Mosses turning brown

[strung_0ut]

I recall cS saying that too much iron dosing led to mosses turning brown. Singapore I think, is a little easier on temperature like java moss, and is easier to grow. What are your other tank conditions?

Regards,
Dennis

[whuntley]

Dennis,

My tap water has about 0.3ppm+ of iron, and I see no browning of my various mosses (Java, Weeping and Taiwan). Plants seem to love my moderately soft (50 ppm as CaCO3) water. I do have a lot of them over beach gravel, so the hardness tends to drift upward a bit.

Wright

[strung_0ut]

Yeah Wright I was not too sure about it, but with my tank I rarely dose traces anyways. I also forgot this, on APC, I recall on the plantfinder that extra iron for java moss gave it more of a rich green color. Still does anyone really know anything about moss - except for cool water? On another note, Hey! your in California now? When did this happen? Or is it just me and I've never noticed, because I knew in some point you were in freezing cold snow stormy areas. = )

Regards,
Dennis

[whuntley]

ROTFL!!

I'm only about 50-60 miles from you, and have lived in CA since the Hoover administration (that's the one before Franklin Roosevelt).

Yesterday morning I drove almost 150 miles on road marked "Chains Required (or 4WD)" on ice and in snow. Speed Limit 35 MPH. I had to go to Reno to pick up a Washington Bureaucrat. She had a lovely ride back down the E. side of the Sierras to Mammoth Lakes, where we dropped her off before returning to Bishop. The snow had melted and the roads were dry all the way home.

Wright

[strung_0ut]

I'll be sure to hunt you down old timer, next time I'm in Sequoia. Very beautiful area you live in. = )

Regards,
Dennis

[whuntley]

It's a tough hike from there, Dennis.

Note that there are no passes across the Sierras from Bakersfield to Yosemite, :-)

[fkkow]

The water hardness is bout 2-3. I dose 1-2 cup full of Fe (Nutrafin) and 1 cup of NPK (Nutrafin) after water change.

The Fe is within recommended limit. pH is acidic to neutral....

Thanks,
FK

[ezumi]

Hi,
Is anyone still having problems with mosses turning brown?

Pleae advise me on solving this brown problem.

My cute and pretty christmas mosses are turning browner each day

ezumi
East Singapore

[hii]

Last few month, my christmas moss turned brown. After that follow by weeping moss.

I remember last time my weeping moss grow in full green but now half of it is brown only the new shoot remaind green.

But it didn't happen to Java moss, taiwan moss and Singapore moss in the same tank.