Poll for your best looking foreground moss!

**BlackHawk** · 13th Sep 2008, 20:30

I will use US Fissiden too ..

**Aquaria One** · 24th Oct 2008, 21:21

Us fissiden

**Raven** · 26th Oct 2008, 08:29

I use mini pelia and Cratoneuron filicinum (triangle moss) and they look great !

**medicineman** · 29th Oct 2008, 21:59

Does not look too right to me either, but this is how my taiwan moss grow

You want foreground but got extra bonus as carpet

**EvolutionZ** · 29th Oct 2008, 22:01

your taiwan moss looks great bro!

**louis_last** · 24th Dec 2008, 06:50

Does anybody have any pictures of Cratoneuron filicinum growing in their tanks? I was looking at some of this stuff the other day but it was on a mesh in a plastic box so I couldn't tell what it would grow out like.

**StanChung** · 1st Jan 2009, 14:26

I'm partial to spiky moss as young SAE's avoid it. LOL.
Cratoneuron filicinum looks nice but is not really suitable for foreground IMO as it grows upwards. With exceptions of course depending on the scape.

There's a pic here in Dennerle website, http://www.dennerle.info/EN/HG05UG03.htm
I Had a little patch that grew into a large palm about 3-4" height. Retied to spread it around.

Fountain moss is very nice but looks like algae in full tank pictures.

The other fissidens' like Fissidens nobilis and 'Japanese fissidens' look very nice when back lit.

To me the nicest mosses are those that grow with light green tips. Singapore moss, X'mas, Weeping, Anchor moss[still looking for it], + many others.

**Augustine_81** · 1st Jan 2009, 16:10

IMHO i think all mosses looks great as long as it is well taken care of.
For me my personal favourite are US Fissiden and Spiky Moss.
Both have that "volume" effect as in hair styling type!!

**Rokerites** · 8th Jan 2009, 11:27

I would have to go with US fissidens. Beautiful, easy to maintain.

**blackBRUSHalgae** · 9th Jan 2009, 10:23

Originally Posted by StanChung

I'm partial to spiky moss as young SAE's avoid it. LOL.

I've two 3" SAEs promptly decimated my spikey moss that are newly tied on to 15 small size stones. Eventually the dying moss has black brush algae and blue green growing on them.

The algae explosion was also due to my utricularia graminifolia getting chewed by my green neon tetras, which I also promptly switched them for rummy nose tetras.

So yeah 70% of my plants getting chewed by my fishes ~_~ I wondered why though, as these fishes have been with me for two past scapes span across 3 years and during those times, none of my moss or other plants are being chewed by them...

Luckily with drastic measures (including removing the SAEs

) my moss and utricularia recovered

Spikey moss is one of my favourite moss! Anchor moss supposed to be quite expensive isn't it?

**StanChung** · 9th Jan 2009, 13:40

3" is about the age limit for SAE before they get nice new home.

Good to hear a comeback.

Fissdens fontanus does look great in close ups.

I've not seen anchor moss around Sg. Maybe I haven't been looking hard enough.

**Eyal** · 5th Apr 2009, 22:30

I love the look of us fissiden carpet

also I'm happy on the anchor moss picture
I got this plant by mistake

**kokon2208** · 4th Aug 2009, 16:59

As a sort of foreground:

**kokon2208** · 4th Aug 2009, 17:11

Wiror Moss - Fontinalis sp. 'japan' is good as well for foreground:

Tere are some micro mosses but very difficult to mantain submeresed but they are the best for foreground. Like Star Moss (Hyophila involuta):

Or Barbula cf. unguiculata:

**herns** · 22nd Aug 2009, 04:52

My favorite Peacock and Taiwan Moss.
Recently I bought US fissidens f. to try.

**ben loh** · 13th Mar 2010, 22:33

My fav is MINI US Fissiden n the Normal US Fissiden.... i now trying to do a 2ft moss tank with jus MINI US FIssidens... Hope it turn out well....

**DarrellAR** · 16th Mar 2010, 22:23

You know what would be neat? If on the list of forground mosses in the favorites list you placed beside each name a small square of the composite color of each species. That would help those of us who like to place a moss of a contrasting color along side another. That could be done with a photoshopping program that allows one to "move color" as in the program "Irfan". The program in Irfan is called "Paint" and is phrased as "Paint Dialog" in the Edit command. Irfan is free and can be downloaded easily.

**FishBeast** · 9th Apr 2010, 14:47

Originally Posted by fishkipper

i have no choice but to use java moss over here in america, they won't let me import plants from other countries

Go find some dude. I live in Australia and have very little so I looked myself and found a few species which look like, fissidens sp., willow moss star moss and flame moss... theya re all out there, go looking along your nearest river after rain.

**kenzai** · 12th May 2010, 21:34

Mini Us fissiden

, tiny and cool

**rc311** · 31st Jul 2010, 20:57

Hi,

I just rebuild my 3ft tank and trying to build a nice foreground with fissiden. Would appreciate if you guy expert can help to give me some idea how to lawn them out...

Appreciate all kind reply....

Thanks!
Rc