SuperColey1
Planted Section
There are some important things to consider when trying to create a moss wall.
1. Do you have enough moss?
If you try and do a moss wall with too small an amount (speaking from experience) it will look bad.
Take ages and ages to show any sign of growing.
Be covered in algae before there is enough moss grown to cover it.
My second attempt saw me buying £50 of christmass moss to do an 80cm x 45cm wall. This was the cheapest I could buy it (about 1 litre in size) and still didn't completely fill the mesh
2. What type of moss are you using?
If you use java or Taiwan moss then they are a more stringy kind of moss.. I decided on christmass moss because it's a more bushy style and actually pokes through the holes in the mes.
3. What fish have you got in the tank?
Also from expereince I have found taht Otos and Tetras will stick their noses through the mesh and often get caught. In a heavily planted tank by the time you notice and pull them out, only the body is left and the snails have eaten the whole head area, whilst other fish have eaten most of the tail. It may be a good idea to do it in an unstocked tank to let it grow before letting the curious little fishies into it.
4. What is your fixing method?
If you are using suckers or magnets make sure that there are plenty so that fish cannot creep behind through gaps, because they inevitably get lost once in there and die. Also make sure the mesh is virtually the exact width of the wall you are trying to fill. Bury the bottom in the substrate and make sure the top is above water.
5. As said before be very very patient. This takes time and sometimes a few attempts to get it right.
6. What equipment are you using?
If you have a spraybar or other equipment on your back wall then you will have to cut holes in both mesh sheets and put your suckers behind and poking though the mesh.
I have now got glass in/out pipes which fix outisde the tank which is very useful. I do however have a corner diffusor so I have 1 sucker inside poking through in the way I have detailed above.
Lastly Be patient in the planning. Be patient in the making. And be very very patient for the completed article!!
I have no pics as my second attempt was put in situ last week and I am assuming that it will take several months to complete the desired effect.
Andy
1. Do you have enough moss?
If you try and do a moss wall with too small an amount (speaking from experience) it will look bad.
Take ages and ages to show any sign of growing.
Be covered in algae before there is enough moss grown to cover it.
My second attempt saw me buying £50 of christmass moss to do an 80cm x 45cm wall. This was the cheapest I could buy it (about 1 litre in size) and still didn't completely fill the mesh
2. What type of moss are you using?
If you use java or Taiwan moss then they are a more stringy kind of moss.. I decided on christmass moss because it's a more bushy style and actually pokes through the holes in the mes.
3. What fish have you got in the tank?
Also from expereince I have found taht Otos and Tetras will stick their noses through the mesh and often get caught. In a heavily planted tank by the time you notice and pull them out, only the body is left and the snails have eaten the whole head area, whilst other fish have eaten most of the tail. It may be a good idea to do it in an unstocked tank to let it grow before letting the curious little fishies into it.
4. What is your fixing method?
If you are using suckers or magnets make sure that there are plenty so that fish cannot creep behind through gaps, because they inevitably get lost once in there and die. Also make sure the mesh is virtually the exact width of the wall you are trying to fill. Bury the bottom in the substrate and make sure the top is above water.
5. As said before be very very patient. This takes time and sometimes a few attempts to get it right.
6. What equipment are you using?
If you have a spraybar or other equipment on your back wall then you will have to cut holes in both mesh sheets and put your suckers behind and poking though the mesh.
I have now got glass in/out pipes which fix outisde the tank which is very useful. I do however have a corner diffusor so I have 1 sucker inside poking through in the way I have detailed above.
Lastly Be patient in the planning. Be patient in the making. And be very very patient for the completed article!!
I have no pics as my second attempt was put in situ last week and I am assuming that it will take several months to complete the desired effect.
Andy
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