What an adventure you have set yourself upon!

I guess I would ask a couple of questions, do you know what kind of
plants you have? It may not be the best measure, but I find myself
thinking of light in watts per gallon. You have 1.52, which many would
consider sufficient for many varieties of plants found here in the US.
Having 75w on a 25g tank would allow you to grow just about anything.
You mentioned that your leaves are dying from the outside in, are they
yellowing? Is it happening more on old growth or new growth? It could
be a nutrient deficiency. Are the plants completely dying? Sometimes
plants are cultured above the water line to speed growth. When they are
submereged often times the leaves will die back and new 'aqautic'
leaves will grow (this was the case for an amazon sword plant that I
purchased). If you could offer more information on yoru plants and
symptoms, hopefully some help can be offered!

JoeBartoszek wrote:
First off i have to say that i am living in taiwan and as far as asking
any store workers questions is out. As well, any products i purchase
are also completely in chinese so all i have to go by are names like
'plant growth', with no idea what is in them, with the exception of
'FE' which didnt help.

Anyways, I have a 25 gallon tank, brand new soil, six plants, 1 brand
new light(38Watt, 7200k), and about 19 inch. of fish ranging from,
pleekos, angels, cichlids, and one fighting fish. (you would think
they would kill each other but there good)

My problem is that My plants are not growing. Thats not entirely true.
My plants are growing but they are dying off faster than they are
growing. dying from the outside of the leaves inward. I do have a
homemade Co2 set up going which i though twould help but now i am not
sure......
Do i have enough light in my tank? i have read on some websites that i
need roughly 75 w. for a tank that size. I have looked in some
aquarium stores here and all i am finding are bulbs ranging from 18
-25 watt, I cant even find a bulb as strong as the one i have. Do i
need to find a stronger bulb, or buy another light?
Other readings have had me asking the questions, "Do I have a sulfur
deficiency problem, or perhaps a nitrogen problem?

SO, any advice you have, send it my way. I am in dire need of some help

Joe