I bought it on ebay as java moss. However, it seems to grow only upwards (I know it looks like it's not, that's because I've been rotating it - I'm trying to hide the mesh). Having never kept moss before, I don't know if this is normal java moss behaviour? So yeah... your guess is as good as mine over what type of moss it is! I got it with the shrimp in mind - I heard they like moss.What kind of moss is that on the rock?
I thought initially it was stringy moss, looks a lot like it, java moss doesn't like tropical tanks, it does best in very low temperature tanks, otherwise it goes thin and weak, which could be whats happening at the moment.hellohefalump said:I bought it on ebay as java moss. However, it seems to grow only upwards (I know it looks like it's not, that's because I've been rotating it - I'm trying to hide the mesh). Having never kept moss before, I don't know if this is normal java moss behaviour? So yeah... your guess is as good as mine over what type of moss it is! I got it with the shrimp in mind - I heard they like moss.What kind of moss is that on the rock?
so what mosses do you recommend as i have had java moss and it did ok but not great. can you recommend some cheap easy grow mosses that like warmer tanks (my tank is around 23-25C)LondonDragon said:I thought initially it was stringy moss, looks a lot like it, java moss doesn't like tropical tanks, it does best in very low temperature tanks, otherwise it goes thin and weak, which could be whats happening at the moment.hellohefalump said:I bought it on ebay as java moss. However, it seems to grow only upwards (I know it looks like it's not, that's because I've been rotating it - I'm trying to hide the mesh). Having never kept moss before, I don't know if this is normal java moss behaviour? So yeah... your guess is as good as mine over what type of moss it is! I got it with the shrimp in mind - I heard they like moss.What kind of moss is that on the rock?
All the other mosses do fine except Java moss, the best looking one I have found is Xmas moss and I also like the look of Spiky moss. Fissidens Fontanus on wood looks amazing too, have a look at my journals below for photos of various mosses I have had in my tank.Nick16 said:so what mosses do you recommend as i have had java moss and it did ok but not great. can you recommend some cheap easy grow mosses that like warmer tanks (my tank is around 23-25C)
I never had Java moss as personally I don't like it since there are better alternatives out there, this is all from what I have read in various places which state that it does better in "cold water".hellohefalump said:Paulo, how low is a very low temparature? I have turned the heater off on this tank - it's now 21-22 degrees centigrade.
I'm dubious that the moss is java, because someone emailed me who had also bought from the same ebay seller. They said that they'd bought 'java moss' and recieved ordinary garden moss.
hellohefalump said:wow from that link, I think you may be right!
I went to my LFS today, and couldn't resist buying three amano shrimp. They look HUGE compared to the cherries!
hellohefalump said:I'm sure the cherries have grown already!
I think one the amanos shed it's shell this morning. How do I tell the difference between a shed shell, and a dead shrimp? I can only see two live amanos, but ever since I put them in, one has been hiding. And now this shell/body? turns up...
Yeah never remove the shells, the shrimp will eat them again to re-enforce the new shellhellohefalump said:I've left it in for them to eat, I heard you're meant to do that.
LondonDragon said:I never had Java moss as personally I don't like it since there are better alternatives out there, this is all from what I have read in various places which state that it does better in "cold water".hellohefalump said:Paulo, how low is a very low temparature? I have turned the heater off on this tank - it's now 21-22 degrees centigrade.
I'm dubious that the moss is java, because someone emailed me who had also bought from the same ebay seller. They said that they'd bought 'java moss' and recieved ordinary garden moss.
At first glance it looked to me like String moss: http://www.aquamoss.net/String-Moss-Jap ... n-Moss.htm
But I could be wrong!!