Plants for 5 gal betta tank?

[elav]

I'm going to college in a few months and I plan to start a new tank there. I have a new Fluval Spec V tank, and a great piece of driftwood w/ lots of nooks and crannies for plant roots. I plan on only housing a betta and maybe some ghost shrimp in this tank since it's small.

I really don't want to buy special plant substrate/dirt since I already have gravel. Which low-light plants would be suitable to attach to the driftwood or root in the gravel (with some root tabs)? I'm really looking for some low-light, low-maintenance, and small plants that won't take over this little aquarium

 

[Fresh2o]

Anubias and various missed come to mind. No root tabs needed.


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[elav]

Anubias and various missed come to mind. No root tabs needed.


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Thanks! Do anubias need any added nutrients like seachem flourish?

 

[ImACoolguy]

Nope, I have Anubias nana in a low tech planted tank with only water changes.

Java fern is very easy as well.


Caleb

 

[Coursair]

Moss Balls, Java Moss, mine loved floating plants. I grow Amazon Frogbit.
Crypts grow slow. Crypt parva stays small.

Java Moss grows, but you can thin out as needed.


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