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Hey everyone!

I had to get rid of my 40 gallon tank at home and give all my fish to a friend because the seal was leaking on one side It wasn't worth it to save the tank because I'm not around enough to justify keeping it.

The benefit to that is I can now justify keeping a 2 gallon tank in my room with a betta. I saved my amazon swordplant from the 40 gallon, but I don't have enough gravel yet to bury it in the new tank. Will it survive a day or two until I have the time to go buy more gravel to cover the roots?

Yes, I'm going to leave my tank filter running for a few days after I put more gravel in before I get a fish (hopefully).

Short answer: yes. Plants will live for a time uprooted. However, I would have to question if the tank will receive enough light to support a sword plant, and secondly if it does, then soon the sword will overwhelm the tank. If you have enough light I would recommend smaller plants. Glosso, hairgrass, hemianthus spp., etc. If you don't have enough light for those plants, try java moss, or something like that.

If you don't know if you have enough light, tell us how much you have, type of lighting and number of watts, and we will try to sort it out for you.

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5 watt bulb and the light coming in from my window.

It's a fairly mature plant and hasn't grown much for a couple of years. It's just enough cover right now so that it's a good centerpiece/playgym for any fish I put in there. The thing is it has to be in this tank or just get thrown out, which I kind of don't want to do (sentimental, irrational nonsense I know).

sentimental, irrational nonsense I know

Makes sense to me that you would like to keep it, in particular if your only other option is to throw it out.

But, keep in mind that a 2G is much less forgiving with water conditions than a 40G. If your plant should not be doing very well and produces some decaying material then it will fould the water in no time. So, keep a close eye on it to make sure it is doing well, if not then throw it out, for the sake of the fishies (or single fish).

Ingo

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