George, your tank is not too small. I myself had the same tank for 10 years
overstocked and only a UGF. And everything worked.

If you are going for a single fluorescent, then go for "Triton" tubes. They
are the best I have seen for planted tanks and displaying fish colour at the
same time.

Nim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: george [mailto:howie2179@...]
>Sent: 18 March 2004 00:47
>To: tropicalaquaria@...
>Subject: [Tropical Aquaria] aquarium lighting
>
>hiya im here with yet another problem i have a 2ft planted tank with
>6 neon tetra 6 black neon 6 glow light tetra 4 corys
>(2peppered+2albino) i male betta 1 plec 2 pearl gourami any way
>things are going great but i am thinking of changing my lighting and
>was wondering what is the best type of lighting i have the normal
>white light but i like the blue moon glo one any one got any ideas
>send me a message cheers
>
>p.s before anyone starts telling me my tank is to small i am getting
>a bigger one soon!!
>
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