how to make a bonsai tree crown

[A1720]

Hi, everyone
I've got a small driftwood like a tree with a few long branches. I plan to turn it to a bonsai tree in my aquarium. I like large tree crown instead of long branches and I like fissidens fontanus. But I don't know how to make a large tree crown with fissidens fontanus on my small driftwood. Could anyone give me some advice?
Many thanks.

 

[goatnad]

I used green scotch scrubbing pads and glued the moss to them. I did individual branches but if you get a pad large enough it should work for a full top like you are wanting. You can cut and stack the pads in a pyramid shape to get a more rounded top.Other then this I see people glue straight to the tree or use stainless steel mesh.

 

[A1720]

I used green scotch scrubbing pads and glued the moss to them. I did individual branches but if you get a pad large enough it should work for a full top like you are wanting. You can cut and stack the pads in a pyramid shape to get a more rounded top.Other then this I see people glue straight to the tree or use stainless steel mesh.

Thanks goatnad, I'll follow your suggestion and wish I could share photos of a blooming fissidens fontanus tree crown a few months later. Many thanks.

 

[earhtmother]

Goatnad - I thought of using these pads but wasn't sure if they had anti mildew chemicals in them so have held off using them so far. It's hard to find *green* things that are aquarium friendly to use as a base for building things.

 

[A1720]

Goatnad - I thought of using these pads but wasn't sure if they had anti mildew chemicals in them so have held off using them so far. It's hard to find *green* things that are aquarium friendly to use as a base for building things.

Thanks Earhtmother,
So, for safety, I may use stainless steel mesh instead. I may bend a mesh in a bowl shape and put it upside down on my driftwood. But I wonder if fissidens fontanus can thrive on stainless steel like that on driftwood. I have no such experience.