Help please!! how to tie Moss and rocks together?
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I use black thread. I just make a loop in the thread and slid the moss covered wood or rock through, tie it tight, and then wrap it a few more times and tie it again. Seems to work really well and I can't even see it after it's in the tank! Plus, I don't have to worry about removing it later or anything, it just rots away.
DAVIDFBT
Extinct? Since when?
Dangerdoll
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Are you serious or just kidding? I know superglue is aquarium safe, but i would have never thought about using it to stick moss down. If it actually works then i have solved my moss floating too much problem. lol.
i have never through of that....maybe i will give the super glue a try
but for now i have decided to use mesh...so hopefully it will work
but for now i have decided to use mesh...so hopefully it will work
DAVIDFBT
Extinct? Since when?
I personally wouldn't use superglue on the plants, it can't be healthy for them. Mesh and thread is the better way IMO.
Sounguru
Guru at being an expert
I have used superglue for years in and out of the tank.... It does not kill the plants or the fish unless you stick a fishie to your plant then that can be hairy.
Superglue has also been used by reef keepers to hold down live corals for years.
Once superglue comes in contact with water it skins over right away so what I do is put a drop on what I want to attach to like a wet piece of wood or rock let it skim them press the plant into the glue breaking the film that reforms right away holding the plant down.
I have used it to hold gown all types of mosses, ferns, and other stuff in my tanks. Only drawback I have found is if there is an area you can see the glue it will be white until the moss grows to cover it or it ages for a coulple of months.
Super glue is easier and a lot more versitle than string or mesh you can stick stuff to things you never could before and get them to stay.
I have 8 tanks all with superglued plants and rocks in the tanks some are over a year old and some are a few weeks in age no deaths of plants are animals in any. Some were fully stocked some just plants when the superglue was used.
Best type to use is the gel gives you more control by the way.
You can just search super glue on this forum and find plenty of post that say the same thing as I just posted.
Superglue has also been used by reef keepers to hold down live corals for years.
Once superglue comes in contact with water it skins over right away so what I do is put a drop on what I want to attach to like a wet piece of wood or rock let it skim them press the plant into the glue breaking the film that reforms right away holding the plant down.
I have used it to hold gown all types of mosses, ferns, and other stuff in my tanks. Only drawback I have found is if there is an area you can see the glue it will be white until the moss grows to cover it or it ages for a coulple of months.
Super glue is easier and a lot more versitle than string or mesh you can stick stuff to things you never could before and get them to stay.
I have 8 tanks all with superglued plants and rocks in the tanks some are over a year old and some are a few weeks in age no deaths of plants are animals in any. Some were fully stocked some just plants when the superglue was used.
Best type to use is the gel gives you more control by the way.
You can just search super glue on this forum and find plenty of post that say the same thing as I just posted.
