Easy plants to take care of for a 5 gallon

[Rocky998]

On the tank I'm setting up now I'm going to use some fishing lime and tie it on! But glue also works just as well but it'll be an hour or 2, possibly a day before the glue sets... That's why I'm going to use fishing line.

So I’m guessing you use super glue to stick it to rocks and things like that?

 

[Rocky998]

All java ferns and java swords are substrate plants. Aqua soil is always the best, but other options would be river sand and possible pea gravel. Fine grained grit works well. With plants the finer the better.

No no no!! Java ferns MUST be put on decor! Amazon swords must be in substrate

 

[Rocky998]

No no no!! Java ferns MUST be put on decor! Amazon swords must be in substrate

@Obsessed with fish ^^^ seriously, don't mistake javas with sword plants... They are different!

 

[Rocky998]

@Guppynoob2008 I would also love to recommend the anubias species! They are beautiful slow hrowing plants that dont require ANYTHING special. Maybe a dim light but thats it! Same needs as java fern really... Also, here is a super cool plant that will help to filter your water its red root floaters! They are super pretty AND they are fast growing which will mean that it'll suck up all the excess ammonia and nitrates! Now this doesnt mean to overstock or skip cycling... Its just helping a bit

 

[Obsessed with fish]

@Obsessed with fish ^^^ seriously, don't mistake javas with sword plants... They are different!

sowwy wocky

 

[Myraan]

Things like java fern are easy. Severy anibius species are good. Just be careful not to buy

Terrestrial​

plants.

Ironically I believe anubias is terrestrial, but it happens to do fine in water as well,

 

[Rocky998]

sowwy wocky

Sorry, I may have come across as abrupt... But I wanted to make sure guppynoob understood that java ferns are not substrate plants

 

[Rocky998]

Ironically I believe anubias is terrestrial, but it happens to do fine in water as well,

Java ferns are actually both... They are terrestrial AND aquatic! Pretty cool

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Java ferns are actually both... They are terrestrial AND aquatic! Pretty cool

if you ever get over run just plant some in your garden!

 

[Obsessed with fish]

From what everyones saying you probably shouldnt be taking plant avice from me

 

[Rocky998]

From what everyones saying you probably shouldnt be taking plant avice from me

I'm going to non-offensively agree with that statement

 

[Sgooosh]

So how do you feed those types of plants?

liquid ferts i like to use flourish

No no no!! Java ferns MUST be put on decor! Amazon swords must be in substrate

you can put it gently on Substrate

 

[Rocky998]

you can put it gently on Substrate

You mean the ferns or the swords?

 

[Sgooosh]

You mean the ferns or the swords?

ferns, swords you can just bury the thick roots
swords will always find a way...

 

[Rocky998]

Yes, but mostly swords are in substrate and java ferns are kept out...

ferns, swords you can just bury the thick roots
swords will always find a way...