Mosses

[vanalisa]

Hi, me again...
Mosses, how much do they grow and how fast? Looking to find some easy plants for variety.
I love the look of moss.
Anyone?

 

[Barry Tetra]

Just buy a lot of moss ball, rip it apart and stick it to decorations or driftwood, It will grow faster than being in ball form.

 

[Aussie_Bristle]

Java moss is really hardy and easy to grow in low light. I got a nice size ball of it about 6 months ago it was pretty dead in the middle of it but I picked out what I could and added it to driftwoods in the tanks. I now have so much of it that I end up sucking bits of it up in water changes every week.
This is what I started with

And this is what it’s like now on one of my driftwoods in the shrimp tank

 

[Aussie_Bristle]

Here is a prime example on growth. This is from when I setup the new shrimp tank up about 2 months ago to now

 

[CassCats]

Mosses are great, can be slow to moderate in growth, but they do pretty well. Theyre pretty low tech

 

[vanalisa]

Java moss is really hardy and easy to grow in low light. I got a nice size ball of it about 6 months ago it was pretty dead in the middle of it but I picked out what I could and added it to driftwoods in the tanks. I now have so much of it that I end up sucking bits of it up in water changes every week.
This is what I started with
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And this is what it’s like now on one of my driftwoods in the shrimp tank

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Thanks for posting pictures!
Glad to see you; seems like it's been a while

 

[vanalisa]

Here is a prime example on growth. This is from when I setup the new shrimp tank up about 2 months ago to now
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Your plants look great!
Such variety ☆
♡

 

[WhistlingBadger]

That looks nice, Ange. I had a bunch of christmas moss in my SE Asia tank. I like the look of it better than java moss. It has a really cool form. The java moss in my South America tank would mostly creep along the surface of the driftwood; it rarely got bushy and never as tall as AB's. There are several other kinds readily available too. They are all pretty.

I think my next tank is going to have a moss wall for a backdrop.

 

[Aussie_Bristle]

That looks nice, Ange. I had a bunch of christmas moss in my SE Asia tank. I like the look of it better than java moss. It has a really cool form. The java moss in my South America tank would mostly creep along the surface of the driftwood; it rarely got bushy and never as tall as AB's. There are several other kinds readily available too. They are all pretty.

I think my next tank is going to have a moss wall for a backdrop.

I love the look of christmas moss and want to get some for the tank, I just want to decided where to put it first as it’s pretty heavily plant now and I don’t know moving to much around in the shrimp tank. My plants grow/moss grows really well without anything but I have been using a bit of flourish here and there in the shrimp tank just to help the plants establish better so this would be a huge benefit to its fast growth but my lighting is also a full spectrum light. So there is extra help here

 

[Stan510]

No moss is as hardy as Java..not even a close second. Christmas looks great...but Java when pruned on wood or rock looks much the same.