Tortula ruralis aka star moss

Finally after my winning bid on aquabid and having waited for weeks, my star moss finally arrived.( arrived weeks after my first auction won of subbwrasstang, but the star moss arrived first :wall.

Anyway, I haven't seen much information on star moss and it's scientific name Tortula ruralis.

But the package arrived on a 2x2 mesh and the plants look really tiny and I guess they got smooshed together. Anyone know if I should let them grow bigger first or try to detach the star moss from the moss and get some thread and attach to driftwood. Keep in mind, the the star moss is really tiny and about the size of a pin head from root to head. So maybe once off the mesh all the star moss will scatter and become a bigger pain :lipssealedsmilie:.

Also should I quarantine it, seeing I just rinsed it and places it straight into my 10 gallon shrimp tank with the high lighting and a bit of searchem flourish to help it grow.

What you can't see in the picture but in person would be some star moss are seperated from the smooshed parts and you can actual little star mosses leaves.

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Do you have any articles or hard proof on not being aquatic? If isn't aquatic I waited and wasted a few bucks on just getting it home :/.

I seen one article online about it growing on rocks, I am guessing the aquabid picture makes people skeptical that it is indeed aquatic. I will keep it in my tank and see how it grows out.

Picture of star moss underwater:

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/closed.cgi?view_closed_item&liveplantsm1198911156

vampie said:

Just a piece of info I picked up while browsing forums. You could probably run a search for "star moss" on plant forums and see what you get.

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I did a search on google with star moss and as well as the scientific name, and I did use other plant forums. I was looking for hands on experience with the moss.