"Gerry" gerry @ howlett.ca wrote in message
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I have a 90 gallon that I got 2nd-hand complete with 3 gigantic java ferns
and some amazon sword.

I've been reading that java moss looks pretty on logs, and I was thinking
of
adding some. But many LFS (Toronto/Mississauga - Canada) don't stock it,
and one even suggested that it's a pest and pernicious weed. Should I be
rethinking my desire to introduce java moss?

Gerry

I'm in Winnipeg and I have never seen it in a LFS here. Matter of fact I am
going to a local store today to buy some plants and have a friend that works
there. I will ask him about importing Java Moss. I was also told that it
cannot be imported into Canada. I have 30+ tanks and almost all with the
exception of some of my cichlid tanks have Java Moss in it. It looks great
on your driftwood , is invaluable in tanks containing Corydoras as a
spawning material and removes copious amounts of nitrate from the water.

Rick