Lacey Grant Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 I have an abundance of moss on my property. I was offered $80 for a moss covered limb. I did not sell it. There is very little information about tree moss in fish aquariums. Well, my brother in law has had huge success with it in his shrimp tanks. I’m now trying it in my fish tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 @Lacey Grant ive done this. In my experiences the moss will tolerate the water for a few weeks, then die, then come back growing submersed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacey Grant Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 2/17/2023 at 6:36 AM, Theplatymaster said: @Lacey Grant ive done this. In my experiences the moss will tolerate the water for a few weeks, then die, then come back growing submersed. This is great info! I wonder how the already submersed moss will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc24 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Give it a whirl. I bet it looks great once it comes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 It probably works really well for terrariums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 7:19 AM, nabokovfan87 said: It probably works really well for terrariums. I can see tree frogs or geckos climbing around on that. Maybe even a corn snake! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacey Grant Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 It is starting to die back. I’m going to let it do it’s thing and see what happens. If it comes back without to much issues, this is going to solve a lot of moss issues for those that can’t get any. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 8:54 AM, Lacey Grant said: It is starting to die back. I’m going to let it do it’s thing and see what happens. If it comes back without to much issues, this is going to solve a lot of moss issues for those that can’t get any. Lol for me it was odd, some of the moss died, then got used to the water, and some of it is still dead, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expectorating_Aubergine Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) It's a crap shoot with terrestrial moss. I've had pretty good success so far though. Doesn't look like it does terrestrially though. I believe what I have is a kind of dicranum or "mood moss" as it's called in the reptile trade. It grows tight and pillowy when terrestrial. Edited March 5, 2023 by Expectorating_Aubergine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) @Lacey Grant i will say this: Its a VERY slow process, i have moss patches ive put under water MONTHS ago that are starting to convert now, it will look different too. also ive read some scientific stuff on mosses, they actually can reproduce better submerged, and evolved from living submerged. Edited March 5, 2023 by Theplatymaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacey Grant Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 I ended up taking most of the moss out because we are having to move tanks around…. Again🤦♀️ but this will be the final time of moving anything!!! I will try the moss thing again once everything is dialed in again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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