Hey guys! My 30 gallon is coming along quite well. Got some driftwood soaking outside, got a Penguin 350 rated for a 75 gallon aquarium running, just waiting for it to cycle while getting a few more odds and ends, such as the lights and heater. I've decided that I do indeed want to make it a low tech planted tank. After getting some more ideas from the planted section, it seems pretty doable. My question is, what I want to put in it? After some years without having a tank, there are hundreds of ideas trolling through my head. 
I would like it to be a community tank. I don't want to be limited to one fish or even one specific type of fish. I had a few ideas, though it is impossible to run through them all. I am not really interested in the idea of mollies, platys, guppys, etc. Some tetras, though not all. The main fish I would like to include would be either some corys or loaches, along with either some sort of gourami (perhaps pearls?), some sort of rainbowfish (boesemani?), or some blue rams. Perhaps a combination of 5 panda corys, 5 black skirt tetras (or another tetra), and 2 of the aforementioned larger fish?
P.S. Sorry for the utter generality of this post. I understand that there are many other topics related to the stocking of 30 gallon planted tanks. I have browsed through too many to count in recent days. The problem lies in the constant inclusion of mollies, platys, and guppies.
I would like it to be a community tank. I don't want to be limited to one fish or even one specific type of fish. I had a few ideas, though it is impossible to run through them all. I am not really interested in the idea of mollies, platys, guppys, etc. Some tetras, though not all. The main fish I would like to include would be either some corys or loaches, along with either some sort of gourami (perhaps pearls?), some sort of rainbowfish (boesemani?), or some blue rams. Perhaps a combination of 5 panda corys, 5 black skirt tetras (or another tetra), and 2 of the aforementioned larger fish?
P.S. Sorry for the utter generality of this post. I understand that there are many other topics related to the stocking of 30 gallon planted tanks. I have browsed through too many to count in recent days. The problem lies in the constant inclusion of mollies, platys, and guppies.
