This is my unheated 55gal tank. I keep a 4ft T8 fluorescent shop light type fixture sitting on the glass tops for lighting. I only run one of the two 48" T8 tubes. This tank does get some indirect daylight from a window close by.
My point of this is, depending on the plants you keep, you don't need fancy lighting or a fertilizer and CO2 adding regimen for that matter. I don't do either. I've had to harvest bucket loads of anubia and java fern out of the tank from time to time. I've gotten most of the java moss out of there at this point.
My point of this is, depending on the plants you keep, you don't need fancy lighting or a fertilizer and CO2 adding regimen for that matter. I don't do either. I've had to harvest bucket loads of anubia and java fern out of the tank from time to time. I've gotten most of the java moss out of there at this point.