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    chriatmas moss w/o chiller?

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    i'm thinking of starting a 2feet tank with mainly christmas moss...
    but i fear they don't grow well due to their demanding temp requirement...
    can someone advise me on whether its alright to grow them in such conditions?
    i'm thinking of adding a 8 blade ac fan from carrefour to lower temp...
    is this feasible?
    comments please!?
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    chriatmas moss w/o chiller?

    i'm thinking of starting a 2feet tank with mainly christmas moss...
    but i fear they don't grow well due to their demanding temp requirement...
    can someone advise me on whether its alright to grow them in such conditions?
    i'm thinking of adding a 8 blade ac fan from carrefour to lower temp...
    is this feasible?
    comments please!?
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    chriatmas moss w/o chiller?

    i'm thinking of starting a 2feet tank with mainly christmas moss...
    but i fear they don't grow well due to their demanding temp requirement...
    can someone advise me on whether its alright to grow them in such conditions?
    i'm thinking of adding a 8 blade ac fan from carrefour to lower temp...
    is this feasible?
    comments please!?
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    chriatmas moss w/o chiller?

    i'm thinking of starting a 2feet tank with mainly christmas moss...
    but i fear they don't grow well due to their demanding temp requirement...
    can someone advise me on whether its alright to grow them in such conditions?
    i'm thinking of adding a 8 blade ac fan from carrefour to lower temp...
    is this feasible?
    comments please!?
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    i'm thinking of adding a 8 blade ac fan from carrefour to lower temp...
    is this feasible?
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    I'm not sure how much a 8 blade ac fan will cost but I'm using 4 inch square cooling fans which I bought from the hardware shops around Kelantan Lane. They cost about $25 each. I use 3 for my 4 feet tank but it's overkill. 2 should be enough. For a 2 feet tank, one should do the job.

    The christmas moss used to grow so well in my tanks I gave away several kilograms of it to people all over the world. But don't ask me for some. I have very little left. Sorry.

    Loh K L

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    Hiz, saw the x-moss at GEN-X growing very well at 30 degree. The one they tie on gravel filter as background grow very thick n nice. Saw the thermometer there 30 degree. Has anyone else success at this 29-30 degree temperature with x-moss ??? Give some tips ? I also going to try x-moss as background. Is there anything i have to look out for ? Thankz

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    I've heard many people claiming that they can grow the christmas moss at temperatures of 30 C. But frankly, I've yet to see such a thing.

    I believe in most, if not all cases, the thermometer is off. Most thermometers sold in fish shops are not accurate and can easily be one or 2 degrees off. If you don't believe me, ask the fish shop owner to show you all his thermometers and compare them. You will find they all give different temperatures.

    Loh K L

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    yeah i'm gonna try the xmas moss backdrop...

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    yeah i'm gonna try the xmas moss backdrop...
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    Not backdrop lah. It's known as a "moss wall".

    If it interests anybody, the term "moss wall" was coined by my friend who lives in the US of A. Daphne Freeman was the first person to call a moss backdrop or moss background as a moss wall. Moss wall sounds a lot nicer, don't you think?

    Loh K L

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    okok moss wall then...
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    My tank temp is 29-30 degrees and my moss now resembles a mess of tangled wires. It's still green, but not doing well. Most of the tanks that I've seen with nice moss have temps about 26-27 degrees.

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    yeah thats what i'm worried about...
    i'm thinking of using alot of fans then temp might go down more...
    like this then at the most top up water more often...

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    Heard chan saying that after a certain number of fans you add the deg will not drop i forget it was like 4 . It will maintant at that temp , if air con is switch on he even say can reach a temp of 21 deg(Coldddd )

    I guess if you switch on your fan 24/7 it will maintant at a certain deg not too much changes.
    Cheers!

    Benetay

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    my 1.5ft with 1 DC fan on 24 hrs a day maintained at 27-28deg cel.

    if i ON/OFF with the lights, temp shoot to 30deg cel.

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    Ryan - just one question - how are you securing the moss onto the wall? I did my with fishing line alone - and they're staying so far. don't have to get mesh, IMO.

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    sorry just another thing - my tank is a 4 footer with 220W of lights, with my 6 DC fans the temp doesn't go beyond 28. @ night even drop to 26. why not switch on the lights in the evening when it's cooler? that's what I'm doing from 5pm to 3am - so I can see them when I'm home and working late at night[]

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    On 11/8/2002 9:49:20 AM

    Ryan - just one question - how are you securing the moss onto the wall? I did my with fishing line alone - and they're staying so far. don't have to get mesh, IMO.
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    think i'll use a stapler...
    u did christmas moss or java moss?

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    On 11/8/2002 8:24:49 AM

    my 1.5ft with 1 DC fan on 24 hrs a day maintained at 27-28deg cel.

    if i ON/OFF with the lights, temp shoot to 30deg cel.
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    thats interesting...
    but how big is your dc fan?
    where did u get it from?
    power consumption high to run all day?
    compared to ac fan?
    sorry so many questions
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    Ryan, I got my taiwan moss from Chan. Dun know what it really is - is it Xmas moss or another species of moss? but looks dense and dark green - so will try it out anyway. It's a good thing I did not silicon my moss wall to the aquarium - in fact, it was the last thing I added to my tank. A bit tough, but with Amidala's help - we did it! secured it with binder clips - the type you find in stationery shops [] so far so good - so, if the moss turns out horrigible - well, it'll be easy to take out the wall and replace the lot lah! I'll try to take a few pics of that and advertise to you k?

    Think my DC fans not as powerful as AC fans - not so noisy too. bought mine from Chan's a 6-fan system 24/7

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    for more info on cooling fans, click here
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