Hello everyone! I have a 5 gallon heated, filtered tank that houses one VT betta and hopefully a couple ghost shrimp in the future. I originally planned to use live plants in his tank, but when I went to the pet store the guy there discouraged me from getting them, saying that they were difficult to care for and that I needed a whole load of stuff from air pumps to huge bags of CO2 and fertilizer and...ugh.
I'm not going to go all natural all at once, but I would like to replace a couple of my silk plants with a live one. I have heard that wisteria and java ferns don't need to be rooted and can be anchored to a decoration with fishing line or just left to float freely. I really don't like the way soil looks, and it seems like it would be difficult to clean... but I want a plant because it's good for the fish. I love plants, and don't want to accidentally mistreat one. (even though they aren't sentient...I anthropomorphize things frequently)
What are your opinions and experience? And what plants do you have in your tanks?
I'm not going to go all natural all at once, but I would like to replace a couple of my silk plants with a live one. I have heard that wisteria and java ferns don't need to be rooted and can be anchored to a decoration with fishing line or just left to float freely. I really don't like the way soil looks, and it seems like it would be difficult to clean... but I want a plant because it's good for the fish. I love plants, and don't want to accidentally mistreat one. (even though they aren't sentient...I anthropomorphize things frequently)
What are your opinions and experience? And what plants do you have in your tanks?