Black Moss???

[kimkeat]

Hi,

Does anyone know what the black plant is? TIA.

[thebaldingaquarist]

looks like the black cotton thread i use to tie plants with.

[kimkeat]

looks like the black cotton thread i use to tie plants with.

It grew from nowhere. I guess it came with the wood I bought. Some have white spot at the end of it.

[thebaldingaquarist]

does it break easily? if it does and the whole length of it has no uniform thickness, then its not thread.

then it could be dead moss or roots from ferns.

[kimkeat]

does it break easily? if it does and the whole length of it has no uniform thickness, then its not thread.

then it could be dead moss or roots from ferns.

It does break but not very often though. It grows from the wood and it can grow up to 10 cm long. And it has a few branches. It is black all the way but some with a little white at the end of it. You can see some white ends in this picture.

[bennyc]

Looks very much like thread. But the TS says it grows so.... hmmmm

[IrvineChen]

I have something similar.... But thicker.... Later will sprout new fern out... I believe should be the dead fern... But it will continue to grow. =) .

[kimkeat]

I have something similar.... But thicker.... Later will sprout new fern out... I believe should be the dead fern... But it will continue to grow. =) .

Dead but continue growing???

[Urban Aquaria]

Maybe its moss that's dead? Kinda looks like the green moss but without leaves and black.

Otherwise, like what the others have mentioned, it could be black thread used to tie the moss, maybe starting to break apart and unravel from the wood.

[kimkeat]

I bought this wood last October. I soaked it in the water for a few days before tying Christmas moss on it. The black things started to appear a few weeks later. Over the last few months, it has been growing more and longer. So, I believe it is "ALIVE".

[Urban Aquaria]

I did a quick google search on "Black Moss" and a whole bunch of photos of "Fat Choy" popped up...



Photos from Google Images.

Seems like the black stringy moss that is usually eaten with mushroom/vegetarian dishes during chinese new year.

[Krakenwagen]

HAHHAHAA! Seems like urban aquaria is right... That does look like fresh "Fat Choy" (auspicious veggie)

[kimkeat]

Great! One item less to shop during Chinese New Year!

[thebaldingaquarist]

I did a quick google search on "Black Moss" and a whole bunch of photos of "Fat Choy" popped up...



Photos from Google Images.

Seems like the black stringy moss that is usually eaten with mushroom/vegetarian dishes during chinese new year.

Hahahaha, if its this, then we can advise to remove.. Because its not aquatic. Its a fungus.

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[kimkeat]

Huat ah!!!

[jamesneo]

My 2 cents.

These are the "dead" moss which usually will appear right at the bottom of those healthy moss on top which overshadowed them.
As they do not get enough light, they will gradually die off very slowly (become brittle) and break off easily.

However, if the "black" portion's tip manange to get some light, it will start to revive from the end of the "black"
Thus, you will see one side black and the tip with green sprout which lead you to think it is "black moss".

[kimkeat]

My 2 cents.

These are the "dead" moss which usually will appear right at the bottom of those healthy moss on top which overshadowed them.
As they do not get enough light, they will gradually die off very slowly (become brittle) and break off easily.

However, if the "black" portion's tip manange to get some light, it will start to revive from the end of the "black"
Thus, you will see one side black and the tip with green sprout which lead you to think it is "black moss".

After reading your post, I went to examine the black moss again. You could be right. Firstly, the black moss are mostly at the bottom of the wood. Secondly, there is one black moss (the only one I could find) with green leaves towards the end (see the one in the middle of the photo).

I have two pieces of woods (next to each other so the amount of light should be similar) in the tank and the black moss is growing on only one of them.