my plants are dieing!!!! hepl

[Shane l]

i have a 60 littre tank (16GALLONS) with one 15 watt purple plant growth light leaves are turning brown and floating off and healthy leaves are being broken off by my gourami! no co2 and no ferts

1 amazon sword
1 melon sword nearly dead completely
4 mystery plants doing well but getting broken
1 red plan thing
please help!!!!

 

[Coursair]

i have a 60 littre tank (16GALLONS) with one 15 watt purple plant growth light leaves are turning brown and floating off and healthy leaves are being broken off by my gourami! no co2 and no ferts

1 amazon sword
1 melon sword nearly dead completely
4 mystery plants doing well but getting broken
1 red plan thing
please help!!!!

Add root tabs for your Swords.
You may need a higher wattage bulb. Like 30-40w
Around 6500K

Your light is screw in ? Or long tube fluorescent ?
I use compact fluorescents. 2 for my 10g.

Add liquid ferts like Flourish Comprehensive weekly after your PWC.

What kind of Gourami ?

Pics of your tank and the light ??

 

[Gilbertgal]

I agree w/ Coursair's suggestion to add more light. A really cheap and easy (quick too) solution: buy a couple of CFL daylight bulbs (home depot has 2 19w/1100 lumen/5000k bulbs selling for $4.97), if you buy a socket splitter, you can use both bulbs in one lamp. It may not be ideal for the longterm (or the general aesthetics of your set-up), but it may save your plants. A pendant lamp (another $5-7 bucks) with a wide reflector will allow you to direct the light down into your tank. Good luck!