Attaching Java Moss
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I don't think you'd lose a lot of moss shoving it in the wood, java FERN is what I shoved in my bit, and had I been more careful with the rhizomes it most likely would of been fine.
If you're worried about it dying just tear a small patch off of your clump and test it out. Only has to be four or five strands.
If you have a little, you'll soon have more. When attaching plants to rocks or driftwood, I generally just tie it with black or brown sewing thread. Very hard to see if you do it right.
You can also dry start the moss by removing the driftwood and placing Java Moss on top and misting a few times a day as the moss dries out it will quickly attach to wood and then return to tank
If you want a nice looking do a dry start like Waillau suggested above, shred java moss into tiny piece then use a brush to apply them on the wood, rock or whatever you want it to attach then place them in an empty tank with little water and cover the tank top to keep the moist and either open and spray water over it few time a day (light on 8 hours a day) or setup a humidify system (similar the one that use for reptile) and leave it in there for a week or 2 weeks, then raise the water up to wash up the dead one, you should have a nature good looking java moss piece of wood that covered by moss entire piece.
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I know this is old now, but in the past, my LFS used to painstakingly layout the strands so they all faced one diection before tying them down, then letting it grow out inside the tank...
The end result looks really impressive since it grows more uniformed than just pointing every which way, but naturally takes a lot longer to do...
The end result looks really impressive since it grows more uniformed than just pointing every which way, but naturally takes a lot longer to do...
I got Christmas moss, it works great as well and i have a load started from a patch the size of a R5
It was about 25 rand for a small R5 size container with a good bit of moss in
I ended up doing the Java moss with super-glue anyway, all went well and my java moss is doing great, the fish too. I ended up doing some of my anubia nana too
How much did you pay for the moss?
Maybe one day i could pay you to ship me some given how excessive it gets when it grows and how bloody hard it is to find here
I was extremely luck and got a few strands (5 strands) for free. And I would be happy to ship some to you once I have enough to do so. I babied those few strand like there was no tomorrow and I'm happy to report they are growing well.
