All my tanks now, start with hardscaping materials first. I get them, then play around with them abit (usually in a tank with only substrate....or on the coffee table
). When I find something that I like, I then find plants and fish to compliment it. When planting, ALWAYS keep in mind that the tank will look drastically different once grown in. This forsight IMO is big step for people and only comes with experience....I am still learning it
