Dragon1 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Hi guys quick question about moss, can I grow your everyday variety "garden" moss in a aquarium? The reason I ask is because I recently found a huge patch of this moss at my parents place & I was thinking of attaching it to 1 of the pieces of driftwood in my 6ft tank. Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrefly Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) You can try, but from what I've seen and read of others trying it, most will simply die away. Terrestrial plants need much more access to oxygen & c02, your best chance of success is with the moss 'emergent' or extremely high levels of injected c02 and super high light if they must be submerged. Edited March 24, 2012 by Pyrefly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) I put some moss from my garden in my tanks to test - it went really well, grew fairly quickly and was healthy. Grew about this long - Actually that was a bit I dumped in a plastic container and left outside/did nothing else. So worth a shot, I think. Edited March 24, 2012 by Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Some will thrive, some will grow for a few months and look like Sarah's does, (is it still alive?) and some will outright die. It's worth a shot but most won't grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 The only problem I would see with using moss from the garden is pests and bacteria. If you do want to give it a go try it first in a container that way you will not risk introducing nastys in to your tank or poluting the water. Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon1 Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Thanks for the replies guys ill test it out in a bucket to see if it will survive fully submersed. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon1 Posted March 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Well I put a small plate full of the moss into a bucket full of water to see if it would survive & so far so good its actually looking pretty healthy, but I'll keep checking it every few days to see how it looks. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhong89 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 this is an interesting experiment keep us posted! All I think of is the dangers of chemicals in your tank. So just make sure you or other people in the house hasn't spray or sprinkled etc any fertilisers or weed or insect killers near by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon1 Posted March 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'll keep this post updated with info as I can, as for the chemicals that might have been used around the moss that's not likely seeing ass my parents do all their gardening the old fashioned way, by hand & not relying on chemicals. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon1 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 5 days & counting with the moss fully submerged in the bucket of water & its still looking quite healthy & starting to I guess you could say plume out to something like Sarahs pic look likes just not as long. Its a very dark green colour now though instead of being the light bright green, I'm guessing because its holding alot of water & not getting much light. Here's some pics. This is the "control" moss This is some more that I've had sitting in the fridge with water on the plate This is the submerged moss This is the best shot I could get of the "pluming" Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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