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What is your favorite moss or liverwort? What is the best for aquascaping?
Lets see what you got!
Fissidens fontanus:
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Lets see what you got!
Fissidens fontanus:
Whats your favorite moss/liverwort
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I voted "Other" because my favorite is Flame Moss. I don't have a good pic, but it grows straight up in a wavy/curly pattern that looks just like a flame (only green 
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I am switching to all christmas moss, I love the way it looks. Sorry no pics as of yet.
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My favorite has to be Mini-pellia. Looks amazing and so detailed. All Fissedens are also a huge favorite of mine. Currently I have Phoenix Moss- US Fissidens, Fissiden sp zippelianus. Star Moss or "concrete moss" has been growing in my tank submerged for 2 months :happy: My theory is that if you tie it to a river rock it should grow, apparently this moss likes a high alkalinity. go figure.
I currently have 15 different moss's/liverworts in the "moss pharm". Always looking for more.
I love moss. :mrgreen:
It has grown out a little more then this pic. I'll update this weekend after a Riccia trim.
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I currently have 15 different moss's/liverworts in the "moss pharm". Always looking for more.
I love moss. :mrgreen:
It has grown out a little more then this pic. I'll update this weekend after a Riccia trim.
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Wow Jeff, that looks really nice! You are even growing the one everybody said was non aquatic! Phoenix moss is Fissidens fontanus, in case anybody was wondering. You need some subwassertang in there!
I am writing a magazine article on mosses and liverworts, for either TFH or AFI. Would you be interested in having photos of this tank published in the magazine with the article? Email me and we can talk about it! Experiment with different shots, different angles.
I am writing a magazine article on mosses and liverworts, for either TFH or AFI. Would you be interested in having photos of this tank published in the magazine with the article? Email me and we can talk about it! Experiment with different shots, different angles.
I like that one too. Isn't that the same plant as "erect moss"?
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No, Flame is a Taxiphyllum, and Erect is a Vesicularia. Here's the site I got that info from:
http://www.aquamoss.net/Moss-List.htm
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Thanks Robert! I have most definitely have subwassertang growing in there it's just taking its time to grow out. [smilie=h: The riccia dominates the tank in terms of growth and hides the four large rocks of different pellias. And I'd love to be in the article! I'll send you a pm tonight Robert. Here's a link to my "Moss Pharm" journal.
[URL]http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/53779-moss-pharm-journal.html[/URL]
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Nice tank! I'm jealous.My favorite has to be Mini-pellia. Looks amazing and so detailed. All Fissedens are also a huge favorite of mine. Currently I have Phoenix Moss- US Fissidens, Fissiden sp zippelianus. Star Moss or "concrete moss" has been growing in my tank submerged for 2 months :happy: My theory is that if you tie it to a river rock it should grow, apparently this moss likes a high alkalinity. go figure.
I currently have 15 different moss's/liverworts in the "moss pharm". Always looking for more.
I love moss. :mrgreen:
It has grown out a little more then this pic. I'll update this weekend after a Riccia trim.
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mini pellia is my personal fav
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Here's a pic of Flame Moss from the aquamoss site.
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Nice picture
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Cool! Is that growing on something, or just on top of the substrate? How long did it take to cover that much of an area?
Its on large rocks, substrate, and wood. It doesn't root much at all, tieing it to things and putting bits into the substrate seems to work fine. If you pull it up a couple months later it will have some small rocks sticking to it.
I'm not sure how long it took, but I bought a small portion last fall. I've got about twice the amount in the picture now.
I'm not sure how long it took, but I bought a small portion last fall. I've got about twice the amount in the picture now.
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Would you call it a fast grower?
I believe mine is growing much faster than that. I bought 1 portion (2"x2") from Aquaticmagic, I got it Feb 29th of this year, so not as long ago as I thought. I took the pic below today. I've had this plant almost 6 months and its grown quite a bit from the original amount I received. The tank is a 20H gal./ 2.75wpg/ pressurized co2/ store bought ferts. It does pearl every now and then. I'm still working on covering the whole foreground.
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