Re: Christmas Moss turn brown
I think using fertilizers when growing most Mosses, Java, Flame, and Christmas Tree as examples, is counterproductive. Fertilizers uptake by Mosses is not great and the nutrients tend to be utilized more by simple algae.
Ensuring good water circulation will help keep dirt from accumulating in and on the mosses which is helpful in keeping the Mosses cleaner and cleaner Mosses are better able to use the available light. I think no more light than is absolutely necessary is desirable, again because excess light promotes algae growth which can choke off Mosses.
In general, I believe fertilizers that are best are those that are designed to be buried in the substrate close to major rooted plants and that are by design, made to timed release the nutrients. When using such fertilizer there will always be sufficient nutrients that become dissolved in the water column in sufficient amounts for other plants like some of the true aquatic stemmed species which have some facility to absorb nutrients through their leaves.
Last edited by apistomaster; 2nd Dec 2009 at 12:17.
Old fish breeder. SA Dwarf Cichlids, Hypancistrus sp L260, L333 and Peckoltia L134 breeder. Also Sturisoma, Dwarf Corydoras spp, wild Discus and Killiefish. Like breeding Characins and wild Betta spp too.
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