Hi all!!

I have been keeping planted nano tanks for 5+ years and finally decided to upgrade to a 10g cube I liked the look of. I have only ever used stratum aqua soil and mopani wood + a rock that was already in my first tank when my friend gave it to me. I keep chili rasboras and breed blue dream shrimp. I use only natural elements and sponge filters only.

Since this tank is so much bigger I'm struggling with what to use for hardscape. I plan to keep my blue dreams in this tank, and want it heavily planted. Ideally whatever wood/rock i put in wouldn't mess with the parameters much. I would love to have something tall in the back that overhangs, but doesn't prevent me from netting shrimp when I need to. Any suggestions?

Also open to alternatives for the soil. My only requirement is that plants grow and anchor without me having to use root tabs. I dose with seachem flourish liquid fert.

Thank you in advance! I've truly done so much research, but it's overwhelming. Appreciate anyone walking me through their vision for my parameters :-)