Plants Suitable For A 1.5 G Scape

[alessasavoca]

I have 2 x 1.5G tanks bought for my two LFS bettas. They hated being in the bigger 6 gallon tanks (always hid...) so I put them back in their 1.5G Quarantine tanks-they are now happy and back to bubblenesting. However as they are going to be living in there on a permanent basis I wanted to make it more interesting for the fish and nicer looking.

So basically, I don't want huge plants that will invade on swimming space, or any ginormous rock thing that displaces a lot of the tank's already limited water volume, but I would like to do a mini scape with something to keep the two boys interested.

Any ideas?

 

[RadaR]

Depends really what lighting you have and if you are prepared to dose some fertiliser every few days.

 

[DevUK]

You could get away with some mosses, the usual suspects - Java fern (go with the "narrow" form, as its a bit smaller and thinner leaves), Anubias, maybe a small carpeting plant for low light - Marsilea hirsuta might be ok (once transformed from submerged to emersed form).

 

[alessasavoca]

It will be high light and I will be dosing with ferts. Thanks for the ideas DevUK sounds good! Just after something to add some height at the back...would I get away with some dwarf hairgrass?

I thought it would be a good challenge as I've recently scaped my 63 gallon properly.... thought I'd try something a little smaller this time lol.

 

[DevUK]

Could try some Hemianthus micranthemoides. Its a nice compact stem plant and looks great in smaller setups. I might use some in my larger setup