ID This Moss, Please.

[Dave Spencer]

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.



Cheers, Dave.

 

[Tom]

Doesn't look like xmas moss to me, but I don't know what it is

 

[james3200]

Looks like willow moss to me

 

[Arana]

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 🙂

 

[Themuleous]

Dave,

Have you checked

http://www.aquamoss.net/

?

Sam

 

[Dave Spencer]

Thanks for the replies, chaps.

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



Dave.

 

[Dan Crawford]

Dave, why do you insist on making me feel like i don't deserve to own a camera! LOL 😀

 

[Arana]

Peacock is one of my favourite Taxiphyllums, if it is Peacock you have been very lucky 8)

 

[Dave Spencer]

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.

 

[daniel19831123]

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 🙁

 

[Arana]

You seem to know your mosses, Arana.

I'm no expert that's for sure! but i do love them. i have about fifteen different mosses at the mo but whenever i have tried to purchase this one it never seems to survive the post. 🙁