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If you do that and then just stick the tube in the tank, all the CO2 bubbles will just pop out the end and float to the top. Barely dissolving into the water. That will render the co2 created in the bottle useless. Where the reactor comes in is it helps dissolve the co2 into the water much more...

Great plan, perfect place to start. Just do that and read articles, books, other postings, really anything you can get your hands on.

Trust me, trying to do that on your first planted experience will frustrate you endlessly. That was not his first tank I am sure. Just start with simple, low light plants and then in a while you can give that beautiful setup a go. I know from experience. I bit off a little more than I could...

12 hours a day on the light is probably not the best, go with 8-10 hours.

how many neons/otos are in there now?

Could you talk about your setup in more detail, like the reactor?

The Kissing Gourami "Helostoma temminckii" is another fish like the bala shark that people just find in the local petco and they grab one and end up with way too much. Not only a bad fit for this size of tank, that fish would not exactly fit in with the group in the tank already. On a better...

may I suggest a crowd of harlequins

All I was saying is that if the questions you were asking were a bit clearer it would be easier to answer. It was not a command, no yelling, no harsh words. Just a suggestion. And no, I do not mind if you choose not to follow it.

keeping any fish in a bowl would make them unhappy enough to jump out of it. Not a good choice.

how big is this tank?

so what is the plan for this tank, what is going to live in that setup?

I just want to say it would be a whole lot clearer if you used periods and punctuation in your posts, not to be rude but it is just easier to communicate and understand ideas and questions if they are written correctly.