Should be mini moss. He has is on display on the tank to the right of the entrance.
Should be mini moss. He has is on display on the tank to the right of the entrance.
wat's "NA"? cant find it in glossary..
my planted tank is a small 12\"x7\"x10\"(height)
Nature Aquarium.
[quote:e304e07dc2="|squee|"]Should be mini moss. He has is on display on the tank to the right of the entrance.[/quote:e304e07dc2]
if you are referring to those limpy stringy moss over the driftwood on the right side (opposite the counter) then it is actually Singapore moss. Surprising morphological form but true.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
*gasp* Then Mr Chan has the wrong ID? Because he told my friend that that particular moss was mini moss!
Truth be told, Mr Chan could not have known. The moss was verified by the moss man Prof. Benito Tan at the cellular level.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Hmm... oh well. PEPSI know you know the true name
Note again that the IDs of (many of) the mosses available at LFS (e.g. those at NA, Bioplast, Petmart etc) were ascertained only thanks to the efforts of Professor Tan. Many of these mosses (especially Singapore moss) can assume a huge variety of forms and sizes in both their emersed and submersed forms (thus the Singapore moss at Chan's look very different from others grown elsewhere). Except for a few (erect, weeping, taiwan (?)) one CANNOT tell for certain which species a moss is just by looking at its growth. Exact ID is only possible by examining its sporophyte and cellular structure (?). Thus, I must say speculation and concocting of arbitrary names (e.g. false Taiwan moss) is useless and confusing.
[quote:9405a0d613="|squee|"]Hmm... oh well. PEPSI know you know the true name [/quote:9405a0d613]
read all about it here.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Thanks alot hwchoy.
So is the moss on Sale ??
Yeap.
Juz went to NA and comfirm with Chan. The tank opp his counter is mini moss. The tank on the left side of his shop if facing his shop is taiwan moss. The tank straight infront of u if u walk in is upright moss.
Mini moss is selling at $5 which is said enough to cover 4 wire mesh. Upright moss is selling at $5 per mesh.
Taiwan moss is not available at the moment.
[quote:62b9a9c8a0="PEPSI"]Juz went to NA and comfirm with Chan. The tank opp his counter is mini moss. The tank on the left side of his shop if facing his shop is taiwan moss. The tank straight infront of u if u walk in is upright moss.
Mini moss is selling at $5 which is said enough to cover 4 wire mesh. Upright moss is selling at $5 per mesh.
Taiwan moss is not available at the moment.[/quote:62b9a9c8a0]
did you read the link or you don't prefer to believe the professor?
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Xmas moss and taiwan moss make me so confused lor... wa lau!!! how i noe??? still the same...anyone noe why they give it two names?
Anyway if u are toking bout the moss opp the counter... and if the moss is thicker than any other moss,i have it...is mini moss. any body wan??? i am willing to sell cheaper then NA. PM me or msg/call me (9743 6757) if u wan the moss and we will discuss the price. Cheers!
[quote:a41c2fdad9="jonapur"]Xmas moss and taiwan moss make me so confused lor... wa lau!!! how i noe??? still the same...anyone noe why they give it two names? [/quote:a41c2fdad9]
the short answer is that mosses cannot be reliably identified from superficial morphology (i.e. shape and growth form). the only way to do so is to examine their cellular structure and capsule (fruiting body).
go back several replies I have posted a link to an article. Several more are available at killies.com. Read them and you have your answers.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
[quote:c08fe3b429="hwchoy"][quote:c08fe3b429="PEPSI"]Juz went to NA and comfirm with Chan. The tank opp his counter is mini moss. The tank on the left side of his shop if facing his shop is taiwan moss. The tank straight infront of u if u walk in is upright moss.
Mini moss is selling at $5 which is said enough to cover 4 wire mesh. Upright moss is selling at $5 per mesh.
Taiwan moss is not available at the moment.[/quote:c08fe3b429]
did you read the link or you don't prefer to believe the professor?[/quote:c08fe3b429]
Hi hwchoy,
i did not read the link as i m not a member of the website. And i juz go n ask Chan hope to clear any doubts. I dun noe if i made a mistake cos tat is wat Chan told mi
Killies no longer allows viewing by non-members?? hmmm
there is a moss article in AQ too.. go search for it.
what choy is saying is that whatever names an LFS (and that includes Chan) tells you mean nothing and are basically useless .... they are just fancy names the supplier has concocted. Thus, the professor from NUS has determined that the mosses at Chan are the so-called Singapore moss (Scientific name pending), despite their disparate appearances.
[quote:3c613c7432="budak"]Killies no longer allows viewing by non-members?? hmmm
there is a moss article in AQ too.. go search for it.
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is that right? I'll check with TB.
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.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
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