Aquatic plants & bettas?

Good now that you know about bettas. most people just throw a betta in a bowl and not sure what to do. Larger sized bowl which is how many gallons? Yes a plant can live in a bowl if taken care properly. First off, you need lighting for that plant. Im pritty sure your bowl doesnt come with a light. Low light plants i suggest to you are some Java moss (Very easy), and java fern. Ofcourse you arent going to go crazy with plants in a bowl. I would choose the java moss since it is easier. Right. Depending on your bowl size, you are going to need 2 watts per gallon from your lighting. Meaning if you have a 1 gallon bowl, you only need a 2 watt bulb. If you have a 2 gallon bowl, you need 4 watt bulb. A lamp with a FLOURESCENT bulb should be sufficient. I would leave the light on for about 7-8 hours. You dont need a filter for plants but you need to keep up to date with water changes. I suggest you look into more about plants such as fertilizers etc. As for your other questions, When it comes time to clean the bettas bowl, leave some old water inside the bowl. This helps the bacteria stay alive. I would do a 33% water change in a bowl that isnt filtered every 4 days. Oh, make sure you dont get duckweed. You can if you want, but its like a weed, it will keep growing and growing and you dont want it to cover the entire surface of the bowl. If it does your betta can suffocate. Meaning you CAN have duckweed (easy plant) but it cant cover all the surface. I would leave 50% surface water and 50%. Good luck. Make sure you read up more about it searching up on Yahoo. Oh, heres a forum if you would like to know more about plants www.plantedtankforum.com You can really learn alot from them