Hi all, any one out there knows how to trim taiwan moss so that
1. It doesn't dirty my tank,
2. the bottom dun rot away and it forms a nice healthy shape?
Thanx alot
Trim them whenever they get excessively thick. Whenever you do your water change, put the hose near the moss and fluff it up so all the dirt and stuff stuck in it will get sucked up. Better still, just hose the moss.
Personally I use my fingers and pull it out. To shorten strands I use both hands. Sisscors are imho not useful for trimming moss.
i just did my triming of moss today, with a pair of sicssors. actually one hard to tell how triming of moss to be done, til you try. its kinda difficult with scissors and triming part is very physical demanding. my back starts to ache!
haha okok cos today I was at teo aquatics.. saw their moss its so nicely trimmed wonder how they do that. my is like unkempt... wun sucking using a hose suck off 1 whole piece o moss?
Yea it will occasionally, but for my case it's for moss already grown onto the wood, so it won't be sucked off.
Fingers are best, trust me. Plus you can get hold of the unwanted strands and throw away immediately, instead of leaving them to float all over the tank.
hmm...will try the hand method! well, also can consult Hii, look at his moss wall, they are nicely trimmed!
i guess it's about time to trim my moss wall too. Been about more than 5months. First time trimming it, i guess i would follow advise and use the hand method
Wah I jus trimmed my moss on the DW.. my moss is attached to the wood. Used a combination of the advice given here. My best take. Use a net and a pair of scissors. all the debris go into the net.
P.S. use a big fine net. wun make a mess =))
Cheerios n happy trimming
The greatness of a nation ... (Gandhi)
Hmm ... interesting post. I've been keeping moss for few months now, never trim it before. Probably because my tank temp is a bit on the high side and the moss is not really growing that fast. But honestly, I have always thought that you can just tie a piece of moss to the driftwood and forget about it - shows how much I know.
Oh, by the way, I have a question to ask experts over here. I have shrimps in my tank (cherries, mosquitos, yamatos, malayan, ...) and a lot of them hides inside the moss grown on my driftwood. I am thinking that most of them (esp. the juviniles) make that their home. Won't trimming the moss disturb them? Worse, won't trimming my moss force my shrimp fries out into the open where they're vulnerable to attacks from my cardinals?Anyway to overcome this?
Luenny
hmm....regarding trimming, when tank reaches maturity, that's probably the most standout and satisfactory. but once its overgrown, thats why some may need to do trimming of plants, cause of the messy look. and the excess plants can add to our pocket money for some 'kopi breaks', where some do sells them in our marketplace.
for what i know, cherries are not human shy, and they wont shun away even your fingers get near to them. So some disturbance will not affect them much.
If you do trimming by hand and not scissors, the shrimps have a much less probability of being harmed.
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