Bettas in the wild live in thick, lush vegetation, and they want cover in your tank too. Water lettuce, anubias, java fern, amazon sword, and six more easy plants that fill a betta tank with hiding places, resting leaves, and cleaner water.

How to set up an Aqueon Betta Falls as a low-tech planted aquascape: dirted substrate, a gravel cap, Java Fern and Anubias, and no CO2 and no ferts.