x-mas moss - Aquarium Advice

ostrichkiller · 02-21-2005, 05:19 PM

hey i know that i have not been on in a while but i have a question, i am sorry if it has already been answered and i couldn't find it.

i am reading alot online about using x-mas moss over java moss. from the pictures i do like the x-mas better. does anyone have any thoughts or has used it before?

*fixing my own spelling

-Jim

ostrichkiller · 02-22-2005, 04:51 PM

wow i stumped everyone, yeah for me

a personal first

savga · 02-22-2005, 09:17 PM

I have some Xmas moss and I prefer it to Java moss. The java moss I had never seemed to grow much and was very limp and stringy. It may have been just the strain that I bought. My Xmas moss is a little coarser and stiffer but seems to grow faster also. And it does grow in those fir-tree-like branches like a xmas tree. It is very pretty but hard to find. I got mine on Aquabid.com last year sometime.

buddha_red · 02-24-2005, 08:32 PM

My java moss grows bigtime, even in a 2.5 bowl kit from petco for my beta, but my xmas moss seems to need more attention. some turned brown.

added flourish and floursh ec 10g tank with 4 neons 2 tequilia sunrise guppies.I have store default 15w 10k sunlight so dyi co2 isnt needed correct?

travis simonson · 02-25-2005, 01:12 AM

Never grown it myself but I've heard that it does well in some situations where Java moss struggles. Love to hear your experience with it.

02-21-2005, 05:19 PM	#1
ostrichkiller Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lockport NY Posts: 91	x-mas moss hey i know that i have not been on in a while but i have a question, i am sorry if it has already been answered and i couldn't find it. i am reading alot online about using x-mas moss over java moss. from the pictures i do like the x-mas better. does anyone have any thoughts or has used it before? *fixing my own spelling -Jim

02-22-2005, 04:51 PM	#2
ostrichkiller Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lockport NY Posts: 91	wow i stumped everyone, yeah for me a personal first __________________ 1 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] 55gal planted, {new fry, i think fancy guppies} 2 irredecent sharks, 3 tiger barbs, 3 albino tiger barbs, 5 black fin tetras, 6+ fancy guppies, 1 blue lobster that cleans my gravel nicely 1 30 [acronym="Gallon"]gal[/acronym] fiddler crab tank... 4 fiddler crabs and sand and plants

02-24-2005, 08:32 PM	#4
buddha_red Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pasadena Texas Posts: 57	My java moss grows bigtime, even in a 2.5 bowl kit from petco for my beta, but my xmas moss seems to need more attention. some turned brown. added flourish and floursh ec 10g tank with 4 neons 2 tequilia sunrise guppies.I have store default 15w 10k sunlight so dyi co2 isnt needed correct? __________________ Thanks everyone! Shane

02-25-2005, 01:12 AM	#5
travis simonson Hortipath Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 2,038 Images: 32	Never grown it myself but I've heard that it does well in some situations where Java moss struggles. Love to hear your experience with it. __________________ “There is something in the quality of a good translation that can never be captured in the original.” -William Gibson

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02-22-2005, 09:17 PM	#3
savga Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 280 Images: 1	I have some Xmas moss and I prefer it to Java moss. The java moss I had never seemed to grow much and was very limp and stringy. It may have been just the strain that I bought. My Xmas moss is a little coarser and stiffer but seems to grow faster also. And it does grow in those fir-tree-like branches like a xmas tree. It is very pretty but hard to find. I got mine on Aquabid.com last year sometime.

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