Starting out witth US fissiden

[yeoyl87]

A newbie here. I am interested to go into fissiden cause i am enticed by the ones i see at bioplast (boon keng shop). Some question about them.

What's the difference between US fissiden and normal fissiden?
Does it requires very high maintanance?
How to grow them best? On drift wood? rocks?

[uorme99]

Hi there, i will try to answer you.

1) Whats the dif between US fissidens and normal fissiden?

Firstly the real name for the nick: US fissidens is fontanus fissidens. The different is on their growth patterns, size and actually many more, need to research more on that. I had thai fissidens before and its growth pattern in erected growth.

2) Does it requires very high maintanance?

For my fontanus fissidens, i tied them to driftwood and some to wiremesh. it is not high maintenance but i still learning on how to keep my tank in balance state to prevent from algeas. I do find that fissidens do grow well in well lighted place and of course if can provide a cool enviroment would be better (chiller) but for my case low budget only using one fan. Once they have grown no maintenance is required except for balancing ur tank as well as periodic water change (i did mine sometimes ones or twice a week).

3) How to grow them best? On drift wood? rocks?

Driftwood wood would be best but wiremesh is fine too. i never tried on stones before so cant answer that portions.

Hope i did answer your questions. i am myself still learning and i hope if you have more infomations on fissidens do pm me about it. Wish you well and all the best!

[yeoyl87]

Kudos! tanks for the info. I just started mine yesterday. I tied to one piece of rock and one piece of 12 cm 12 cm ss mesh. I tried tying thai fissiden to a small piece of stone like how i tie US fissiden. I wonder if that is the correct way.

Any fissiden pros here can provide a nice pic of his tank with fert regime?

[inimicus]

I'm sure there are tons of fissidens fanatics in this forum.

Any updates guys? Please share.

[denniswko]

[namska]

thats a very nice planty tank you have there.

i bet your crs are living happily in there.

[ct13]

Kudos! tanks for the info. I just started mine yesterday. I tied to one piece of rock and one piece of 12 cm 12 cm ss mesh. I tried tying thai fissiden to a small piece of stone like how i tie US fissiden. I wonder if that is the correct way.

Any fissiden pros here can provide a nice pic of his tank with fert regime?

Where did you get your Thai Fissiden bro Alan?

Regards,
Ct

[EvolutionZ]

hi ct 13, i saw a piece of thai fissiden on a small mesh for sale at over 2 red notes $20 at polyart.

[ct13]

hi ct 13, i saw a piece of thai fissiden on a small mesh for sale at over 2 red notes $20 at polyart.

I saw that too, is $25 if I am not wrong. Was thinking some bros here may selling some. But seem like not many ppl keeping Thai Fissiden.

[EvolutionZ]

occationally c328 do take in a very small amount(rougly the same amount as the one in polyart on mesh) for sale.. but so far i only saw it once. but i find thai fissiden quite ulgy.. i still find US fissiden the most beautiful fissiden among all others..
in fact, long ago when i started us fissiden, i am sure its one of the most beautiful plant.

[EvolutionZ]

love us fissiden too much. ended up having almost all tanks with us fissiden. even my uncle's one i also do up with full us fissiden.

[zenscape]

US fissidens is nice and neat looking. Best of all, it is fast growing given the right conditions. I remember when it started here, LSF were selling a 20 cents coin size at S$30-S$50. A member here sold me by counting fonts and after a few months, I had a whole tank of it.

By the way, I may be out-dated, any pictures of Thai Fissidens?

I had tried Japanese Fissidens twice but it couldn't make it. Not cheap . It is slightly lighter green with higher 'stalk' and also neat looking.

[Panut]

i am thinking of making a US fissiden wall. will it look nice? or ugly

[torque6]

US Fissiden will look neat.

I am using taiwan moss right now and its a bit messy

[EvolutionZ]

this us fissiden was grown for about 1month in a non- co2 and low light tank.


hmm.. this was my SG fissiden...

[torque6]

Magic,
lol, you are in luck, most of us arent sleeping even though its already 2.30am in the morning.

Evo,
Thanks for your help

[EvolutionZ]

magic,
nope, im not using any chiller. just fan..
US fissiden is best at around 24C.. but they do just as well in 30C tank..

[dcwk]

Borrowing this thread to ask a question.

Does US fissiden do better in high tech setup?

I am planning a low tech setup for my CRS tank and would like to have a US fissiden lawn.

[Jervis]

Interesting thread! I have yet to try Fissiden

[illumnae]

fissidens are beautiful! in my experience, fissidens can grow in a low tech setup (i use excel and 1/3 EI dosage), but they grow very slowly. as for temperature, they thrive in lower temperatures, but i've had mine at 32 degrees for almost 2 weeks and they didn't perish.