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Are u serious about neons eating betta? Makes me laugh a lot. I have similar set up with 5 neons (used to be more) and a male betta. My betta chase the neons all the time. They do fine in my 10g for almost a year. Attach picture is my crowntail with neons.

Try to get at least 60 watts if u gonna use T8. Use 6500k daylight bulb. It doesn't matter whether plant bulb or shop light. Buy cheap ones. That would be enough for low to medium light plants.

Are these plants raised emerged? Are the plants developing new leaves? What kind of substrate do u use? And do u have undergravel filter? Try to use laterite cause swords need iron. undergravel filter is a no. I raise them in soil with gravel on top. If the plants are small, try to reduce water...

Some people black out the tank between photo period like 4 hours in the morning than black out for 2 hours than another 4 hours. I haven't tried it yet. I think the issues is the tank is in readjusting phase for your new light setup. Plants are shocked because the spectrum of the light is...

Don't mean to hijack your thread. I have a similar tank 36x18x18 inches tank with 4 x 18 watts t8 tubes. I have amazon plant, cabomba and wisteria. I don't add lots cause in the end only two or three species flourish in low light tank. Mine is quite similar to walstad approach using soil based...