Java Moss help.

[Faame]

Hi, I recently bought java moss and i'd like to know a little bit more about it because I keep getting mixed opinions on it.

first of i'd like to know if my water is suitable.

Ammonia - 0 ppm
Nitrate - 20 ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
GH - 300 ppm
KH - 300 ppm
PH - 7.5

I'd also like to know any tips on growth any if there are any ways to speed up growth. Will adding light help?

 

[Mr. Limpet]

Java moss will grow under the most basic conditions, so don't fret about it too much. I have some growing pretty good in a plastic tub by a sunny window.

Here's a link on it: http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=197

 

[alLexX]

all water is fine for java moss.its invicible. i have some growing in my filter.

 

[Demonknight]

all water is fine for java moss.its invicible. i have some growing in my filter.

*LOL* and oddly its the one plant that has died off in my tank...

 

[BBradbury]

Your Java moss

Hello Faame...

Java moss is pretty adaptable. Just attach it to something hard and porous, like drift or bogwood or lava rock with something like sewing thread. I like to use dark sewing thread. Thread eventually rots and disappears. By that time, the moss is firmly established.

I have Singapore moss in some of my low light, low tech tanks and as far as I know it has no special maintenance requirements. I do dose a couple of different liquid ferts two to three times a week and that's it.

B

 

[Faame]

Hello Faame...

Java moss is pretty adaptable. Just attach it to something hard and porous, like drift or bogwood or lava rock with something like sewing thread. I like to use dark sewing thread. Thread eventually rots and disappears. By that time, the moss is firmly established.

I have Singapore moss in some of my low light, low tech tanks and as far as I know it has no special maintenance requirements. I do dose a couple of different liquid ferts two to three times a week and that's it.

B

Thank you for the advice, I currently have it on driftwood and just under my gravel.

 

[alLexX]

*LOL* and oddly its the one plant that has died off in my tank...

wow... i didnt know java moss could die...

 

[JimmyA]

Mine looks brown! I thought it was supposed to really take off?

 

[Cleggat]

I agree with the attaching to the wood part, when I first got my java moss I though it would never grow, it was in a plant pot in my tank for a few months. Then I attached it to my piece of wood geez it spread like a wild fire. Within a month or so I was able to take the thread off as the moss was firmly attached!