good palnts for beginners

[jakeras]

Hey everyone, I'm trying to set up a tropical 10 gallon planted tank, and its my first time trying a planted. Does anyone know of any easy to grow plants I could plant? I was thinking of som tallish plants in the back and wrapping up the sides and some shorter ones in the front/middle.

 

[Tetra27]

I keep java fern and a species of anubias in my 10 gallon and they do not need very much maintenance. If your looking for a small plant I've heard java moss is popular. (Though it grows pretty fast and might require trimming every once and a while.)

 

[Rivercats]

What type of lighting and bulbs are you using? Lighting will determine the type of plants you can grow.

 

[jakeras]

I don't have the lights I'm going to use yet, but they will be cfl 65000k 50/50 lights.

 

[Rivercats]

That is just the color spectrum rating. Different types of lights will give off different levels of light.