What kind of lighting?

[Louise0328]

How many watts of lighting would these plants need. I will be planting them in a 2.5 gallon tank.

Aquatic banana plant
Java fern
Java moss
Microsword
Marimo ball (maybe)

The tank will contain shrimp and maybe a betta. It will be heated and filtered.

Also the substrate I will be using is floramax. Also I will be dosing root tabs and liquid ferts

 

[Coursair]

How many watts of lighting would these plants need. I will be planting them in a 2.5 gallon tank.

Aquatic banana plant
Java fern
Java moss
Microsword
Marimo ball (maybe)

The tank will contain shrimp and maybe a betta. It will be heated and filtered.

Also the substrate I will be using is floramax. Also I will be dosing root tabs and liquid ferts

The Microsword will be the difficult one. Don't go overboard on lights or you'll just grow algae.
Don't assume a Betta won't eat your shrimp.

Watts ? 5-20 ? But if you go over 8-10 you may have to raise the light or add CO2 to keep algae at bay.