hi guys...
I had a small patch of java moss with me.. can I put it in my oscar tank?? its attached to a mess.. do you think the oscars will let it grow???

it grew big in my 55 when i had my tiger in there, i still have it. i got a clump of it, and i cut it up into 1/2" pieces, and spread it around on a few pots and used a hair net to hold it in place and its thriving. the oscars i have dont care about it. occasionally i would find a small bit that was detatched and stuck on the intake of my filter, id just take it out. all in all java moss is is very very easy, but i do have two 40w 4foot aquarium/plant bulbs in the light fixture. the stuff is great, now that i dont have the oscar in there its surprizing how far it can go without a waterchange. between the javamoss and japanese mossball, its a fair bit of vegetation, and its really helped improve the quality of my water imo. so yeah, put it in there, at worst the fish will tear it to pieces, which u can take and hairnet them to something and they will grow just the same lol. go for it!

yes i had some optimistic trials myself.. i added some to a fish net folded it and put it near my drift wood.. the oscars dont seem to care much about it.. i guess it doesnt bother them...

Please repost your pics of the moss and how good it worked.
I loved those pics...
Its still one of the additions i'd like to add someday.

sure.















here ive tried putting it in sand. i pruned this morning and had to do something with it... i hate to waste stuff like this so i put it in my brackish tank with my puffers. i just stuck it in the sand, have to see how it works out.

I think those pics will have conviced Warlock.
If i do it in my tank i will tie the moss to the smaller pieces of driftwood.
Lovely pics, Win!
Thanx!

well i didnt have driftwood but i did tie it to those pots. works just the same! lol i wish i had some driftwood to tie it onto

Win wrote:

You can take some with you in your handluggage , after you visit out lovely country!
Enough in my garden from previous tanks.

lol if i managed to get over where you are, i dont think i would want to leave haha

guys nay plant(aquatic) fertilizer is to be used as well?? have you used any co2 ?? i know how to generate co2 from sugar yest and water...the DIY stuff

i have done nothing special for these plants other than use fishing string to tie them in place. it just grows lol.

sorry for my confusion - will it grow directly on bogwood or driftwood? it doesn't need substrate to root into? I can see you have it growing on top of ceramic pots, so that must be the case (or maybe it's rooted in that hairy moss stuff)? very cool!