Does she want more of a low light, low maintenance tank, or is she wanting it to be pretty heavily planted? You have more plant choices the higher the wattage you go, but more a higher wattage light fixture is more money.
The fixture that Ricker linked too is a good one for medium light plants, which include most stem plants, swords, and some grass like plants.
If she is content with just Anubias, Java fern, Anacharis, Crypts and Java moss, then having a double fluorescent fixture over the tank is fine.
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*Kristin*
5 Planted tanks:
55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g
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