christmas moss with fishy/seaweed smell

[rfary]

hi,

got a tub of christmas moss with Fishy/seaweed smell. i am guessing it got stored in there for too long. i tried rinsing it in water a few times but the smell is still there. is there a way to get rid of the smell? is it safe to put into my tank? right now i have it in a bigger tub of water.

thanks for any advice. will adding charcoal help?

[Fuzzy]

Does the moss look healthy and green though?

Soak it for a day or two more, changing 100% of the water each day and see if it gets better.

I've never had moss that smells fishy, usually it just smells earthy, I've even tried leaving moss inside of the bag it came in for 2 months before. It was still ok, but I had been giving it light.

[rfary]

hi Fuzzy,

thanks for the advice. it is green and looks okay. i have change water again today. seems to be getting better not so smelly any more. lets see if it gets better tomorrow.

[rfary]

anyone know how to get ride of the thumb down icon from the thread? i took out from the message but it is still there. i accidentally clicked it, i guess the first time, but edited it out from the post. guess it didn't get deleted since it stayed on the thread.

[Navanod]

The smell may be dued to cladophora algae growing amongst your moss...see if you can pull out any green branching threadlike strands? They look like your moss "stems" without fronds

[rfary]

Hi Navanod, okay will check tonight. thanks for the advice.

[Navanod]

I may be wrong of course...may be blue green algae or just the smell of stale moss!

here's a link on it

http://www.aquatic-eden.com/2009/04/...ora-algae.html

[xinanlove]

Did you keep it in a container and cover it? well i did keep my java moss in container and cover it for 2-3days, When about to sell it to others( no sale ) , i got the smell and not so green anymore .

[rfary]

xinanlove, yap it came like that. think next time you better keep it open and change the water often.

[rfary]

Thanks for the link. i saw it earlier when i go search. will go and check when home. but don't think i saw them when i was changing the water.

I may be wrong of course...may be blue green algae or just the smell of stale moss!

here's a link on it

http://www.aquatic-eden.com/2009/04/...ora-algae.html

[rfary]

cannot find the algae. think it is just kept in the tub too long. i tried cleaning it by rinsing and rubbing them with my fingers. the smell get less. dump 1/2 the quantity and now soaking the rest in new tub of water. see how it goes today. if still bad i might just have to throw everything.

[Fuzzy]

I bought a bag of Anchor moss from NA that I kept sealed in the plastic bag in came in for more than 2 months (almost 3 months)

I gave it 4 - 5 hours of light daily (25w energy saving bulb, distance 5cm), and never opened the bag at all, but I did shake it and rotate the bag weekly.

By the time I opened it the rubber band was already turning sticky and was very loose, but the moss was perfectly fine, and still quite green, and smelled like fresh moss.

Seed shrimp still managed to hitchhike on it though... I thought my 2 mth in plastic bag quarantine method was good enough.

[rfary]

after the cleaning. what is left is good now. i have place them in the tank and they look good.