[Jeff.:P:.]

Well last night I took a rock that had some Fissedens Fontanus and drop into a bowl with a 1/10 solution of excel and water. In order to kill off some string algae that started on a corner of the rock. For those of you that don't know Fissedens, Moss's, and liverworts do not do well with direct Excel dipping.

100% hindsight :crazy:

I thought a 1/10 solution would be diluted enough, well I was wrong. Today the Fissedens looks faded green and I expect it only to get worse. I doubt it will make a recovery. I hope that the Fissedens won't leach any of the excel to the rest of the tank and affect any of my other moss's ( I did rinse the rock off with clean water after the treatment.)
I might be in the market for more Fissedens Fontanus soon.

Live and learn.

Mod's; Sorry if I placed this in the wrong Forum, please move to General Aquarium Plant Discussion Section. I think I'm still sleeping.

 

[Jeff.:P:.]

Did your's recover after turning gray? And how long did it take to come back..

 

[Jeff.:P:.]

The algae did die same as did the Fissedens, I changed my lighting period to a mid day burst, more water changes and lighter fert. schedule. Seems to be working. Luckily I had some more fissedens to spread around. So it's all good.

Just a heads up; fissedens, liverworts, moss's, mini-pellia do not like Excel in any concentration.

 

[Jeff.:P:.]

Sweet, I'm glad it saved some one.

 

[Jeff.:P:.]

I was dosing my tank at one point normally with Excell, the coral pellia (liverwort) turned translucent and died. Some of the hardier moss's (java,ect..) I'm sure will do "ok" but I'm really not sure, and I wouldn't want to try it. Fisseden's had slowing growth and turned white.

 

[Jeff.:P:.]

Luckily I had some in another tank. It's still growing out, and going good. Love this stuff.