Hey everyone. I was looking for some opinions of what I should do with my tank. The tank is a 10 gallon. It has a 15 watt plant bulb (pretty generic, mind you) and is currently planted with java fern that has been doing well. I was wondering what other plants would go well in the tank and would do well in gravel or on driftwood. The fish are cherry and gold barbs. I was thinking about adding some anubias. Thanks for the advice. I have included a picture of the tank in its current state.

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u can try an anubias nana they can grow on driftwood or a crypt wendit they also can get grow on a rock or driftwood 

Thanks, I was looking at both of those to try out.

Yeah thats what I started off with a long long time ago when i didnt know anything about live plants, I had them in the same set up, 10g 15w light. I dosed the tank with seachem's and couldnt kill them if i wanted. That was close to 15 years ago, and i still have plants that came from the OG plants.

My brother has grown Rotala Indica in plain gravel before. I grow it in plant substrate, but it grows a lot faster than in plain gravel. So In theory, you wouldn't have to trim it when it gets too tall as often.

i have a 30 gallon tall tank, what i call the "epiphyte" tank. epiphytes are plants like orchids and bromeliads, that grow "on" trees and steep edges. i have sand and gravel mixed as a substrate...one 13w compact fluorescent bulb. mostly i have anubias, java fern, and java moss. all of them are attached to wood. added some hornwort into some rocks and wood, has a great mossy effect. needs to be kept trimmed. i also have floating anacharis and wisteria. with anacharis, i find it's best to cut off the brown ends as they die off. keeps things cleaner.

definetely look into pothos, which is most commonly a vine houseplant. a simple cutting hanging out the side of your tank will grow fast, and the roots work wonders for water quality. i use it in all of my tanks. i've even seen it grow in filter boxes.

Plants are pretty inexpensive. Throw something in and see what happens. Plants that float or emerge from the water usually don't need much light; so in this respect Erik's suggestion about Pothos sounds interesting. I'll have to google it and see what it looks like. You can collect many amphibious plants in your local waterways. 

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