new plants

[bluefire]

today at my lps i bought some plants, the problem is one of them is an aluminum plant, which i have heard is not aquatic and anothe is a water lettuce which i like but it has heaps of roots which is way to big for the 4 gal betta tank i was planning on putting it in and it looks ugly in my 39 gal coz is has a hood and you can't see the top.

**EDIT** would i be able to cut off most of the roots of the water lettuce so it fits in my betta tank, or would it kill the plant?

 

[Nospherith]

I googled the "aluminum plant" and azgardens sells it as a paludarium plant, so it's probably not a true aquatic.

As for the water lettuce roots, yes you could probably trim them and it wouldn't harm the plant too much, although the roots may grow back.

 

[bluefire]

ok ill trim the roots back a bit, and ill leave the aluminium plant in there and see how it goes, its been in there three days so far and has no signt of rotting....yet