60 Litre Marina Planted Tank. Lighting Question

[worboyes]

Hello everyone, first post but not a complete newbee to fish keeping. However im doing my first Planted project in a 60 litre Marina tank i picked up from Pets @ home on the cheap.

The filter is fine for what i wanna stock it with and i got a spare heater for it, which is better then the one they provided.I'm gonna go down the JBL Route for nutrition and fertillisation, its a bit more expensive but prob a simple way to start.

im just a bit stuck with the lighting they only provide a 15 watt tube and i was hoping for at least 2 wpg which is roughly 26 watts. whats the best and most simple way to up the lighting? not sure if i casn just buy a higher wattage tube or not?

sadly i no nothing about electrics which im sure is clear from my post, so any help will be appreciated.
sorry this is posted in the wrong place i have re posted in the planted section.

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum worboyes.
The tubes that will work in a particular light strip are well defined. If you have a 15 watt tube, that is all your fixture will accommodate. In order to go to a higher wattage, you will need to either modify your light strip or buy an after market fixture designed to hold higher wattage tubes. I have gone that way on my own planted tanks so I have this fixture over one of my tanks.