Would these plants work together in a 5g?

[CuriousFins]

So I'm going to get a 5g tank and I want to put a bunch of live plants in it. I've been doing some research and these are the plants I'm interested in. My question is, would these plants all be okay in the same water conditions, and would they all even fit in a 5g?

Water sprite
Dwarf sagittaria
Anacharis(egeria densa)
Ambulia(haven't done much research on this, but it looks gorgeous)
Maybe some dwarf hairgrass?
And potentially an Amazon sword

The tank would just have a single betta.

 

[Colin_T]

Anacharis(egeria densa)

Don't bother with that or the amazon sword or the hair grass.
Amazon swords get big and Elodia falls apart if you move it indoors in winter. Hair grass belongs in the garden.

If you want a sword plant, look for a small species or go for pygmy chain swords.

 

[JuiceBox52]

The anacharis (unless already acclimated to warm water) will melt if you put it indoors, and if not it would quickly take over your small tank, it's called water weed for a reason!

 

[Sgooosh]

The anacharis (unless already acclimated to warm water) will melt if you put it indoors, and if not it would quickly take over your small tank, it's called water weed for a reason!

yeah my wild elodea i got from a stream melted but i have tamed it and it is growing as fast as bacopas

 

[FishHobby99]

I love YourFishStuff in NJ plants. Inventory often low at local fish store.

 

[CuriousFins]

Can I also throw a hornwort or 2 in there for a silent cycle? I would probably throw it away(carefully) after the cycle.

 

[Essjay]

With a silent cycle, plants need to be in there permanently. You might get away with removing hornwort as long as there are a lot of other plants as well. But if hornwort was the only plant and then you removed it, there would be nothing left to remove ammonia so you'd then need to do a fishless cycle with ammonia before getting fish.

 

[CuriousFins]

With a silent cycle, plants need to be in there permanently. You might get away with removing hornwort as long as there are a lot of other plants as well. But if hornwort was the only plant and then you removed it, there would be nothing left to remove ammonia so you'd then need to do a fishless cycle with ammonia before getting fish.

Okay, I'll probably make another thread in the cycling subforum about this.

 

[GaryE]

What if you do an about turn and look at Cryptocoryne wendtii? It does well in my smaller killie tanks, because its growth rates are slow. The same is true of Anubias nana. They cost more at the outset, but you stay out of the endless replacement cycle.
You are looking at some quick growers, and the size of the tank is the equivalent of a coffee cup on a windowsill for houseplants. It's very small for plants that get very large if they work out.

 

[CuriousFins]

Well, turns out it will actually be a 10g.