My Planted Tank

[Gelt]

As you can see i have progressed and hopefully thats apparent!

As my tank stands today, still not quite there but going well

The moss is doing great..

Any comments or tips always welcome...i hope to get some more ideas from Aquatics live at Olympia London on 19/20Th November.

Thanks for veiwing

G

 

[mike455555]

its looking great... although isent your "moss" riccia?. it looks like it to me... (riccia is a form of liverwort. moss is a moss.)

but the tank looks really good. even better when it grows in a little

 

[mart609]

that looks great!
this is somewhat how i want my tank to look at the finish

sorry for the noob questions but how did you go about this?
co2 or non co2? do you vac the gravel etc?

thanks

 

[Gelt]

Sand substrate, dose ferts - green low 5 mil daily, co2 is a low tech yeast set up , via airstone running 24/7 .
25 % water change and vac weekly. Easy with sand as pop and gunk stays on top. That's about it!

 

[minnnt]

I also think your 'Moss' is Riccia. When dosing EI ferts you need to be doing 50% water changes once a week to reset the values in your tank.

Other than that, it'safantastic start pal, keep it up!

 

[Gelt]

I also have some flame moss, you can just see it on a slate to the left amongst the swords , behind the coconut cave it's going pretty mad and new shoots sprouting all over the place.
Both Ricca and flame moss was purchased from Green MAchine and was of stunning quality.

Another question at what point do I remove the cotton holding the moss and ricca down? Or just leave it to grow through and cover over?

 

[mike455555]

leave it for the riccia... its got no roots so it cant attach itself... moss can but you may as well leave the cotton on ... u wont see it in afew weeeks

 

[minnnt]

Moss doesn't have roots either. No need to remove the cotton, it will soon be covered.

 

[mike455555]

moss has small roots. thats why it can attach itself after awhile

 

[minnnt]

Moss does not have roots. It attches itself through feeler type hairs on the fronds.

 

[Tizer]

yeah!

nice tank

 

[mike455555]

oh sorry. moss in the garden does?

 

[SO19Firearms]

oh sorry. moss in the garden does?

Nah, not Moss

 

[minnnt]

No mate, Moss doesn't have roots. It is common in the garden due to poor drainage, moist/damp/wet conditions and poor maintenance (for a lawn etc) It can often thrive if not addressed and spreads like wildfire. Cushion Moss especially.

 

[mike455555]

find something new out every day =]