Java Moss

[Kuhli Loach]

Hi there, could anybody tell me where I can get my hands on some Jave Moss in the Johannesburg or Pretoria area. And if I can get hold of some, how much attention does the moss require to grow successfully.

[Dolphin]

welcome to the forum Khuli Loach

please go to the new members area and introduce yourself

...one of the plant fundies around will shortly answer your questions

[Kuhli Loach]

Still looking - does anybody have some I can buy

[rlowe]

There's a guy on the aquatic plant forum that specializes in mosses and often give bunches away. Not sure if he's on here too.

[Kuhli Loach]

Thanks rlowe - hope to hear from him soon

[butcherman]

where do you live?

[Kuhli Loach]

I live just outside Pretoria, but work in Johannesburg.

[Kuhli Loach]

Still looking for some Java moss. Does anybody know where I can find some in JHB/PTA.

[rlowe]

Hi, I had a look through the member list and I don't think he's a member here.

[solex69]

If you talking bout R.C, then no, he's not a member on TASA
He's based in CPT anyways

Khuli - I'll courier you some moss bru...see you're sufferring :) PM me for further details

[Kuhli Loach]

Solex69 – thanks for the offer – I actually found someone here in Johannesburg who offered to give me some – but I will take you up on it if I don’t come right.

[solex69]

Ok cool, no problems mate

Chiao
D

[Ferryman]

what is the status on this moss? is it now blacklisted or invasive or what?

[High-wash]

java moss anyone know where to get in JHB

[Sean J]

I've got some... Lots actually. You're more than welcome to come and get some.

[High-wash]

where you slaghter and how much hehe im looking for some to start growing on wood

[Sean J]

I'll give you a nice handful. Once it's attached, It grows like the business!! You wont need much.

I'm in Bordeaux. Close to Old Parks sports ground.

[High-wash]

cool cost ???? and what other plants do you have that are easy to start with like anubius i think thats how you spell it ????

[Sean J]

I have anubias, but none available to swop at the moment... You can have the Java Moss. It grows quick enough to replace... I have 1 or 2 other plants, but I've started my high light plant collection and the old ones have been thrown out over time, but we'll see what I have when you come around.

[High-wash]

cool thanks man ill see what i can do and let you know :)

[Ferryman]

i'm not really seeing growth on the wad of moss i had bought from AK, i tied some to driftwood etc, left the rest floating in the now revamped tinytank. some of it has turned brown, so i put it in a bigish glass jar, pulled a bit of stocking over the opening for bugs, and put the glass jar with water outside my flat on a table in the garden, dunno if it'll grow now in water in the sun or die some more...

funny thing is, the "leaf" structure on what i bought loose, and structure of the java moss log i bought from them look different, one has very fine thread and leaves, the loose stuff looks a bit more course, dunno if its just different growth conditions or different stuff.

i got a bit of moss in my cuttings packet from fish, which is now tied to a piece of wood and still looking good, but the structure of that is also fine, like what i got on the log from AK, and not like what i bought loose.... :hmmmm:

slagetr, what conditions is your moss growing in? high/low light etc

[Sean J]

High and low light. I removed it from my high light tank though. It just didn't fit the scape I was after. But it does take a while to take hold in an aquarium. But once it has, it grows like there is no tomorrow!! It is really good in fry tanks.

[Gareth]

As far as I know java moss with grow in low light and high light condition one just slower than the other. My java moss that I got I also tied down to a piece of wood and I had a low light tank at the time it grow but very slowly now that I have added it to a high light tank it seem to be growing a bit faster.... that is of course if the word tails don't eat it all..

[Ferryman]

word tails?

lol, the moss i had on that log i bought (for the moss on it) has either come off mostly, to be caught on the sponge i put over the HOB inlet, and thrown into the jar, or its been eaten by some of the fish in the tank... i could have SWORN there was quite a bit of wires dangling in the current two days ago, hehe, this morning i saw some of fish's guppies nipping at the moss on the log.

Slayer's guppies seem better behaved :D they are leaving whats tied to the other log alone, lol