Plant For Betta Tank

[SPLiSH]

Hi there everyone.

I think this is my first post here... I feel out of place, LOL. As a few of you might know I have two bettas in seperate 1.5 gal tanks. No lighting other than natural light and what they get in the office. No filtration or fancy substrates. Their heaters are set at 26 degrees celcius and the pH is 7.5.

Are there any reasonably attractive, easily cared for plants that can live in these tanks, preferably tied to some driftwood or something? I'd like a nice little centrepiece plant. I'd prefer to not have to add fertilisers or anything.

Thanks!

 

[wendywc]

Plastic. Why bother with real anyway?


...sorry if I'm being a turd.

 

[Bloo]

Why bother ? Because it's so much nicer and better and the betta can pick at it if bored

I used to have some Hornwort (when I had a betta tank) and that's great

 

[Discomafia]

try java moss or java fern.

 

[big mick]

What about going for an oriental theme?

Something like these...

 

[Bloo]

Not sure those hard spiky plants will be good for flowing fins

 

[big mick]

Good point, although my wife has lots of long finned coldwater fish which have been fine. I had them in her tank before I upgraded it and often thought they would look nice as centre pice in a smaller tank with a betta but you could be right.

 

[jimbooo]

personally i would stick some anubias in. you can attach them to bogwood and they grow really slowly so wont demand a lot of light or ferts. for a small betta tank anubias nana would be best IMO.

here's a pic incase you are not famililar with them

(centre left, big leaves)

(smaller cuttings)

mature plant

 

[TammyLiz]

I use hornwort for my bettas. Its nice for a betta tank because it actually GROWS in there! My one betta has marbles in the bottom and it doesn't even matter because hornwort doesn't root. Its the easiest plant ever.

 

[Bloo]

I use hornwort for my bettas. Its nice for a betta tank because it actually GROWS in there! My one betta has marbles in the bottom and it doesn't even matter because hornwort doesn't root. Its the easiest plant ever.

Totally agree

 

[frazoo]

riccia
java moss
java fern
pellia
willow moss
fissidens
(i am not sure if any of these will look good in with a beta but you can chose)

 

[happyannie]

ooo mine just LOVE riccia. The one in the planted tank bubbles up his all the time as it just kind of floats around. I can't remember the lighting needs of it. He likes his java moss too....and you can have that any place. It doesn't have a high demand for light.

OK looked it up and Riccia does require some light.....the good news is that you can buy these little clip on lights that you could stick a mini-compact light in and if you keep that on during the day.....those are 6500k and could handle a small patch from what I know...I have 2 mini-compacts above my tank and they do ok.

 

[SPLiSH]

Thanks everyone. I might look into the anubias nana - looks cool and if it got too big I could just prune it or seperate it to put in bigger tanks.

Thanks again for your help!

 

[SPLiSH]

EDIT: Gaah, sorry, double post. )

 

[BukAdam]

ooo mine just LOVE riccia. The one in the planted tank bubbles up his all the time as it just kind of floats around. I can't remember the lighting needs of it. He likes his java moss too....and you can have that any place. It doesn't have a high demand for light.

OK looked it up and Riccia does require some light.....the good news is that you can buy these little clip on lights that you could stick a mini-compact light in and if you keep that on during the day.....those are 6500k and could handle a small patch from what I know...I have 2 mini-compacts above my tank and they do ok.

hey annie, where can i find lights like those? i'm thinking about getting riccia for my betta thank too.