Fissidens

[mike455555]

quick and easy question is there any types of Fissidens from SE asia?

 

[Henry]

Fissidens gardneri is distributed across the Asian continent, as well as Africa apparently. Might be worth a look.

Having said that, it looks to be terrestrial.

 

[mike455555]

thanks =]any clue where i can source some?

 

[Henry]

See above edit

 

[mike455555]

ohh that sucks, wheres your info from, id like a read =]

 

[Henry]

There's also Fissidens sp. 'Singapore'. I've no idea where you might source these plants.

 

[mike455555]

thanks i think ebay or somewhere might have the singapore one

 

[Henry]

I googled "fissidens asia" There's not an awful lot on there though, apart from F. fontanus.

Are you trying to stick to a biotope? I tried the same thing and decided a few concessions needed to be made to get the look I wanted. There are a large number of regular moss species from Asia, but none as attractive as F. fontanus. Vessicularia ferriei has similar overlapping growth, however.

 

[mike455555]

iv got Vessicularia ferriei already and bit of F.font , and i know F font is my fav moss at the moment, but trying todo a SE asia biotope, or even just asian at a push thanks for your help =]

 

[Henry]

As an aside, since you're going for a SE Asian biotope, this lady is worth a look: blackwater breeding teabags, Ketapang betta fighter discus items in Amy's Ketapang Indian Almond Leaves Catappa store on eBay!
I bought the D grade leaves and they're brilliant!

 

[MirandaB]

I saw a fissidens "Thailand" on ebay but that's coming from abroad so you might have to be careful in case of pesticides.

 

[mike455555]

thanks, i wasnt going to put leave in it, i was just going to chose plants/fish from the area

thanks i'll have a look, you got a link?