2.5 gallon... planting possible?

[Carriwin]

Good day, all!

I'm debating on the wisdom of possibly planting a 2.5g mini tank. As of right now, it has a complete glass lid, sand substrate, a moss ball, and my new betta, Patriot, in it. Questions are these:

A: Is it possible to plant a tank like this due to it's miniscule size?

B: Would it be worth the WORK to keep it up?

Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome.

 

[CowMoo]

It should be fine. Co2 and ferts might be hard to use in a tank that small but those thing are not needed for a planted tank. The hard part would be keeping stable conditions of the tank.

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[Carriwin]

It should be fine. Co2 and ferts might be hard to use in a tank that small but those thing are not needed for a planted tank. The hard part would be keeping stable conditions of the tank.

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So I have a colossally stupid question... I know fish use the oxygen, so do they give off CO2 like we do for the plants to reuse? I presume that would be how it works, but I haven't the foggiest. If that is the case, as I have my betta, would one or two plants be ideal for him so the bio-balance is appropriate?

 

[Carriwin]

And do I need dirt??? or would the sand-ish substrate be appropriate?

 

[CowMoo]

Fish do give off co2 but I am pretty sure you don't need to have the co2 production of fish and o2 production of plants balanced in a tank.

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[CowMoo]

Dirt if your doing hard to grow plants. If not gravel or sand will work .

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[Carriwin]

So, for anubius nana it should be okay in gravel, yeah?

 

[CowMoo]

Ya anubis doesn't any substrate

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[Carriwin]

Thank you!!!

 

[ESeck]

I would get some very small driftwood sticks and cover them in java moss. Some people make trees for small tanks like this.

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[Carriwin]

I would get some very small driftwood sticks and cover them in java moss. Some people make trees for small tanks like this.

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Oh cool. I'll have to research and see if I can find some.

 

[dcutl002]

So, for anubius nana it should be okay in gravel, yeah?

I tie Anubias to a rock or a piece of driftwood. I never plant them in the substrate.


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[Carriwin]

I tie Anubias to a rock or a piece of driftwood. I never plant them in the substrate.


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What do you tie it to the driftwood with?

 

[KingKoopa512]

U can plant them in substrat as long as the rhizome is not buried beneath the substrate

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[Carriwin]

*researches anatomy of a plant and whether or not fishing line would A: work to tie the plant and B: whether it would give Patriot a complex or not*

 

[Carriwin]

So is there a root system below the rhizome that would hold it under the substrate then?

 

[KingKoopa512]

Yes mam roots will shoot out

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[KingKoopa512]

To the substrate

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[ESeck]

Here is some anubias on driftwood. You can see the roots below the rhizome. Apparently my angelfish wanted in the picture too.

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