A Java moss only tank

[Polardbear]

I don't have much experience with live plants other than killing them! ) I think most of my past problems were probably due to inadequate light. I was wondering though if it would be possible to use a 10 gallon tank for the sole purpose of growing java moss and if so, how would I go about doing it. It would be a fishless tank, would it need a filter, how much light would it need, would it need substrate, cO2 etc...

I'd like to be able to harvest some of the java moss for the occasions when I have a pregnant swordtail in a maternity tank and need some fry cover.

 

[handsomeboy]

light, water, little filter (to keep the water moving), rocks to tie moss to, string to tie them with

its not hard growing moss

 

[tear-scar]

Though moss can grow better or worse under various conditions . . . it depends if you want fast vs. slow growth and stringy vs. compact growth, and a bunch of other things . . . not that anyone can really control how moss grows but. *shrug*

 

[jimbooo]

you can put java moss in a glass bowl of aquarium water and leave it by the window and it will still grow.

no substrate needed just light (low/medium light is fine) and nitrate which will already be in your water. dont fertalise at all.

if you spread it out a bit and untangle the strands it will grow faster (more surface area in the light)