Thanks for all the encouraging comments
It took me a year plus and several failed attempts to understand moss. The key to lushy growth of moss is
temperature. In my country, it is warm all round with average temperature ranging 28-30 degree celcius. I added a fan and at most i could only bring the temperature down to 27-28 degree C. I bought a chiller in the beginning of this year, and have been keeping the tank temperature to 25degree C. This is the first time I have seen a little improvement in growing moss.
The tank is co2 enriched with 4 wpg of light. For fert, i am doing EI and TMG. Although I have another low tech tank with good moss growing rate, I find that having good co2, light and fert will certainly speed up the growth.
I have not done any trimming since I started this tank half a year ago. I just pull them out once they get too thick.
Close of the following mosses in the tank:
Erect moss (vesicularia reticulata)
Weeping moss (vericularia sp.)
Spiky moss (Taxiphyllum sp.)
A ball of unidentified moss
