Java Moss

Subject: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:04 am

Looking into buying a lot of this stuff for breeding purposes so the betta babies can hide from parents if need be and just in general for growout tanks and all of my betta tanks including the jarred ones. Is this a good idea i dont really know anything about aquarium plants just use the fake ones lol any help would be thanked

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:47 pm

I've never used live plants so i cant help ya. You could use some coconut shells with some holes in them halved of course. I'm sure you could look on aquabid, ebay and find some stuff on there.Here is a link to a place i sometimes use. Very Happy

http://www.kensfish.com/breedingsupplieslinks.html

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:37 pm

You could use one of these (click)

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:43 pm

ok but i think i will just go with the java moss just wanted to run it by you guys and see if you guys thought it was a bad idea

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:45 pm

You can make a java mass wall!

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:47 pm

i did see an idea about that and will probably try it and have like a little grass patch on the bottom of the tanks

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:02 pm

Mike your into planted tanks right.

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

I've had very mixed results with java moss. Either it grows like a weed and I need to cut it out of places or it goes brown near instantly.

I'm not sure what are good plants for fry to hide in though either. I'm guessing bushy but not delicate would work best.

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:10 pm

saint_felony wrote:: I've had very mixed results with java moss. Either it grows like a weed and I need to cut it out of places or it goes brown near instantly.

I'm not sure what are good plants for fry to hide in though either. I'm guessing bushy but not delicate would work best.

I've never been able to kill the stuff, until my tank at work. It turned brown right after I put a new light bulb in. It did great when the old bulb was in there.

I've had livebearers, danios and barbs all spawn in tanks with java moss, and had a few fry make it to adulthood by hidin' in the stuff until they were full grown. It can't hurt to try it, JS. Go for it.

WYite

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:10 pm

detroitfish wrote:: Mike your into planted tanks right.

Yes I am, My discus tank is planted.

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

Hrm. You remember what bulb you had Wyite, and what you switched it to? Maybe it's just as simple as the wrong type of light for some of the tanks making it not grow.

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:16 pm

Wyomingite wrote:: I'v enever been able to kill the stuff, until my tank at work. It turned brown right after I put a new light bulb in. It did great when the old bulb was in there.

I've had livebearers, danios and barbs all spawn in tanks with java moss, and had a few fry make it to adulthood by hidin' in the stuff until they were full grown. It can't hurt to try it, JS. Go for it.

WYite

The Light was most likely too strong. Java moss is a low light plant, your old bulb was probably the right amount of light that the moss needed and when you added the new light it gave off more light than the moss could process and subsequently died.

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:18 pm

Oh I get a tripple word score for subsequently Cool

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:24 pm

The Light was most likely too strong. Java moss is a low light plant, your old bulb was probably the right amount of light that the moss needed and when you added the new light it gave off more light than the moss could process and subsequently died.[/quote]

That was my guess, but it didn't affect my java fern, nor did it improve growth in my anubias. I've kept a java fern in higher watt:gallon ratios before, but that was always when it was shaded by other plants. So I was thinkin' it may have been due to the placement of the moss.

Thanks, Mike.

WYite

Subject: Re: Java Moss Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:13 pm

Subject: Re: Java Moss Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:35 pm

I don't think light can be to strong for a plant unless it burns it. But an increase in lighting can cause other plants to uptake more nutrients and starve the moss.

Your changing the bulb was an indirect cause of the demise of the java moss, not a direct cause.

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