Aqua One's original lighting vs. my plants!

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senemedar

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Hi all!

I have my new tank for a week now and everything's going great so far so I thought I'll ask about some plants and lights.
With the tank I bought something called "Pogostemon helferi" (two of them for now), an "Echinodorus Mix" and a "Echinodorus Tricolor" plants (one of each). Plus I have a bit of java moss and a few visterias from an old tank.
With the tank I have the original lighting which is 2x 25W, 8000k bulbs and 20W, 15000k Trilite bulb (three bulbs altogether with separate switch for each). Turned on around 2-3pm and running till about 10pm.
I'm adding an Seachem Excell everyday (I intend to cut it to once every other day from tomorrow) and a 'Tropica Aquacare liquid Plant Nutrition' once a week.
My question is about the light mainly - is it enough, or too little or too much - but every other comments are more than welcome :)
So... Am I doing this right or not? :D
 
How big of a tank is this? Depth is what I'm concerned about more than anything. Also, are those T8 bulbs or CFLs?


Downoi (P. helferi) is NOT a 'user friendly' plant. It's sensitive to a few different things, can be touchy, and is apparently delicious to some fish.
 
The depth is 58cm, and they are a T8 bulbs.

As for plants-- I don't know much about plants yet, so we picked them up because they are pretty :)
 
So... Any thoughts about the light? Is that enough for my plants or I need to upgrade?
I was also thinking about changing one bulb into a Moonlight bulb, but don't know whether that won't cut the light needed for plants?
 
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