What Plants Can I Get?

FishFor2018
  • #1
I have a ten gallon tank filtered tank with a low current, a steady temperature of 78 degrees Fahrenheit, 1 inch of gravel, Led light hood, and one male betta and was wondering what kind of plants can I have? The tank is next to a window and gets about 2 hours of sun on an average day. These would be my first time taking care of live plants, so I want some plants that are easy to grow and take care of. I'm planning on adding 4 neon tetras in about 2 weeks.
Any And All Opinions Or Suggestions Are Appreciated!

edit: i'm getting zebra danios not neon tetras, sorry for the mistake
 
EbiAqua
  • #2
75g Discus Tank
  • #3
Yep. Agree with all that Fahn said above about stocking and plants.

More plants:
Java moss
Basically any kinds of crypts
Duckweed
 
FishFor2018
  • Thread Starter
  • #4
could you suggest some schooling fish or just small fish that could go in the tank then? and thank for the plant suggestions!
 
75g Discus Tank
  • #5
I wouldn’t suggest any fish with a betta in a 10 gallon.

For tank mates though, you could have 5 ghost shrimp and 2 nerite snails,
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FishFor2018
  • Thread Starter
  • #6
as far as the plants I think I will get Hornwort, Anubias, java fern, and java moss
 
75g Discus Tank
  • #7
FYI, hornwort doesn’t grow roots so don’t plant it! It is a floating plant.

Also, the anubias and java fern have rhizomes. It looks like a green bar where the roots and leaves come from. The anubias should have a much thicker rhizome. Do not plant the rhizomes below the substrate as the plant will rot if you do. Attach the plants to some driftwood or a rock.
 
FishFor2018
  • Thread Starter
  • #8
FYI, hornwort doesn’t grow roots so don’t plant it! It is a floating plant.

Also, the anubias and java fern have rhizomes. It looks like a green bar where the roots and leaves come from. The anubias should have a much thicker rhizome. Do not plant the rhizomes below the substrate as the plant will rot if you do. Attach the plants to some driftwood or a rock.
okay thank you so much! that will help a lot since I have had an existing anubia right now and I also forgot to mention that I have 2 mysery snails in there right now, that won't be a problem for the plants...right?
 
75g Discus Tank
  • #9
The mysteries will be fine. If you have mysteries, I wouldn’t stock the tank any further. They are poop machines.
 

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