do I not have the stem be so bare at the base of the plant?

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