Good Plants for Beta Fish

[Brandxn]

I’d like to surprise and upgrade my girlfriends beta tank to have real plants and be more beneficial for her beta fish Boba. I was wondering what plants would be good for it. He/she is in a 10 gallon tank. Also I was gonna leave the original TopFin filter on it just to save money and just rinse out he media. Would that be a problem?

[Melkor]

No real wrong answer. But java fern, anubias, cryptocoryne, all super easy and look great. If there's enough room under the lid, some floating plants are great for water quality. Bonus is most fish, including betas, feel more at ease with cover.

[Hobbit]

I agree! No real wrong answer. Some bettas like to sit on top of larger leaves, so an amazon sword or large leafed anubias could be fun.

Reusing the filter is totally fine. Probably even better since it will save all that beneficial bacteria! (Make sure to use dechlorinated water for the rinse.) Some filters put out a pretty strong flow which bettas often struggle with, but you can tell just by watching Boba if that’s the case. If he does seem to struggle with the flow, you can always put a piece of coarse sponge in front of the outflow to slow things down a bit.

Seems like a fun project. I hope your girlfriend likes it! 😊