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Java Fern/Moss
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PiperJason wrote: Thanks for the input about the lighting. Now what about the growing the Java Fern on the gravel? Possible? Not possible? It will sit on top of it and grow if that's what you mean. The moss will "stick" to stuff, but since gracel is made up of lots of tiny rocks every time it's disturbed it'll lose those anchoring points. You can grow it on a rock or a small piece of wood. Or even a tiny flowrpot and it'll stick reasonablky well to it. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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Java Fern/Moss
"PiperJason" wrote in message
oups.com... Thanks for the input about the lighting. Now what about the growing the Java Fern on the gravel? Possible? Not possible? I have a fair amount of Java Fern in all my tanks. The driftwood-attached plants make a lot of babies. I don't get around to do something with the babies quickly, so they just float around and grow on their own until they're big enough to draw my attention. I guess what I'm saying is unless you need to have your Java Fern in one place, just let the babies go wherever they will. But rather than trying to grow them in gravel (which I don't think will work), you could get some small ornaments, like the little Roman corner walls Petsmart sells, and tie the plants to those. For tying I use polyester thread you can find anyplace that sells sewing thread. Gail |
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Java Fern/Moss
My Java Fern won't attach to my driftwood either but attaches very well
to rocks, particularly sandstone which is very porous. It can be tied to the stones with thread or monofiliment but it will attach just as well by just setting the rock on top of some of the hair roots - NOT the rhizome. Having them on rocks also makes them easy to rearrange as needed. As they get large I just add another rock along side and they eventually creep over and cover it. I would be very careful dosing a tank that small with fertilizers. |
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Java Fern/Moss
I've had great success in growing java moss with no artificial light in
a 5 gal guppy tank. It only got some filtered sunlight at certain times of day. It was the only plant in the tank, it was growing fast, and it had a bright green colour. Basically the lower 1/3 of the tank was all java moss. Now I grow java moss in a heavy planted 20 gal tank. It still grows fast, and creeps along the ground, but the colour is a much darker green. I use pebbles to hold the moss down, and from there it spreads around the gravel. It takes it awhile to attach, so its best not to disturb the substrate at all. I use the same approach with a java fern. I bured some roots in the gravel (but not the rhizome), and just left it alone. It then started to attach to a nearby pebble and gravel. (I have small pebbles scattered everywhere around the plants). This particular fern started as a tiny plant that came entangled in java moss. It was awhile before I found it and realized what it was. So far it grows nicely, growing new leaves. The trick is not to disturb these plants, which is hard to do in a small tank. |
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Gail Futoran wrote: "PiperJason" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for the input about the lighting. Now what about the growing the Java Fern on the gravel? Possible? Not possible? I have a fair amount of Java Fern in all my tanks. The driftwood-attached plants make a lot of babies. I don't get around to do something with the babies quickly, so they just float around and grow on their own until they're big enough to draw my attention. I guess what I'm saying is unless you need to have your Java Fern in one place, just let the babies go wherever they will. But rather than trying to grow them in gravel (which I don't think will work), you could get some small ornaments, like the little Roman corner walls Petsmart sells, and tie the plants to those. For tying I use polyester thread you can find anyplace that sells sewing thread. Gail You can also use lead fishing weights (i.e. in the form of a flexible thick rod - not fishing rod) and bend them around one or more areas of the plant (i.e. branches, leaves and/or roots - probably not the rhizome though) to hold it down and if you hide the weights it looks great. Good luck and later! |
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Java Fern/Moss
On 2006-02-09, PiperJason wrote:
To top off my frustration, I have algae on all sides of the tank. I only feed the fish a bit in the morning and at night, and he eats all I give him in under a minute... Any advice is greatly apprechiated. I have java moss and java fern in my 1G betta tank. I also have pothos and bamboo growing out of if. The lighting is natural sunlight through the windows and the room light in the evenings. I never change the water. Just add more water when it evaporates. The java moss grows out of control and the fern reproduces amazingly well. I couldn't get either plant to grow in my "plant" tanks. -- "I have to decide between two equally frightening options. If I wanted to do that, I'd vote." --Duckman |
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Java Fern/Moss
In article , js1 wrote:
On 2006-02-09, PiperJason wrote: To top off my frustration, I have algae on all sides of the tank. I only feed the fish a bit in the morning and at night, and he eats all I give him in under a minute... Any advice is greatly apprechiated. I have java moss and java fern in my 1G betta tank. I also have pothos and bamboo growing out of if. The lighting is natural sunlight through the windows and the room light in the evenings. I never change the water. Just add more water when it evaporates. The java moss grows out of control and the fern reproduces amazingly well. I couldn't get either plant to grow in my "plant" tanks. Rule 1 of algae control: any tanks that is 50% java moss will never have any algae. I've tried many things for as low as maintenance betta "jars" and after playing with many a shoot, stalk, clump and who knows what else, moss of any kind is the inevitabe winner. To the point where one can assert that the recipe to keen any non annual killi in perpetuity is to simply fill a 20, half fill it with java moss and let it get some light; feeding is actually optional if you don't mind small numbers of fish - the more food you add the more fry you get to scoop out. Nah, moss is the single most usefull aquarium plant IMO. When I was having trouble growing nothing but crypts and having some algae problem Tom Barr told me to "add fast growing plants and fertilize" and I tried many things. Stem plants were ok, but moss and flaoting plants worked, each by themselves and togteher. Water lettuce turns out to be a relly nice covering btw, it dwarfs and makes 1" plants. I have scads of them and should post a pic. Soon.. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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