The Mosses at Gen X

[timebomb]

Hi, folks,

I visited Generation X fish shop the other day to look at their mosses. Thomas, the owner was very nice and allowed me to take pictures. Here's a pic of their display tank which contains no other plants but mosses:


Here's the same tank from a different angle:


Here's a close-up of the Moss wall in the display tank. Most likely, it's Singapore Moss.


Here's the same moss grown in a different tank.


Gen X sells a variety of mosses, one of which is Weeping Moss.


Here's the Weeping look which Dennis couldn't achieve in his tanks.


Gen X also sells a moss which Thomas calls Creeping Moss.


Here's how the Creeping Moss looks when tied on a piece of wire mesh.


Thomas also have another moss which looks like a species of Vesicularia but it's unlike any we know.


There's also a moss which probably is a species of Fissidens.


Thomas does not use plastic mesh to grow his moss walls. He uses undergravel filter plates. Wright who has problems finding plastic mesh where he lives may want to consider this method.



I've always thought that the Yamato numa ebi, commonly known as Amano shrimp eats mosses but Gen X does not seem to have a problem with them.


What is even more amazing is the way Thomas feeds CO2 into his display tank. The bubbling rate seems incredibly high. I asked but Thomas does not know what's the Ph of the tank. His fish does not seem to mind though.


Loh K L

[Ryan M]

That tank looks amazing! Do you have any more pics of the creeping moss?

[strung_0ut]

Timebomb: Thomas does not use plastic mesh to grow his moss walls. He uses undergravel filter plates. Wright who has problems finding plastic mesh where he lives may want to consider this method.

Thats pretty interesting, it doesn't seem like Thomas attaches the moss in anyway, does he stick them into the holes? Did you come away with any new mosses, the amount of different species will soon become overwhelming to me. I want all but I can't handle all.

By the way, what moss is on the large driftwoods in the tank? I've got singapore for the wall, weeping for the carpet.

Regards,
Dennis

[stormhawk]

The mosses are held in place by a series of black string tied round and round the UGF plate. I did it once and had a pretty satisfactory result but was hampered by lack of the necessary CO2 equipment and good lighting back then.

Having better luck with SG moss growing on driftwood instead.

[amitava]

Hi all,

I want to have different types of moss for my future moss only tank. I am from india . I am having java moss and christmas moss here. Can anybody tell me that where can I get other type os mosses ?

Can anybody give me a URL of any LFS out there where I can order different type of mosses ?

regards

[stormydax]

Hi guys,
Does anyone know where has Gen X moved to?

thanks

yours sincerely,
Storm