What plant is used with a clear vase filled with water and a Beta fish?

Question

The plants I've seen seem to thrive in a vase filled with water and some colored "gem stones". Lots of roots. Are there different plants used, or just day lillies?

Answer 1

It's usually a peace lily (Spathyphyllum) if it's the one that gets white flowers and long leaves (see photo:  http://www.q7.com/~erasmus/images/indoor... ).  I've seen it with the lucky bamboo too.  If you like these plant, get it and keep it in a pot - neither of these is really an aquatic plant, although they don't mind getting their roots wet.  If they sit too far down in the water, though, the leaves and stems will rot.  And bettas belong in heated tanks, they die too quickly when they're kept at room temperature.  They're tropical fish, and there's nowhere in the vase to keep a heater.  Most aren't made for that small of an amount of water either.

ADDED:  There are other plants you can use, they just have to be ones that don't mind that the roots are wet all the time.  The peace lily is a good choice, so are philidendron, Pothos, Anthurinum (flamingo flower), aluminum plant, bamboo (Dracena), and any others you can propogate by rooting stem cuttings in water.  

You generally have some soil that the plant is growing in - there's a container near the top that's too large to fall into the mouth of the vase with the soil, but holes in the container that let the roots grow out and into the water.  The nutrients from the soil will help support the plant for a while, but then you'll need to add a little fertilizer to the water.  Be careful when you do this as with fertilizer and lights bright enough for the plant to grow will also cause algae in the vase.  Only use about 1/10 of what's recommended for houseplants, or get a liquid food made for aquarium plants instead.  This is more dilute.

Answer 2

They may be Money plant(Pothos) or Lucky bamboo(Dracena spp)