Which live plants do not need substrate sand?

[Madeline]

My little tank so far.

 

[Elainec]

Hello everyone, this is my first post.

I have a small 4 gal BiOrb Halo tank, it was a birthday gift for my 5 year old daughter. She has 3 glow fish and cherry shrimp in it and they have been doing well for over 4 months now. I've developed a love for fish keeping from her birthday gift and am slowly learning about the hobby.

Some of the fake BiOrb decor has already faded in color and vibrancy as well as developed black spots and I can't seem to clean off. I'd like to replace the fake plants in her tank with live ones that don't need substrate sand.

I've been reading and researching and learned of the Anubias plant which I plan to get. However, are there any other suggestions? I'd like a couple varieties to make the tank pleasing to the eye as well as healthy for the fish. And of course, something easy to care for that a newbie won't kill.

Also, I want to give the fish and shrimp places to hide. The shrimp just had baby shrimp and I wanted to offer them a better hiding spot that the fake plants and a piece of cholla wood.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

I have some Anub

 

[NickAu]

Hi

That tank is way to small for those fish.

 

[Madeline]

Hi

That tank is way to small for those fish.

I agree. I am a newbie and of course listened to my LFS on stocking. I'm atm cycling a 34 gal so hopefully they will get more room soon.

Thanks,