Best Aquarium plants for beginners

[Jonty Gibbs]

Hi Everyone,

Firstly just want to introduce myself and say hi. I'm a 28-year-old Londoner new to the world of fish keeping. It's been a hobby I've always wanted to try and recently finally made the plunge and brought myself a 15-gallon tank.

Anyway, I've done a lot of reading online and now at the stage of trying to decide what plants I should have to start with? I'm thinking about getting some Tetras and rasboras.

Anyway, any advice would be massively appreciated.

 

[Aiken Drum]

This video is a good starting point for easy plants.

https://youtu.be/DpOVZEhBQ2c

The same channel also did a great low tech planted tank project series. Link to first episide of that.

https://youtu.be/66Xt4qglbNc

 

[Nic.Gilby]

Hi Jonty,

Welcome! To follow up on Aiken post id be tempted to focus on low maintenance easy to care for plants. Bacopa caroliniana, Java Moss, Java fern, Anubias would all fit the bill.

Ultimately it does sort of boil down to personal preference as well.

Dont know if you have thought about the next step of actually planting and setting up the plants. But came across this article which I found useful.

Shout if you have any more questions.