I used the old Tetra/SecondNature Water's Edge Viquarium kit. They don't even make it anymore, I have had this one for at least 8 years and had not had it setup for a few years. Lighting is one 4' fluorescent and one 30" fluorescent. There are four firebelly toads, 2 firebelly newts, 2 eastern newts, a bunch of guppies, and some small 'pest' snails from the plants. The plants include: anacharis, water wisteria (now growing out of the water too), lucky bamboo, pothos, english ivy, sandriana, java moss covering most of the gravel, and one unidentified house plant. I feed crickets for the toads and New Life Spectrum for the newts, fish, and snails. Look how dense that anacharis is.