Sounds like you have a bit of reading to do about planted tanks. Here's a good place to start rexgrigg.com
Basically, for plants to grow, they need a few things. Light drives the growth. Thus, more light=more drive for the plant to grow. This drives the plant's need for nutrients, both macro (N, P, and K) and micronutrients/trace nutrients. So, the more light, the more nutrients are needed for the plants. Light also drives the plant's need for co2. Again, more light, more need for co2.
You can go a couple ways. High tech=high light, ferts and co2/ Low tech=lower light, little or no co2/ferts.
What plants are you looking to grow? What do you plan to stock the tank with (fauna)?
With that light, which is just a regular fluorescent light, you aren't gonna have much light getting into the tank. This will result in slow growth and little need for ferts or co2. I'm not sure how much growth you will really get with that light. Most folks try to use compact fluorescent or T5 lights, as they are more powerful and more effective at growing plants.
What are the dimensions of your tank? What is the co2 system that you bought? This info can help us to give better advice. Good luck!
|