Should I put more hides for my betta?

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Im upgrading my betta to a 10 gallon tank from a 5g and i'm going to let it cycle for 2-3 weeks. (using old filter media, decor, and beneficial bacteria) However I feel as if I need more hides, to make him more comfortable. (Like plants, wood etc.) I’m going to add his betta log as well but here is a picture of the tank which I set up yesterday (thats why the water is pretty cloudy.)

its also just going to be him alone along with my nerite snail!
 

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Floating plants for Bettas, lots of floating plants.
Yeah floats plants wouldn’t go amiss but I think it’s lots of hiding spots already :)
Yes! I forgot to mention! His 5 gallon is filled with floating plants I’m going to transfer including duckweed, water strangles, red root floaters, and frog bit!
 
Tank looks and sounds great! Just a word of caution, that looks like an anubius planted in the substrate at the front right, and perhaps another tucked behind the driftwood on the left? Anubius will rot if planted below the substrate. They have a thick root like thing that their thin roots grow from call the rhizome, that part shouldn't be buried beneath substrate or it will rot. Anubius/buces/java ferns etc, plants like that do better attached to pieces of driftwood or rock. Technically you can plant them in substrate if only the thin roots are buried, and the rhizome remains above the surface, but that's tricky to do.
 
Tank looks and sounds great! Just a word of caution, that looks like an anubius planted in the substrate at the front right, and perhaps another tucked behind the driftwood on the left? Anubius will rot if planted below the substrate. They have a thick root like thing that their thin roots grow from call the rhizome, that part shouldn't be buried beneath substrate or it will rot. Anubius/buces/java ferns etc, plants like that do better attached to pieces of driftwood or rock. Technically you can plant them in substrate if only the thin roots are buried, and the rhizome remains above the surface, but that's tricky to do.
I’ve heard about that and I attached 2 of the plants to rocks! I will take about the one in the front and attach it to a rock. Thanks!
 

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