Emmersed Mosses

[Totenkampf]

Has anyone ever tried growing willow moss in a terrarium? since i cant dose excel with it i am wondering if it would make good crab moss lol

[black_knight]

Java moss grows great submersed. I'm not sure about willow moss.

[TexSun]

Try it! Worst thing is it will dry out and you are at step one again. I have some moss attached to the outflows on my HOB flters. I would consider it half emmersed & half submersed. Its always wet, but still in the air.

[LooksLater]

I know I've seen java moss used on the Dendroboard forum viv builds, but not willow...it won't hurt to try, though!

[Totenkampf]

lol, yes at this point it doesnt hurt to try i guess, its not the cheapest moss in the world though so i thought i would troll for pointers. i have grown java in a waterfall area before so i may try to figure out a small version of the setup i used before

[LooksLater]

So I did a quick search, since you got me curious....!

http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/search.php?searchid=2386677

And actually came up with a few people who have used- and liked- it! Also, riccia and flame moss. I'm seeing peacock moss mentioned, too. Who knew?

Post #10: http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/mem...tml#post659903

Post #8 and confirms what it is in #19: http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/par...-pentagon.html

Anyway, it's a great site, even if you're just looking into vivs. Check it out!

[Totenkampf]

hmm, the pic from one of those post shows the willow to be browning...hopefully it is sustainable. i think its survivability will be strongly dependant on the humidity...so i am thinking up a water feature design for sure.

i think i used to go to the site back in the day, god knows what my password is lol

[fishman1]

check this out he uses willow moss grows nicely

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=167472&highlight=gorillas+mist

[Totenkampf]

thanks for that link, that tank is great but i dont see much willow moss growing in there. he is dry starting the mosses and not showing that he is sustaining them in a emersed state. the fissidens seems to have grown pretty well though. with the tank sealed like that, i doubt crabs could flourish either. still now one of my fave tank builds. that dude had sick patience, 18 months to grow the mini pelia alone!

[fishman1]

the willow moss in on the branches