Spencer~ LOL LOL LOL

Personally, I disagree with the Beta's living off ONLY the plant. (From the book of Zippy-kat: "Thou, shalt not live by plant alone." 5:48pm ) lol

I've had friends who've bought the beta/plant set-up that they sale in florist shops and they have lost MANY O' FISH. (Of course, this could be due to many things...perhaps the florist didn't put in a 'fish safe' plant or perhaps it was due to the lack of feed or maybe it was just time for him to travel to the big fishbowl in the sky.... )

At any rate, I think that a live plant would suffice for over the wkend. But I would definitely feed him flakes and/or pellets during the week.