Want to turn my 10gal into a planted tank

[beachman22]

Like the title says, I want to turn my 10gal into a planted tank.

This will be my first ever real planted tank so where is a good place to start?

What do I need in terms of lighting and other stuff? All I have now is an AC 200 and a heater and the tank of course.

Also I would like to keep some fish in there. Maybe some dwarf puffers of maybe just some guppies.

Any advice would be helpful.

 

[HiImSean]

you might wanna start with some low light plants first. from what i heard 2+watts per gallon is what you want to shoot for with lighting. in my 10g i have 20watts on it with some low light plants, java moss and java fern. i had some ludwigia's and they grew like weeds in the tank.

 

[WyldFya]

Start with the stickies. I took quite a bit of time to write those up, so use them, and once done, then ask specific questions.