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I've not noticed any tendency for my moss to grow towards light - moss benefits from really hard trimming anyway so you can keep it in shape and transplant any cuttings to "bald" patches. Just as an aside i followed SteveUK's advice and use Bonsai wire to secure all my moss and rhizome plants...

\difficult mate - could you post pics of what is happening and also provide details of where you buy your plants? Cheers, Matt

Re: Plant ID? difficult to tell without a close up. I'd guess at either eleocharis parvula or echinodorus tenellus but might well be wrong. Post up where you got the pic maybe - someone might know it

I've probably asked this already (had a pint or two this afternoon...) but why not just flood it? M

go for tropica 12grow staurogyne when you buy - it's so much easier than messing round with rockwool and the portion sizes are great! M

Any chance they could have been missold? They look more like anubias to me!

quick way to check gas distribution it to have a good close look at the mist created by your atomizer - it should be reaching EVERYWHERE without exception. If it's not, fiddle with the flow until it does! As a couple of people have said you have plenty of flow, but if it doesn't work together...

This makes sense (and, in theory at least, should be transferrable across most plants) as the lighter green means a lower density of chlorophyll (if i remember my GCSE biology correctly), as the plant needs less chlorophyll under bright conditions. interesting stuff! Matt

if you're dosing daily carbon you'll be increasing your plant's nutrient demands across the board, so i'd say add a comprehensive fert regime and that should sort it out. NPK once a week and no micros doesn't sound enough to maintain plant health i'm afraid! Hope this helps, Matt

anubias and mosses are my favourite at the moment! Matt

I know...it's going to go into my mossy shrimpy nano...which i started setting up last night and i'm unfeasibly excited about. I'm 32 for god's sake and i'm excited by a frickin' fish tank! Like i say i've not seen much (if any) growth but it's certainly holding its own! Cheers Matt

I've got some growing (all be it very slowly!) in a couple of low tech setups. been in there for a few weeks and it's not exactly taking off, but equally it's not dying back either and all leaves seem healthy and green. This is without either LC or gas in either tank hope this helps, matt

Chives? :D Matt

You really are the guru Matt...

i've just set up a moss growing shelf in a sunny spot using Asda tumblers - 3 quid for six! Looks fantastic with the different textures of the mosses. And they're all pearling after their first water change so something must be working! Thanks for the great info Matt. Mods - could this thread be...

incidentally i was thinking about something like a moss 'waterfall' as an experiment - shallow tray set at an angle with a filter intake at the bottom and spray bar at the top. Mosses then glued or sewn to foam pads and that way they should have loads of clean water flowing over them to move any...

that's superb! I'd done a search for 'growing moss' not 'growing mosses'. i'll be following your advice as soon as i get a minute to set some jars up! Thanks again'

can i bump this please! I'm thinking of setting up a grow out tank for mosses but can't seem to nail down the best growing conditions! All help and comments much appreciated! Matt

Thanks guys! Darrell - i'd be really interested in some moss but my pm's seem not to be sending! Cheers Matt

cheers a1Matt - really useful info! ANy idea on where these can be sourced (either bought or preferred natural habitat that they may be collected from legalities permitting) Matt

Re: Red Colored Plants Require High Lighting Levels to Grow hi there, George farmer is looking at this in this thread http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=14467 Hope this helps, Matt

I use cyanoacrylate gel - (think it's Loctite brand) after a recommendation from someone on here. the important bit is to make sure it's cyanoacrylate glue as this is non-toxic, unlike some other glues Cheers! Matt

Not having CO2 is NOT a problem - this site, by it's very nature, is full of hi-tech tanks with everything on them, but once you scratch the surface you see that most members also keep one or more low-tech tanks (probably because they are much, much cheaper!). Hi tech tanks grow plants quickly...

Hello all, I've just been to my LFS (Ferrybridge Aquatics - brilliant for livestock!) and was browsing their plants when i came across "Microsorum Pteropus Decoupe". Look exactly like Microsorum Windelov but £3.50 a pot! Needless to say i bought both pots they had. I was jjust wondering if...