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    Removal of Christmas moss Tiny roots

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    Hi all,
    Can anyone teach methods of removing the tiny roots which look like BBA growing at the bottom of my christmas.
    They all grow at the bottom so dunt think they are BBA which i suspect at first..(have confirm this with NA-Mr Chan)..
    Thanks..
    Derric Tan

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    that's their sex organs, if the wild party goes ahead you'd soon have many sporophytes, which are long stalk-like thing called seta bearing the capsule at the end.

    you'd go down famous as the first person to try to castrate a moss
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Re: Removal of Christmas moss Tiny roots

    Derric,
    You've posted a similar question before
    http://www.killies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=595
    It will be much better if you can show a pic of your moss to us to determine if it's BBA or as what Choy described- their sex organ. If it's the later, don't think there will be any solution .

    Gan.

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    Re: Removal of Christmas moss Tiny roots

    Quote Originally Posted by turaco
    Derric,
    You've posted a similar question before
    http://www.killies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=595
    It will be much better if you can show a pic of your moss to us to determine if it's BBA or as what Choy described- their sex organ. If it's the later, don't think there will be any solution .

    Gan.
    Yeah..
    initially i thought it was BBA until one of my friend told me it imaybe a root for it to clinch onto something..which i suspect as well as they all grow at the bottom of the moss not on top..
    I dunt have a good Digital camera to take the pics.
    Anyone who have this similar problem??

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    Oh, you mean those little black furry things are the sex organs. I was just clearing a bunch of my Christmas Moss that was tangled with riccia last weekend and thought that it was BBA. So I started pulling out whatever furry stuff I came across
    Unfortunately I don't think my digital camera is up to it to take such close ups, but I'll try, so that we can all confirm it isn't BBA.
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    Re: Removal of Christmas moss Tiny roots

    Quote Originally Posted by bettarism
    Hi all,
    Can anyone teach methods of removing the tiny roots which look like BBA growing at the bottom of my christmas.
    They all grow at the bottom so dunt think they are BBA which i suspect at first..(have confirm this with NA-Mr Chan)..
    Thanks..
    Derric Tan
    Actually, those are the 'roots'. The correct term is 'rhizoids'. I think the sex organs are much smaller and are not as abundant as the rhoizoids.

    Gan

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    Since it is the roots so there is no way to remove it?
    i notice some christmas moss of others got no roots or sometimes very small..
    is it true that some water parameters will affect it?

    Regards.
    DerricTan

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