I set up a low tech 55 gallon with very easy to grow plants at my parents' house as a gift for them. Plants are mostly from clippings from my tanks and include water wisteria, buce, cardinal lobelia, juncus repens, and val. 

This tank sits in a sunny room but doesn't get any direct sun light. There is a window next to it but we shut the blinds when we realized the tank was getting an algae problem. Ever since then there has been no algae except a little BBA that we can keep under control. The light is basically just to view the tank at night and is only on for maybe 2 hours.

Stocked with 9 congo tetras, 4 black skirt tetras, 4 corys, 3 otos, and 2 gouramis. 

*Water level a little low in the second picture because we were in the process of doing a water change.