Xmas Moss On Slate

[curlyriff]

How do you make xmas moss look good attached to slate. Every time I attach it with fishing line it flattens it all and looks rubbish unlike all the lovely pics on the internet.

How do I make my moss look as good as those online? How do I get them to stand through the fishing line without becoming detached and how do you keep the fishing line tight so it doesn't all just fall off because I can't get it to work?

Any tips, hints etc will be appreciated. I have read through the other moss carpeting threads etc but I couldn't find much about the details off Xmas moss.

Kind Regards,

Adam

 

[plantedaquaria]

could try glue

 

[ian]

or you could give it enough time to grow. It'll always start out flat, you have to wait for it to grow through the fishing line.

 

[stevereade]

But he's impatient lol, I'd glue it.

 

[Verminator89]

Patience is a virtue Nothing good ol' time won't fix. Sit back and relax, give it a few weeks

 

[curlyriff]

Thank you for the quick replies

Yeah I am rather inpatiant. I don't have glue and how thick should I layer the stuff.

Should it be a few pieces so I can still see the slate clearly under or a good clump so that I can only see slight amounts of slate or nice and thick so that it looks well covered.

If I flatten it all I assume as it is xmas moss it will grow upwards OK over time etc.

Im being really patient with the cycling. I haven't got enough patience for both the cycling and the moss

Kind Regards,

Adam

 

[stevereade]

Lol don't lay it so thick that the moss on top blocks out the light to the layers below or they'll die.

 

[curlyriff]

Lol don't lay it so thick that the moss on top blocks out the light to the layers below or they'll die.

I am only doing 3 very small pieces of slate so will see how it goes with just a little bit to cover and if not I have a bucket full of xmas moss at the moment to try again.

Cheers.

Adam

 

[stevereade]