Java Moss

[Sara0229]

Is this handful of Java Moss I got going to become a weed? It doesn't seem to have grown much or anchored to anything in the two weeks I've had it but I still am concerned about it taking over.

 

[mtv8dmarine]

When plants are introduced to a new tank from a store they typically take a bit of an adjustment period. Moss generally speaking is a slow grower. I would say that in a two month period it may triple in size. I don't have personal experience with it myself yet though as it's not something I have in my tank.

 

[stevereade]

Java moss is very slow growing, I have a big lump in my 32litre and I just tucked the edge of it under a large piece of slate and no its slowly growing up the side of it and its anchored to it now too, is yours tied to anything or pinned down?

 

[Sara0229]

Well at first I just sprinkled some substrate on it to hold it down because I was waiting on a peice of wood I got on ebay. I plan on tucking bits of it here and there around the tank. Anything I should know to help anchor it until it roots?

 

[PDSimon]

It doesn't root, normally you wrap it around rocks or bogwood or if you're doing a carpet of java moss you use a plastic mesh to tie it onto

 

[ian]

it will 'root' in effect, it produces rhiziods which act as organs of attachment, and stick to things.

 

[stevereade]

Oh I wouldn't sprinkle substrate over it either as those parts will get no light at all.