[3e2wd3w4erd3w4er]

I thought this stuff is supposed to be indestructable? I have in a half filled 10g aquarium at 74F with some betta fry. Since I got it it just turns brown, then turns very light and melts and rots away. I put some in my other small betta tanks at cooler temp, same problem. W am I doing wrong? How cursed am I that java moss is dying on me?

 

[somewhatshocked]

No one will be able to help you determine what's going on unless you provide more detail about your tank, unfortunately.

 

[3e2wd3w4erd3w4er]

10 Gallon aquarium with 5 inches of water, 74F, new water I bred bettas in, a week ago, now there is fry. Dechlorinated tap water.

Same problems in a bowl of 70F water with a betta in it, it just dies. I don't have money for a test kit unfortunately. No matter waht I do it just dies. I thought it supposed to be a hardy plant.

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

Where did you get the Java moss? Sometimes it’s sold as Java but it’s really not and it’s really a terrestrial moss that wouldn’t survive submerged. I’d make sure to purchase it from a reliable source if that’s the case. It is an easy moss but it’s also the scraggliest and least attractive, especially low tech.

 

[DaniosForever]

I agree with Mr.Shenanagins it could be a different moss type

 

[3e2wd3w4erd3w4er]

Where did you get the Java moss? Sometimes it’s sold as Java but it’s really not and it’s really a terrestrial moss that wouldn’t survive submerged. I’d make sure to purchase it from a reliable source if that’s the case. It is an easy moss but it’s also the scraggliest and least attractive, especially low tech.

Amazon

 

[somewhatshocked]

10 Gallon aquarium with 5 inches of water, 74F, new water I bred bettas in, a week ago, now there is fry. Dechlorinated tap water.

Same problems in a bowl of 70F water with a betta in it, it just dies. I don't have money for a test kit unfortunately. No matter waht I do it just dies. I thought it supposed to be a hardy plant.

Could you share your water parameters?

How are you fertilizing?

Do you have a filter system?

Is there any flow in the tank?

Have you treated with any kind of medication?

Please list everything you've added to the tank's water if you can.

 

[GrampsGrunge]

I have to say having bought both Walmart .com and Amazon “Java Moss” I’ve been skunked on my deals both times. Mail order Java Moss is a Gamble similar to buying ” Carpeting Seeds”. You’re likely to be buying some terrestrial moss harvested from a Singapore public park.

Where did you get the Java moss? Sometimes it’s sold as Java but it’s really not and it’s really a terrestrial moss that wouldn’t survive submerged. I’d make sure to purchase it from a reliable source if that’s the case. It is an easy moss but it’s also the scraggliest and least attractive, especially low tech.

When I moved here years ago I brought a bunch of plants along with my fish and tanks and I managed to keep a gallon baggie with some Java Moss and Fern alive for five years while my interest in Aquaria lapsed. I saddens me that the ferns out lived the moss, because the Moss I had was from a pet store purchase back in 1989 and I had cultured and grew gallon baggies of the stuff, I was giving away at our club meetings and couldn’t interest any LFS in trading for fish food. What I see in pet stores nowadays doesn’t seem to be the same plant.