Starting a planted tank

[Schwebel7]

Just got a 10 gallon tank with in mind to make it a planted shirmp tank, while im getting setup any ideas on what i should do, i have a good amount of drift wood my dad has picked up fishing and boiled some today and this is what i have so far, im thinking of getting some java moss and tying it to the end of the drift wood and make a tree. What do you guys think?

 

[FishCr8zy]

Yeah! Tying java moss to the end would be a great idea! I would actually do flame moss on the end of that driftwood rather because flame moss grows vertical than horizontal. I would also get a few carpeting plants like fissedens fontanus, dwarf sag, or pennywort. Though I don't know if the light is bright enough for pennywort. What light do you have?

 

[Rivercats]

Java Ferns, Anubia's, and Bolbitus are all good plants for tying onto DW. Crypts are good for a low light tank and are planted in the substrate. Be sure if you do shrimp to cover the intake strainer on your filter with a sponge cover to keep any shrimplets from being sucked up. Depending on what type light and bulbs you have there may be other suitable plants that can be grown.