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Thanks to all of you that responded. I think I am on the right track now.

Thanks Ben, the Congo Tetras are probably larger than I want to go. Looking for quantity and colorful. But love the suggestion.

Good day. My back ground...had a 55 gal tank for about 20 yrs starting back in late 80's. Went through several different phases....goldfish, tropical, back to gold fish, back to tropical..lol. Decided to get back into it and am in the process of setting up my new 55 gal tropical planted I currently have the Seachem black gravel Flourite for my substrate and various pieces of driftwood and rock for my hardscape. I am not interested in having added CO2. I would like to have a nice no hassle peaceful community tank with various compatible Tetras and male guppies. I Like the idea of a colorful, numerous small fish tank. I am also thinking about having some Cherry Shrimp. At this point I am looking to have some tips, advice, good idea-bad idea help. The plants that have been suggested are these... Anubias barteri Bonsia Anubis Chain sword Corkscrew Vallis Corkscrew sword Creeping Rush Dwarf sword Echinodorus ovalis Java fern Java moss Pearl moss River buttercup Obviously I won't be getting all of these, but would like some feedback on "best" compatability. I am on well water and so far my testing is showing a pH of around 7.6, gH of around 5-100, kH of around 100-200. Sorry for the rather long post. I live in the country and am rather limited on availability of local information. Thanks, Scott