Its a 50 litre Fishbox with 2 lights; normal and nightlight. Normal is 15watt flourescent (I think, cant be sure but it is bright).
Until recently, I had a very similar tank, a 64 litre Fishpod (in my sig). It came with a 15 watt Daylight lamp and a Blue Moon lamp for night time viewing, but I swapped the latter for another Daylight lamp and fitted blue LED strip lighting under the hood for a night light as I thought I would like the look of that better (I did!). I had no fancy substrate - just gravel - but quite a few plants did well in there: Anubias, Echinodorus, Cryptocoryne, Ceratophyllum, Vallisneria, Bacopa and Java moss all thrived, with the addition of trace ferts now and then. The plants I generally had less success with were the fast-growing stem plants like Gymnocoronis, Cabomba, Limnophyllum and Rotala, but my philosophy is just to try it and see - you don't know what will work until you have a go, so get planting
Sorry to Hi-Jack the thread but I too have been thinking about this. I have a Juwel Rekord 800 tank which is 110l I think and has 2x 18watt tubes over it. Would I get away without CO2?
I bought exactly this tank to replace my 64 litre, and I very much hope it won't need CO2, cos it ain't getting any!
I think the light works out at just over a watt per gallon which is pretty low, so as long as I accept that growth will be slow, I think the plants from my old tank should be fine. I've put in a nutrient substrate for the Crypts and the Sword, and the fish waste should provide the nutrients for everything else. My Anubias has already decided to flower for the first time, so I have at least one happy plant
Oh, and I should mention that I've added reflectors to the tubes to try to maximise the light (they don't come as standard for some reason) and it certainly seems brighter in there now. Probably worth doing if you're going to try to grow plants.
