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    6 Mosses

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    Hi, folks,

    I took some photographs of my mosses. I thought about uploading them to the forum so they can serve as a guide for those who are looking to buy Taiwan and Weeping Mosses from the fish shops. But I thought maybe we should play a game first

    Here's a picture of 6 mosses. They are Taiwan, Erect, Christmas, Java, Weeping and Singapore Moss (not necessarily in that order).

    Can you tell which is which?

    Start from left to right and let's see who has a keen eye for mosses



    Loh K L

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    Erect, Taiwan, Java,Christmas, Weeping and Singapore Moss

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    ok. let me try my luck.

    From Left to Right:

    Christmas Moss
    Weeping Moss
    Java Moss
    Taiwan Moss
    Erect Moss
    Singapore Moss
    Best Regards, TS
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    Christmas, Erect, Java, Taiwan, Weeping, Singapore.

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    Hmm... let me try:

    Taiwan, Christmas, Java, Erect, Singapore??, Weeping??

    Regards,
    Ong Poh San

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    Re: 6 Mosses

    My guess;
    Singapore, Erect, Java, Taiwan, Christmas and Weeping moss??
    Lily Choo

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    Left to right:
    Christmas, Erect, Java ,Singapore, Taiwan, Weeping

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    Good game!
    Chiristmas, erect, java, singapore, taiwan, weeping
    What's the prize?

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    This is quite interesting.
    My guess: Christmas, Taiwan, Java, Weeping, Singapore, Erect.

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    Christmas, Erect, Java,Singapore, Taiwan, Weeping Moss

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    Erect, Java, Weeping and Taiwan are quite easy to tell apart if you have seen them. Christmas and Singapore are the tought ones. It would be even more challenging if KL had used the Singapore Moss form my tank :-D

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    Christmas, Erect, Java, Taiwan, Weeping & Singapore

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    Christmas,Erect,Java,Weeping,Taiwan,Singapore
    ..............................
    When my fishes are happy, I'm happy.

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    the 1st and 2nd look the same to me.... the 4th and 5th also look the same to me so my guess is
    first and second are christmas
    3rd is java
    4th singapore
    5th tawian
    6th weeping
    alan aka zai jin

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    My guess from left to right
    hmmmmm...

    Erect, Christmas, Java, Singapore, Taiwan, & Weeping

    Dennis S.

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    From left to right Erect,Christmas,Java,Singapore,Taiwan and Weeping Moss . That is what they look like to me!!

    Regards
    Aldrin

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    Thanks for playing the game, guys.

    For the record, 3 persons came up with the correct answers. They are Ghazanfar Ghori who lives in the USA, Tony from the UK and Gan C W from Singapore. Congratulations!! We'll be writing to you soon about your prizes

    But seriously, the mosses were arranged in alphabetical order. From left to right, they are Christmas, Erect, Java, Singapore, Taiwan, Weeping.

    All of you were able to identify which was the Java Moss although the frond that was shown in the picture wasn't exactly a good specimen. Alan was very close with his answers but he thought the first 2 fronds belong to the same moss.

    I'm posting more pictures of the 6 mosses. These are "up close and personal" pictures, taken with macro mode at distances of less than 2 cm (0.8 inches). At such close quarters, the mosses should be easier to identify. Is it really?

    In no particular order this time:

    Moss A


    Moss B


    Moss C


    Moss D


    Moss E


    Moss F


    Loh K L

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    Ok, up close its a little more difficult to ID. Primarily because
    you cannot compare the relative size. With some of these
    I'm pretty sure I'm right - not so sure with others.
    But here goes anyway...

    A = Taiwan
    B = Erect
    C = Singapore
    D = Weeping
    E = Java moss
    F = Christmas

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    Teasing us again ? ;-) I must say this is tougher than the first challenge !
    The prize must be better this time ok ?

    Not only have you gotten people looking for mosses everywhere, now people are taking their mosses out of their tank to examine them under magnifying glass !

    I will let the rest guess first ;-)

    Yandy and other moss collectors .. where are you guys ??

    I just read at Arofanatic forum that someone lost $800 worth of belongings when he left his valuables at a bus stop to look at a patch of moss in a stream just beside the bus stop !!
    If you are into Nature, check out the new NSS Nature Forum.
    See my Nature photos and Butterfly Blog

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    Two of the Vesicularias are difficult to tell apart. Anyway this is my stab at it :
    T-B : Taiwan, Erect, Christmas, Weeping, Java and Singapore Moss.
    If you are into Nature, check out the new NSS Nature Forum.
    See my Nature photos and Butterfly Blog

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