need ideas for 10gal stocking

i will be asking my mom and stepdad if i can start a 10gal fw tank at their house. it was running for a while then got taken down 2 years ago because it looked like crap (black sand, no decor, and a common pleco).

when i restart the tank, i want it to be as low maintenance as possible.

so, im gonna make it pretty densely planted, so the plants soak up the nutrients /nitrates/ammonia/etc. and so the plants make it look nice.

there will only be 1-3 fish and maybe some inverts.

the light will be a single T8 fluorescent tube, and the gravel will be black or brown.

suggestions please!!!

That could work... But platies like being in groups.

Perhaps... A snail of some sort, a male fancy guppy, and a banjo cat?

Greg31;3710192; said:

sounds like you already know what you want.

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i thought of that about 30 seconds before i postede it lol.

would it work?

Citrinellus;3710226; said:

Colony of Cherry Shrimp in a densely planted tank.

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could work... i need fish though, or my mom and stepdad will think its really boring and a waste of space...

never liked DGs... after mine all caught DG virus...

parhaps, a school of small tetras and some panda or adolfoi cories?