Joe Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Hey everyone, One weekend ago I went down to a local river and found these mosses, which are all doing quite well in my tank. Mini Fissidens I found this already attached to a small rock Another cool moss Willow Moss If these continue to do well then hopefully I will then be able to pass some on to other people to have a go with Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 cool bananas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Nice! What temp are you keeping them at? do they seem to be growing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I have noticed a bit of growth. The temperature is around 25-27C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Hey Joe, that's not willow moss. I don't know what it is, but it is definitely not willow moss. If you look closely you will see the difference between the two mosses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Maybe is peacock :lol: That first moss is awesome. Almost looks like lots of little ferns! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 No not peacock moss (I wish though ) I've had it previously but I had a large algae outbreak which killed it. I have also tried the other two but I nothing really happened with them and they just died off eventually. But they seem to be doing really well this time round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Hey Joe, I sent this thread to a friend of mine who is interested in aquatic mosses. He says the first three photos look like Fissidens rigidulus which is the most widespread and common Fissidens species. Your fourth picture, labelled 'another cool moss', is apparently Fissidens berteroi. My friend thinks there aren't any known sites of this plant in the South Island, so this is potentially a rather exciting find! (ok, exciting for moss geeks). He is sending this on to some moss geeks and says that DOC would be interested to know of the site as well, all these things help with protecting places. Very cool Collecting from the wild can open various cans of worms. In the case of mosses it seems there are plenty of threatened ones. Many are on the threatened list simply because we know very little about them, but they may be 'genuinely' threatened as well. Ideally you should know what you are collecting before you collect it, but because there aren't that many people interested in native aquatic mosses it can be difficult finding information to help identify the different species. Difficult! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Last week Joe sent me an email with a photo of the 'cool moss' that he had identified as Fissidens berteroi. Well done with the identification Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Read this whole thread; http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showthre ... nteresting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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