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There have been a couple posts lately about terrestrial mosses and whether they will survive in the aquarium. Here is a moss (no idea on what Genus or species...just a common moss found around East Texas in shady areas) that I collected about 3 weeks ago from a sidewalk at work.
I put it in a 1 quart tupperware with some other aquatic plants/mosses on my desk at the office and kept it under a 30 watt flourescent fixture (and set it outside a few days when the weather was nice). All the emersed growth turned very dark/brown after 1 week. Then, new submersed growth started showing up. It looks the same as what the emersed growth did at the time I collected it (currently, the emersed moss outside that I left alone is in a reproductive stage), except much lighter in color. The lighter color may be from low nutrients (the flame moss and fissidens I have in the same container are also very light compared to my tank at home).
Under a 10X magnifier:
I'm going to bring some to the house soon, once I'm sure I can keep it from getting covered in algae. I'll post updates as they come.
-Dave


I put it in a 1 quart tupperware with some other aquatic plants/mosses on my desk at the office and kept it under a 30 watt flourescent fixture (and set it outside a few days when the weather was nice). All the emersed growth turned very dark/brown after 1 week. Then, new submersed growth started showing up. It looks the same as what the emersed growth did at the time I collected it (currently, the emersed moss outside that I left alone is in a reproductive stage), except much lighter in color. The lighter color may be from low nutrients (the flame moss and fissidens I have in the same container are also very light compared to my tank at home).


Under a 10X magnifier:

I'm going to bring some to the house soon, once I'm sure I can keep it from getting covered in algae. I'll post updates as they come.
-Dave