building a moss wall for a 125 gallon tank

[Wateveryousay]

Are there any house hold products i can use for that affect or do i have to have fiberglass?

 

[Bk718]

the fiberglass screen is fairly cheap in homedepot. From what i remember it was around $5.50 tops

You can also get plastic mesh they sell at craft stores. Or stainless steel mesh

 

[Wateveryousay]

oh ok thats better than what i had thought

 

[spunjin]

Updates?

 

[zzyzx85]

Take a look at OP jaysen's 125G thread in the Photo Gallery section. Has some nice pictures of the filled in moss wall.

I also made a moss wall, using ideas from OP's as well as the one on aquamoss.net.

 

[AnDr3w]

Cool project.

 

["13"]

Hey that's a cool idea never thought of that. looks good

 

[cam191919]

lets see some updates

 

[Kashta]

a while back, a friend told me that if I put moss in a blender with a little egg or soymilk, I could make a paint, that you could paint concrete with and it would grow moss outdoors... I'm wondering if this could apply to moss wall building in the tank, by making a paint, dipping a single layer of screen in the paint, and then starting the growth in an empty, but 100% humid tank... once the moss was 1/8" long, I'd imagine you could fill the tank... just a tought. sorry, I'm rambling.

nice wall!

I realize this is an old thread, but since it's been resurrected..

They also use yogurt or buttermilk to grow terrestial mosses on rocks, brick, walkways... It's a starter culture for the moss to begin from. But they also need some kind of soil base for ferts after the milk/yogurt culture gets depleted. This would work only for terrestial mosses and for aquatic mosses than can be grown emersed. Some can be, some can't.

 

[neokao]

@jaysen....
I know this thread is old.
What's the mesh size of your fiber glass screen? Do you have a model #? Somebody said it is better to use 7~8 mm mesh (~1/4 inch ) for Moss wall but I could not find it in stores in USA. (Tried Homedepot and ACE already). Any suggestions? I already used a mesh screen from ACE but I doubt that Moss will poke through the mesh. Thanks.