Starting A Planted Tank

[daiandgems]

Hiya been playing round in my head for a while about starting a planted tank so ive decided to strip my 90L down and plant it up. So im after some advice on which plants to use to start with eg easy to grow maintain and which substrate to use as i dont want to buy co2 kit jus yet. Been thinking of a soil substrate with a layer of fine gravel over the top then some seriya stone on like a mound maybe some mopani wood then like a carpet of plants with maybe one or two taller ones but noything certain so open to ideas and advice thanks Dai.

 

[fishkeeper35]

Hiya been playing round in my head for a while about starting a planted tank so ive decided to strip my 90L down and plant it up. So im after some advice on which plants to use to start with eg easy to grow maintain and which substrate to use as i dont want to buy co2 kit jus yet. Been thinking of a soil substrate with a layer of fine gravel over the top then some seriya stone on like a mound maybe some mopani wood then like a carpet of plants with maybe one or two taller ones but noything certain so open to ideas and advice thanks Dai.

java fern is good but need to be attached to rock or wood
java moss might turn into a pest to maintain but will grow in any condition mostly
anubias's
vallis
yeah thats all i got down as begginer

 

[daiandgems]

Are there any plants which will be ok planted and not attached to rock/wood been looking at amazon swords and some crypts any advice

 

[Lolly123]

Are there any plants which will be ok planted and not attached to rock/wood been looking at amazon swords and some crypts any advice

My mother had a tank with crypts and to be honest it was a bit of a mess for a while and the crypts grew no matter what, they got really huge with an enormous root structure. So i'd say defo for the crypts.