louis_last
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Is there anybody here growing this species? I am obsessed with fissidens and my most treasured posession is a few small patches of Fissidens splachnabryoides. The reason I like F. splachnabryoides so much is that it's absolutely tiny and one of relatively few fissidens species that seem to truly adapt to aquatic growth and spreads laterally across stones and wood over time whereas many others sold for aquariums never truly thrive submersed, becoming leggy and eteliolated as they stretch upwards towards the light without ever naturally spreading and propagating themselves underwater.
I believe that species like 'Mallorca' and 'Miroshaki' share this truly aquatic growth habit with splachnabryoides but I can't source them in the UK without spending about £50 to get them from Poland or Germany. I was recently able to trade an extremely rare terrestrial fern for a small portion of Fissidens sp. 'vietnam' that is growing surprisingly quickly in an emersed setup on gley substrate. It looks very much like F. splachnabryoides so I'm optimistic that it may thrive submersed but I can find no discussion of it online only listings offering it for sale that only ever include pictures of tiny patches that may or may not have been grown submersed.
Does anybody here grow this species or know anything about it? pictures of in tank growth would be immensely appreciated.
Here's a couple of pictures showing the growth of F. splachnabryoides over time on lava rock if anyone is curious. In the second picture there's another Fissidens species visible too that's slightly larger and a lighter green - possibly F. rufulus. The pink stuff in the first picture some of you will recognise as dead staghorn algae that liked the fresh lava rock for some reason.
I believe that species like 'Mallorca' and 'Miroshaki' share this truly aquatic growth habit with splachnabryoides but I can't source them in the UK without spending about £50 to get them from Poland or Germany. I was recently able to trade an extremely rare terrestrial fern for a small portion of Fissidens sp. 'vietnam' that is growing surprisingly quickly in an emersed setup on gley substrate. It looks very much like F. splachnabryoides so I'm optimistic that it may thrive submersed but I can find no discussion of it online only listings offering it for sale that only ever include pictures of tiny patches that may or may not have been grown submersed.
Does anybody here grow this species or know anything about it? pictures of in tank growth would be immensely appreciated.
Here's a couple of pictures showing the growth of F. splachnabryoides over time on lava rock if anyone is curious. In the second picture there's another Fissidens species visible too that's slightly larger and a lighter green - possibly F. rufulus. The pink stuff in the first picture some of you will recognise as dead staghorn algae that liked the fresh lava rock for some reason.