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Fat Guy · 12-16-2003, 03:26 PM

SCM.

How do you plant your bog moss? I didn't really plant it at all.

**SCMurphy** · 12-16-2003, 03:59 PM

Bog moss? I've never heard it called that, we usually just call it Mayaca.

I take 4 or 5 stems and push the bunch into the gravel with a pair of tweezers. When I trim I usually plant everything I trimmed off, back into the tank the same way, and I don't remove the old stems. The old stems usually have taken root for me so I end up with a lot of plants as they regrow. I do this with all of my "thin stemmed" stem plants. Other plants with thicker stems are individualy planted with the tweezers.

I also allow anything I trimmed off the plants for the initial planting to float around in the tank to see if it will produce some more stems for me. I like getting just a single stem from someone and turning it into a forest.

Fat Guy · 12-16-2003, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SCMurphy

Bog moss? I've never heard it called that, we usually just call it Mayaca.

I just read that on a website

(http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/maflpic.html)

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCMurphy

I also allow anything I trimmed off the plants for the initial planting to float around in the tank to see if it will produce some more stems for me. I like getting just a single stem from someone and turning it into a forest.

Excellent idea!!

Nordic · 12-16-2003, 04:24 PM

Will take some tommorrow, feeling a bit retarded tonight...

hubbahubbahehe · 12-16-2003, 07:15 PM

yea it looks like mayaca fluviatilis

Fat Guy · 12-18-2003, 02:28 PM

12.17.03

I don't know if you can see in these photos, but I have a plant growing out of my ball of riccia that isn't riccia. I'll find the name in a second here.

Fat Guy · 12-18-2003, 02:31 PM

Also have a tiger lotus sprout coming up out of the substrate.

This one used to be huge and after I moved, I thought that I killed it, but I left a tiny stem and root buried in the substrate.

George, when should I get rid of the aponogeton ulvaceus?

George Willms · 12-18-2003, 04:46 PM

If you wait too long to remove the aponogeton you will also have to remove a HUGE root system, so I'd remove and give it away as soon as possible.

Fat Guy · 12-18-2003, 05:05 PM

Do you think I should just stick it in my 38g lowlight tank?

I'm gonna pull it tonight.

George Willms · 12-18-2003, 05:08 PM

Is the 38 taller? It doesn't matter about light levels really, it will eventually grow huge, but you'd be better off in the 38, if it's lower light it will take longer to grow so big.

Fat Guy · 12-18-2003, 05:20 PM

Thanks for the help George. I'm gonna stick it in the 38 tank.

It'll grow slower. I haven't really set up the 38 for plants yet, so it'll take some time for it to grow. How about that sunset hygro in that picture, man does that stuff take off.

Also, I've got a plant growing out of the riccia ball that isn't riccia.

Love when that stuff happens.

Fat Guy · 12-18-2003, 05:23 PM

It kind'a looks like limniphola.

Fat Guy · 12-18-2003, 05:26 PM

this may be a crappy picture, it's out of focus, but it's the only one I've got at work right now.

It's on the left side of the riccia ball growing up.

George Willms · 12-18-2003, 06:12 PM

Yeah it looks like Limnophila to me too. Now that stuff is a weed!!!!

Fat Guy · 12-18-2003, 06:32 PM

I think it's pretty cool how it just started growing out of my riccia ball.

I guess it got scooped up with the stuff. I love those little extras. That's how I got my water sprites.

12-16-2003, 03:26 PM	#16
Fat Guy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new york, new york Posts: 1,376	SCM. How do you plant your bog moss? I didn't really plant it at all. __________________ ADA Mini M Fluval Edge

12-16-2003, 03:59 PM	#17
SCMurphy PT Biologist (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Maryland USA Posts: 3,197	Bog moss? I've never heard it called that, we usually just call it Mayaca. I take 4 or 5 stems and push the bunch into the gravel with a pair of tweezers. When I trim I usually plant everything I trimmed off, back into the tank the same way, and I don't remove the old stems. The old stems usually have taken root for me so I end up with a lot of plants as they regrow. I do this with all of my "thin stemmed" stem plants. Other plants with thicker stems are individualy planted with the tweezers. I also allow anything I trimmed off the plants for the initial planting to float around in the tank to see if it will produce some more stems for me. I like getting just a single stem from someone and turning it into a forest. __________________ Sean Aquascape? I'm a crypt farmer. It's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot. That IS an aquascape, it's titled "The Vacant Lot".

12-16-2003, 04:24 PM	#19
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12-16-2003, 07:15 PM	#20
hubbahubbahehe Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fremont, California Posts: 1,315	yea it looks like mayaca fluviatilis __________________ Eheim Pimp Club Member #32

12-18-2003, 02:28 PM	#21
Fat Guy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new york, new york Posts: 1,376	12.17.03 I don't know if you can see in these photos, but I have a plant growing out of my ball of riccia that isn't riccia. I'll find the name in a second here. __________________ ADA Mini M Fluval Edge

12-18-2003, 02:31 PM	#22
Fat Guy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new york, new york Posts: 1,376	Also have a tiger lotus sprout coming up out of the substrate. This one used to be huge and after I moved, I thought that I killed it, but I left a tiny stem and root buried in the substrate. George, when should I get rid of the aponogeton ulvaceus? __________________ ADA Mini M Fluval Edge

12-18-2003, 04:46 PM	#23
George Willms Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Rutherford, NJ Posts: 1,433	If you wait too long to remove the aponogeton you will also have to remove a HUGE root system, so I'd remove and give it away as soon as possible. __________________ George #2 Ehfipimp extraordinaire! Eheim Pimp Club Recruiter, Saergant at Arms, and Enforcer. 29 and 45 gallon. 2026, 2028 My 29 gallon tank

12-18-2003, 05:05 PM	#24
Fat Guy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new york, new york Posts: 1,376	Do you think I should just stick it in my 38g lowlight tank? I'm gonna pull it tonight. __________________ ADA Mini M Fluval Edge

12-18-2003, 05:08 PM	#25
George Willms Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Rutherford, NJ Posts: 1,433	Is the 38 taller? It doesn't matter about light levels really, it will eventually grow huge, but you'd be better off in the 38, if it's lower light it will take longer to grow so big. __________________ George #2 Ehfipimp extraordinaire! Eheim Pimp Club Recruiter, Saergant at Arms, and Enforcer. 29 and 45 gallon. 2026, 2028 My 29 gallon tank

12-18-2003, 05:20 PM	#26
Fat Guy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new york, new york Posts: 1,376	Thanks for the help George. I'm gonna stick it in the 38 tank. It'll grow slower. I haven't really set up the 38 for plants yet, so it'll take some time for it to grow. How about that sunset hygro in that picture, man does that stuff take off. Also, I've got a plant growing out of the riccia ball that isn't riccia. Love when that stuff happens. __________________ ADA Mini M Fluval Edge

12-18-2003, 05:23 PM	#27
Fat Guy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new york, new york Posts: 1,376	It kind'a looks like limniphola. __________________ ADA Mini M Fluval Edge

12-18-2003, 05:26 PM	#28
Fat Guy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new york, new york Posts: 1,376	this may be a crappy picture, it's out of focus, but it's the only one I've got at work right now. It's on the left side of the riccia ball growing up. __________________ ADA Mini M Fluval Edge

12-18-2003, 06:12 PM	#29
George Willms Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Rutherford, NJ Posts: 1,433	Yeah it looks like Limnophila to me too. Now that stuff is a weed!!!! __________________ George #2 Ehfipimp extraordinaire! Eheim Pimp Club Recruiter, Saergant at Arms, and Enforcer. 29 and 45 gallon. 2026, 2028 My 29 gallon tank

12-18-2003, 06:32 PM	#30
Fat Guy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new york, new york Posts: 1,376	I think it's pretty cool how it just started growing out of my riccia ball. I guess it got scooped up with the stuff. I love those little extras. That's how I got my water sprites. __________________ ADA Mini M Fluval Edge

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