[ryanp15]

I think kitten will be happy to hear that there's another australian on the board. ;D

To your question. I think you need to first know that your tank needs to be cycled if you don't know what that is start a thread in the general discussion. To the lights that sounds fine to me. I have just recently started plants and they are doing great. I don't use CO2 in my tank either. I have some plants that are very hardy though. My major plant is giant hydrophyllia. It's doing great in there. The others I'm not sure what they are. Sorry. One other kind of plant that you can definitely grow withour CO2 or anything is Java fren and Java moss. I have had trouble finding both but maybe you'll have better luck. ;D I think maybe you should try some post in the general discussion to answer some of your questions about fish and stuff. I would start there and ask anything you want to know. Hope I could help. ;D