What is the easiest moss to grow?

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jbreyy

Discussion Starter · Jul 25, 2012

I have a 10g tank with DIY CO2 being diffused by a Hagen Elite, 26 watts coming from two CFLs about two inches above the tank, Flourite as a substrate, and I dose with Flourish and Flourish Excel.

I want to tie the moss to a porous rock, so suggestions on where to get one and what kind to use would be great. In my old tank which was not set up for plants at all, I had Xmas Moss growing on a piece of Malaysian driftwood, and after a few months it really attached and started to spread, so I was thinking of going with that again.

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DennisSingh

· #2 · Jul 26, 2012

any of the taxiphyllum sp's are the easiest

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WallaceGrover

· #3 · Jul 27, 2012

I heard Java was, I have Java but I can't compare it to anything so I can't speak from personal experience. It likes cooler temps though, or so I've heard...

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xmas_one

· #4 · Jul 27, 2012

They are all pretty easy.

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jbreyy

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jul 28, 2012

Just put some flaming moss on some lava rock.

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TwoTacoCombo

· #6 · Jul 28, 2012

Moss is pretty bomb proof. I've got Java, Taiwan, Flame, Fissidens, Peacock, Rose, and a couple others that I have no ID on, and I haven't been able to kill any of it no matter what I've done to my tanks. If you've got light and water, you've got what it takes to grow most mosses. If you really want to ensure it'll grow, co2 injection made mine take off and grow like weeds.

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larcat

· #7 · Jul 28, 2012

I can tell you that we use CDC like procedures to prevent getting even the tiniest sprig of Java Moss into our tanks now.

They stuff is worse than something like Duck weed. It. Never. Dies.

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Vermino

· #8 · Jul 28, 2012

jbreyy said:
Just put some flaming moss on some lava rock.

your flame moss looks so different from mine :confused1:.. I hope mine is actually flame moss or someone is gonna get an ear-full

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Rony11

· #9 · Jul 28, 2012

I have about 16-17 types of mosses but the easiest are Java and flame moss.

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jbreyy

Discussion Starter · #10 · Jul 28, 2012

Vermino said:
your flame moss looks so different from mine :confused1:.. I hope mine is actually flame moss or someone is gonna get an ear-full

Hmm, maybe its just the way i matted mine all together and tied it down?

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jbreyy

Discussion Starter · #11 · Jul 28, 2012

Rony11 said:
I have about 16-17 types of mosses but the easiest are Java and flame moss.

I didn't even know there were that many in the hobby.

Have you had any experience with Riccia? I really want to try some out, but I have heard a lot of terrible things about it.

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dannylc

· #12 · Jul 28, 2012

Anyone know how to grow moss from scratch........ Bucket of water in a sunny spot in the garden with a couple of rocks?

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jbreyy

Discussion Starter · #13 · Jul 28, 2012

All you will get is algae rocks, not moss!

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