Help Me Plant My Tank, Please?

[Alm0stAwesome]

Would you mind helping me choose plants, how many and where to place them? I've been shopping around and it looks like you often buy plants (online) in bundles of say 10 and I think that's probably going to be too much for me, right? I don't want to buy in my LFS because they are never labelled!

You can see my tank as it currently stands in my signature. I have a large acryllic rock in the middle which I do like but am not overly attached to so I would be open to changing to something else. I do like the way it helps to use the height of my tank since it's square rather than long. And I would like to keep some element of "hardscape" in the tank. I plan on keeping things low tech as I don't have fancy lights but I have looked into liquid ferts so will be adding those as appropriate.

I'm not keen on carpeting plants and I like clean lines like you get with some stemmed plants. If I were able to get something in there with a bit of red in that would be the cherry on top, so to speak
Sorry I know that's asking for a lot but really any input would be very welcome

 

[FishFanatic04]

You may like stem plants like Bacopa- There are a few types that are all very similar.

It's my favorite stem right now because of how clean it looks.

Or an Echinodorus amazonicus {Amazon Sword} or Echinodorus Bleheri. They are similar to the green silk plant you have and easy to find.

I can't help with reds, I am having a hard time keeping my red plants red, still working on that one.

Anubias plants would be great as well, they have a very clean look. Elodea densa "Anacharis" is a lovely stem as well. Its the tallest lime green plant in my signature.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Loving the look of all of those! Thanks!! However I'll be using these tips on a much bigger tank now! Have a go a IDing the plants in my new tank will ya?? I think there's some amazon sword in there....

 

[m_attt]

go through the hundreds of pictures and journals online, get a feel for what style you like and go from there, most will also have a plant list so you can get an idea what goes with what.

Just saying help plant/scape my tank is hard as theres soooo many styles and plants.

and its how you learn trying it yourself