What to plant?

[teenage fish]

Hello, I am wondering what I should plant in this future shrimp tank. It’s a five gallon tank. I want to use plants I have in other tanks, but I’m not sure what’s best. I really want to do some dwarf hair grass because the light is so strong. I have some in a 20 gallon but it is shaded under a ton of hornwort. The only reason it’s growing, I think, is because their is a window that gives the tank direct sunlight for a couple hours in the morning. Anyways, should a get a carpet going and add hornwort later? I also have Anubias and vallisnera availible.

Edited December 6, 2020 by teenage fish
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[JettsPapa]

Shrimp do best with dense plants that they can hide in.  Of the ones you listed the hornwort and dwarf hairgrass would probably be best.  I don't think it matters which order you add them, but someone else might feel differently.

I wouldn't put vallisneria in a tank that small.

Edited December 6, 2020 by JettsPapa

[Streetwise]

I tend to avoid stem plants in short tanks, and go for Anubias, Cryptocoryne, Bucephalandra, Dwarf Sagittaria, and mosses.