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ID This Moss, Please.

Dave Spencer

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This is what I found growing out of my hairgrass. i think it`s Christmas moss, but I admittedly don`t know anything about mosses.

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Cheers, Dave.
 
i'd say it was a Taxiphyllum of some sort but you would need to view it under a microscope to be sure which one as the differences can be microscopic.

i have quite a few species of moss in my collection but i would need a sample to do a comparrison.

Nice photo BTW :)
 
Thanks for the replies, chaps.

Sam, that link you gave would suggest that it is Peacock moss. Cool!

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Dave.
 
You seem to know your mosses, Arana. is this type particularly rare or is it just another of the common ones? I`ll be interested to see how it grows.

it seems to be showing new growth already, so there should be some available to people before long.

Dave.

EDIT: Cheers for the compliment, Dan. Wish I was getting a few tips from Neil Hepworth, though.
 
peacock moss is not that rare. It's just lucky that you got some stuck in other plant delivered to you. Personally I think it's one of the most beautiful and versatile moss. Colour ranges from pale green to dark green and it has a fixed triangular form that just keeps getting bigger and bigger and it gives the whole tank a very soft kinda touch to it. Althought christmas moss are the same shape when it's grown attached to a moss wall, it always seemed to make the tank look rough. I used to have loads of peacock moss when I was bredding cheerry but ended up giving them all away from the price of a peanut when I moved out of my house :(
 
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