What does “missing template argument” mean?

I’m pretty new to C++ and this site so there are bound to be errors. When I try to compile my code I get errors like error: missing template argument before 'b'. I’ve been searching the world for answers for hours and it has led me here.

My assignment is to implement a templated class Collection that stores a collection of Objects using an array, along with the current size of the collection.

    #include <iostream>
    #include "collection.h"

    using namespace std; v

    int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {
       collection b;  //<----error missing template argument before 'b'
        return 0;
    }

    #ifndef COLLECTION_H
    #define COLLECTION_H

    #include <iostream>

    template <typename obj>
    class collection
    {
    public:
        collection();
        bool isEmpty() const;
        void makeEmpty();
        void insert(obj val);
        void remove(obj val);
        bool contains(obj val) const;
    private:
        size_t size;
        obj* col[];
    };

    #endif

    #include "collection.h"

    template <typename obj>
    collection<obj>::collection() :size(10)
    {
        col = new obj*[size];
    }

    template <typename obj>
    bool collection<obj>::isEmpty() const
    {
        for(size_t k = 0; k < size; k++)
        {
            if(col[k] != NULL)
                return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    template <typename obj>
    void collection<obj>::makeEmpty()
    {
        for(size_t k = 0; k < size; k++)
        {
            col[k] = NULL;
        }
    }

    template <typename obj>
    void collection<obj>::insert(obj val)
    {
        int temp = 0;
        for(size_t s = 0; s < size; s++)
        {
            if(col[s] != NULL)

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