Moss bridge with superglue
Based on this thread, I've salvaged a bunch of loose java moss from my main driftwood (It's grown amazingly well since I added a light and started using Flourish.)
http://www.wendamus.com/guppies/fish/Moss Bridge 08.html
I have been dividing small tanks for guppy breeding, so I have a lot of bits of craft mesh lying around, and I decided I'd make a moss bridge. (It would have been a moss wall if the shape of my extra mesh had fit... )
I learned a few things as I did it... One, Superglue sticks to fingers more than it sticks to wet moss or plastic mesh. Two, drying the moss off helps a LOT. Three, Superglue on fingers makes typing this message odd. Four, it seems to be working great!
I laid the mesh out on my counter, then dotted the slightly thicker branches of the moss with superglue, then pressed them against the mesh. In retrospect, it would have been better to hold them down with toothpicks or similar while letting them dry in place, as my fingers are not precise instruments and half the time the moss stuck to my fingers instead of the mesh.
I did the biggest pieces of moss first, then went back and filled in spaces with little bits that had come loose.
Then I realized that it would probably float if I just dropped it in the tank, so I glued a rock at each end. This required a lot of glue, and took a long time to dry.
Finally, I used some thread to pull the ends of the bridge towards each other until the mesh was arch-shaped, then dropped the whole thing in the tank.
So far the java moss looks pretty good, and the fish seem fine, and the shrimp seem fine, and the only victim in the superglue mess is the tips of my fingers....
Anyone got a good superglue remover?
