my clean moss tank

[StrungOut]

Lets see how this goes, set up 8/22/12, roughly 2 weeks into it and moss has already started to grow as well as brown out

Specs
30 gallon clear life acrylic tank
odyssea 24" 2xt5 6500k bulbs
AC? & AC? filters
UV sterilizer intank filter
Pure RO water(seachem equilibrium to remineralize)
Mr Aquasoil/fluval stratum substrate

fauna
1 Blue Bolt Shrimp

flora (left to right)
mini xmas
weeping
xmas
peacock

[moosenart]

Looking good, cant wait to see growth!

[StrungOut]

Can't wait either, its taking too long, new growth looks nice on certain mosses

Nothing to see yet, same day(8/22) photos

weeping

mini xmas


xmas

peacock can't get a good photo of because of the angle, I have moved the wood since slightly but still can't get focus from my camera

[StrungOut]

8/24
What a dissappointment weeping moss already starts browning

xmas moss and peacock moss start to grow 8/26

[StrungOut]

8/29 initial few days photoperiod was only 4 hours a day at night, now I'm gradually increasing it, there was two days straight I left the light on overnight and forgot to turn them off.
willow moss added(I lucked out and got this with some shrimps I got)

[StrungOut]

8/31
peacock is fastest grower


stainless steel mesh I stripped mini xmas and weeping off of for the wood(could care less about the mesh pieces in the tank)



mini xmas starting to grow




xmas(too bad I bought it with hair algae, but this is a hard moss to find the true stuff, I'm being positive that it'll outgrow it)

[StrungOut]

Fast forward and now we're up to date 9/5

Still hope for weeping moss




Ack whats that on my xmas moss

[StrungOut]

mini xmas



peaCoCk





That is all, I will try and update this weekly to see how it goes

[acitydweller]

Nice progress. i'm looking forward to putting together a moss only tank as well!

[StrungOut]

Originally Posted by acitydweller

Nice progress. i'm looking forward to putting together a moss only tank as well!

Good to hear, I love moss tanks.

Awesome! I think my next shrimp tank might be moss only...

Way to go

Inspiring!

I just got mini pellia and fissidens Fontana on steel mesh.

Am wondering which one to use as carpet in my shrimp tank. Someone told me Amanos eat fissidens.

I'd like to see either as a carpet

[SpecGrrl]

Originally Posted by StrungOut

Good to hear, I love moss tanks.



Way to go



I'd like to see either as a carpet

The pellia isn't thriving I think not enough light.

Will be buying a new lamp once my RAOK from hydrophyte arrives.

The fissidens looks great, the lamp on the Spec 2 is doing well for it.

[StrungOut]

Originally Posted by SpecGrrl

The pellia isn't thriving I think not enough light.

Will be buying a new lamp once my RAOK from hydrophyte arrives.

The fissidens looks great, the lamp on the Spec 2 is doing well for it.

You got co2 for the pellia? Its a slow enough grower without it.

[StrungOut]

Not much as happen since last week. Just a little growth, I

Mini xmas starting to take off a little


And still got this brown crud on part of my xmas moss, I siphoned most of it and it just came back



We'll see if I get more growth next week, all I do is top off the water with pure RO, no remineralizer to lower tds for my blue bolts. Last I checked tds was 120

[Drift Monkey]

Awesome! I think my next shrimp tank might be moss only...

[SpecGrrl]

Inspiring!

I just got mini pellia and fissidens Fontana on steel mesh.

Am wondering which one to use as carpet in my shrimp tank. Someone told me Amanos eat fissidens.