Back in the hobby: Plant/fert choice for a 26g bow

[Cheez]

Hi everyone. After a long hiatus I've decided to get back into the hobby and resurrect my tank! Here are my specs:

Tank: 26g bow with glass top
Filter: Eheim 2215
Substrate: eco-complete
CO2: None for now
Lighting: 2x24w and 2x14w T5
Dosing: excel, flourish, iron (missing anything?)

Here's what I'm thinking in terms of plants:

Background:
Crypt spiralis
Ludwigia repens
Sunset hygro
Wisteria

Midground:
Crypt wendtii
Anubias nana on some driftwood

Foreground:
Pigmy chain sword

Will all the background plants work without CO2 and my lighting? Any thoughts on additions/substitutions, specifically for midground?

Thanks!

[Aquaticfan]

Cheap, easy and better dose would be Dry ferts. Doing EI dosing.

Get the ferts here at TPT from a seller in the powersellers section.

[Cheez]

Agreed. I have a bunch of spare liquid ferts from my last set-up so I'm going to exhaust those before switching to the dry EI. Any thoughts on the plant selection with my lighting and without CO2? Thanks!

[Aquaticfan]

Question would be what brand and type of lighting? T5NO or HO? What manufacture? How far from the top of the substrate to the bottom of the light?

[Cheez]

All 4 bulbs are T5HO. Substrate is about 17" from the bulbs and there's a glass cover. Thanks!

[Aquaticfan]

What brands are the lights? Not all T5ho are created equally. Reflectors, ballast, bulb spacing and more can make the difference.

The glass cove cuts down a little light. But I'd bet your at least low high light. again depending on what lights.

Your probably going to need co2 if so. Right now your dosing Excel, flourish and iron. But missing the other really big part. Flourish is only traces/micro. You need NPK. The macro nutrients. The higher the light the more need for nutrients. Including co2