Java moss is dying

[PheonixKingZ]

Cant get a picture right now. It's on driftwood and rocks towards the middle of the tank

Really need a picture. Java moss needs to be placed correctly, or no growth will occur.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Really need a picture. Java moss needs to be placed correctly, or no growth will occur.

I'll get one later.

How would you recommend placing it? How would you recommend NOT placing it? Everything I have read suggests that I have done it correctly

 

[PheonixKingZ]

I'll get one later.

How would you recommend placing it? How would you recommend NOT placing it? Everything I have read suggests that I have done it correctly

If you placed it in a corner, or mixed in with some sort of other low-laying plant, it will not grow. Java Moss needs a mixture of shade and light to flourish. You can't just "throw it in" and expect it to grow.

Do you have any floating plants? What condition is it in? (Brown, green, mixed, new shoots, etc.)

 

[JuiceBox52]

If you placed it in a corner, or mixed in with some sort of other low-laying plant, it will not grow. Java Moss needs a mixture of shade and light to flourish. You can't just "throw it in" and expect it to grow.

Do you have any floating plants? What condition is it in? (Brown, green, mixed, new shoots, etc.)

Not in a corner. Not mixed with other low plants. No floaters. Partial shade and light.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Not in a corner. Not mixed with other low plants. No floaters. Partial shade and light.

I need pictures to help you further. Close ups of the moss and a far-away of the tank. (Whenever you find time...)

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

I must have been lucky, I just throw java moss in without thinking about placement or light/shade, and it just... grew. It was in the front left corner of the tank

 

[PheonixKingZ]

front left

There's the key. If it was in the front, it will get more light. (Not only from the tank light, but also from the room it's in)

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

There's the key. If it was in the front, it will get more light. (Not only from the tank light, but also from the room it's in)

That's true, but java moss is famous for still being fine in low light conditions. The moss I put into my dad's tank is in the middle of the tank, but he'd covered his tank light with some film "to dim the light" so it's so dark in there, only java fern, java moss and a few sickly looking crypts can survive.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

That's true, but java moss is famous for still being fine in low light conditions. The moss I put into my dad's tank is in the middle of the tank, but he'd covered his tank light with some film "to dim the light" so it's so dark in there, only java fern, java moss and a few sickly looking crypts can survive.

That is why I said it grows better with floating plants, lol...

 

[Retired Viking]

I had java moss in my 55 gallon tank but it seemed to disappear after awhile. I was using most of it for making nest to try and protect tetra eggs. It seemd to work since those were the areas I found fry but it just seemed to melt away and I gave up on it.