Java moss

[fballguy]

I was just wondering how you use this stuff in an aquarium. The only java moss I have seen has been growing in a big ball. Do you just stick the ball in your tank? or spread it out somehow? just wondering...

 

[quiksilver]

do wat ever you want with it break it up, float it, just let it go, tie it to things the list is endless

 

[gatotsu77]

Funny, I was just about to post some questions about java moss too, so I'll do so here instead of in a new thread. How does one go about siphoning the gravel underneath java moss without destroying/disrupting it? How much light does it need? (best I can find is "low" which really doesn't qualify anything... I've only got 0.6 wpg on my tank right now (the lights that came with it) so I don't know if they're bright enough) What are the co2 requirements for it? (can't find anything at all about it) I like the natural look it gives things, and I want to give it a shot... but I want to be semi-informed about my decision before going ahead and doing it.

 

[Gumby131]

i really regret buying it, becouse it attaches itself to everything and looks like spiderwebs everwhere in the tank as it dies off

 

[quiksilver]

thats why you trim it and take he dead stuff out

 

[quiksilver]

just looked at your tank that stump looks cool as you could tie it to a rock using fishing line or float it up in the top right.

 

[twig]

Java Moss looks a lot nicer when its atached to soemthing. For whatever reason it just developes more fully.

Look at a bunch of Amano pictures to see how moss can be used to make driftwood look much more natural.

 

[fballguy]

How could I go about attaching it to the stump?

 

[fballguy]

The stump is plastic btw, will the moss stick to plastic?

 

[sly2kusa]

I've been told when attaching plants you simply need to use regular sewing thread (and that it will desolve away after time).

I don't know that I'd use fishing line, but whatever works I suppose.