Yes I could do that, but how? Behind the tank is my DIY Yeast Co2 reactor. Any suggestions on how to make a moss wall?
Cheap, Easy, Low Light Plants?
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I use plastic crate from ceiling lights in which I cut to size and netting to keep birds out of fruit trees...all available at your hardware stores. Look up moss walls and there are other methods but I do it this way because the moss does not stick to the egg crate and if I need to harvest any moss for other tanks, I simply lift the netting and pick away what I need.
Here's the beginning of my moss wall and how it looks today...could use some thinning out.
Holy sh*t! It's all Java moss? But if you see in my tank, my filter is on the back side that would need to be moss covered.
The egg crate or whatever netting you use can be cut to fit below your filter. One other thing, I tie on suction cups to hold it up...and yes, all Java moss.
Should be fine... a lot of people use these as their backgrounds (stuck to the outside of course) which no ill effects to the fish, myself included...
Bacopa monnieri (aka moneywort) is quite good and hardy. Grows a bit slow in low lighting and has medium growth in high t5ho lighting. I've managed to keep a large amount alive off a 3 year old plant I got from petsmart. Just using a single old t8 on my 20 with no fertilizer other than fish poops and no issues. Well worth it!
So I don't have much free time to go to the store, I placed an old white binder behind the tank. How does this look? It pretty much covers everything and gives the tank a sort of white background? I also have a black one that I could try.
