Things You Need for a Low Tech Planted Tank

If you want to make a planted tank, you are going to need a few things. First you need a tank. It can be any size. There are many sizes of tanks, including a type of tank called a nano tank. These are some pictures of nano tanks.

This is much smaller than a regular nano tank.

This is a regular sized nano tank.


Planted tanks can also be really large. Here are some pictures of really big planted tanks.


A regular tank would be in between these two sizes. 

Besides the tank, other things you need are:

Some type of substrate

Plants

Lighting (LED is best)

Heater

You may or may not need a filter, depending on how many plants you put. You may not need the filter if you have a lot of plants. If you don't have many plants, you need a filter.