growing M.tenerum and willow moss emersed

[mor b]

Can i grow willow moss on emersed wood or on peat moss?
What is the best setup for emersed pellia?

[nonamethefish]

I mixed some garden soil(we have silt) with a bit of potting mix and then made it soaking wet. Put this all in a jar, and placed the Pellia on top. Then floated it in a 46 gallon tank W 96 watt CF lighting over it. Seemed to do qiite well and is growing nicely.

[Robert]

Hi Baruch,
real Willow moss, Fontinalis antipyretica, is an aquatic moss which prefers to grow submerse, at least the variety in my region. It can grow emerse but needs a very moist place and shade to grow at all. It dries up very quickly. In my region it grows only then emerse when the water level fall drastically. Normally it prefers cold water, LOTS of current, and shaded places. To keep it emerse won't be the best way to culture it. BTW, here are some pictures of willow moss, growing emerse because of a fallen water level in hits natural biotope:



A few centimeter above the water surface but it is still too dry for this moss:


In very strong current the fronds are short:



but normally it looks like this:



Best regards

Robert