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I have an established 29g tank with driftwood and a gravel bottom. It holds 1 tiger barb, 1 iridescent shark, 3 black skirt tetras, 1 albino pleco, and a small paint turtle that I found wandering in my yard. I plan on adding more tiger barbs later, and suspect the shark may have to go to the 55g (not up yet) in the future.
It has a Coralife F/W Aqualight T5 that has 1 21w colormax full spectrum T5 and 1 21w 6700K T5.
I would like to plant this tank with easily managed plants. I do not want to add CO2 because of expense for now. The tank is about 12"-13" tall 36" wide and 12" in depth (front-back).
I am looking for suggestions on plant types and a layout.

Yes, I have two filters on the tank, the Tetra Whisper 30 just doesn't seem to keep up so I recently added the other. I have had it for some time, but I can't remember what it is? A Marineland of some kind I think. The feces would accumulate on the gravel and need to be vacuumed at least once a week. I thought that odd for such a light fish load, maybe it is more fish than I thought. Hopefully the plants will help out.
It has a Coralife F/W Aqualight T5 that has 1 21w colormax full spectrum T5 and 1 21w 6700K T5.
I would like to plant this tank with easily managed plants. I do not want to add CO2 because of expense for now. The tank is about 12"-13" tall 36" wide and 12" in depth (front-back).
I am looking for suggestions on plant types and a layout.
Yes, I have two filters on the tank, the Tetra Whisper 30 just doesn't seem to keep up so I recently added the other. I have had it for some time, but I can't remember what it is? A Marineland of some kind I think. The feces would accumulate on the gravel and need to be vacuumed at least once a week. I thought that odd for such a light fish load, maybe it is more fish than I thought. Hopefully the plants will help out.