What mosses do YOU have?

[fish newb]

Well I'm really interested in everyone's moss lists. Basically I want to see who has what moss. If it comes up that there are a few that I have that you don't and vice versa hopefully we could trade to get some more even distribution of these great plants around the world...

So I HAVE

Stringy moss
Christmass Moss
Taiwan Moss (Thanks Loh)
Spiky Moss (Thanks Loh)
Fissidens Fontanus
Nano moss (need to send to Loh to be posatively IDed though)
Hypnum sp. (it isn't a good grower)
Java moss
Willow moss (Two types, one needs to be sent to be IDed)
And some collected liverworts that still need to be sent to be IDed, they appear to be coldwater varieties that don't grow well in Hot water though...)

Some Things I would be interested in are,

Flame moss
Singapore moss
Anchor moss
The fissidens in Singapore, Zipper moss I believe?

And I'm getting some Subwassestang (Spelling?) in a trade with a guy in the US this week!

More or less anything I don't have


So What do you have?
What are you looking for?

-Andrew

[FC]

Andrew,
You have all the mosses I ever have.
Curious and I wish to know:
How do you grow them?
Do you put them all in a large tank or separate them in small tanks?
Are you able to distiguish them all (and all the time)?

[fish newb]

Andrew,
You have all the mosses I ever have.
Curious and I wish to know:
How do you grow them?
Do you put them all in a large tank or separate them in small tanks?
Are you able to distiguish them all (and all the time)?

I grow them By placing them in water, then adding a light on top

But seriously.

At the moment I'm a bit constrained. I only have a 55g, 10g, and 28g tub in the garage, right now its something like this...

55g. Has many different mosses. They are easy to tell apart (to me at least) I attach them to mesh and wood so they stay where I want them. Some gets mixed up but every few months on the mostly USA forum (www.plantedtank.net) I just sell it as mixed mosses really cheap to give to someone who just wants some moss.

10g at the moment has some rocks with stringy moss on it to suck out nutrients. (just redid the tank) And also has some Taiwan moss on mesh on one side. It also has some small portions 1x1 inch (two of these) of flame moss I just got in the mail from another hobbiest. I have the subwassetang(Spelling?) in some mesh as well.

28g has mostly stringy moss. Its unheated and it gets quite cold in the winter here. It also has some temperate mosses that don't like hot water... I'm still trying to acclimate them though.

For lighting its vaired. 55g has 3x4ft long shop lights over it. No CO2 at the moment, don't dose either (I'm a bad boy!). 10g has standard AGA hood with the 1 flourencent tube. I have been doing DIY CO2 on this and just bought 2L of Flourish Excel for this tank and my others. My 28g is VERY low light. It has one two foot T12 over it. Stringy moss does fine though, maybe not the fastest growth but it is growing nicely.

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I really do want to set up a moss rack though, Ideally have 10-20g tanks with one moss in each. But right now My Dad won't let me Its really complicated and very frustrating!

So I hope this just added to the confusion, because for me... I just stick it in water and it grows.

-Andrew

[RC]

Hi, Andrew.

I’ve been following some of your posts here on killies.com
Great to see a young man like yourself so passionate about mosses and liverworts. When I was your age, I gave up the hobby in favor of the girls and a rebellious teenage youth.

Anyway, mosses and liverworts I currently have are:

Riccia Fluitans (Crystalwort)
Vesicularia ferriei (Weeping Moss)
Taxiphyllum alternans (Taiwan Moss)
Vesicularia dubyana (Singapore Moss)
Taxiphyllum sp. (Spiky Moss)
Taxiphyllum barbieri (Java Moss)
Fissidens fontanus (US Fissidens)

Mosses and liverworts I would love to have are:

Riccardia sp. (Mini Pelia)
Taxiphyllum sp. (Flame Moss)
Fontinalis antipyretica (Willow Moss)
Vesicularia montagnei (Christmas Moss)


I’d just like to take this opportunity to once again thank Kwek Leong and Freddy for their generosity in sending us (The APSA team and members) some of the mosses mentioned above.

Thanks a million guys.

Regards,
Rayno

[timebomb]

You're welcome, Rayno.

It's great that the mosses we sent to you guys in South Africa are being spread around. I'll see what I can do with your wish list. No promises though.

The thing that hits me everytime I see someone posts a list of his or her mosses - Professor Benito Tan has really been a great help to our hobby. Before he came into the scene, the only latin names related to mosses were either Vesicularia dubyana or Fontinalis antipyretica. Now, there's such a long list.

Loh K L

[fish newb]

Hi, Andrew.

I’ve been following some of your posts here on killies.com
Great to see a young man like yourself so passionate about mosses and liverworts. When I was your age, I gave up the hobby in favor of the girls and a rebellious teenage youth.

Anyway, mosses and liverworts I currently have are:

Vesicularia ferriei (Weeping Moss)
Vesicularia dubyana (Singapore Moss)

Mosses and liverworts I would love to have are:

Riccardia sp. (Mini Pelia)
Taxiphyllum sp. (Flame Moss)
Fontinalis antipyretica (Willow Moss)
Vesicularia montagnei (Christmas Moss)


I’d just like to take this opportunity to once again thank Kwek Leong and Freddy for their generosity in sending us (The APSA team and members) some of the mosses mentioned above.

Thanks a million guys.

Regards,
Rayno

Its cool to see that my posts have been interesting to someone ! When you have enough I would be interested in your Weeping and Singapore mosses. I will work on getting a nice package of the mosses you're looking for. I have all of them but not enough of all of them to send. So in a week or two I'll let you know.

So Loh, what do YOU have?

-Andrew

[timebomb]

So Loh, what do YOU have?

What do I have? I have everything the moss-lover would die for

But seriously, I have most of the mosses. For those that I do not have in my own tanks, I can get them from the fish shops and farms. I don't usually have to pay for the mosses as the shop/farm owners know that if I have anything new and rare, I would give it to them too. It's like - I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine kind of arrangement, if you know what I mean.

There's one moss though which I can't get in Singapore anymore. I used to have lots of it in my tanks but just like everyone else's, the moss turned brown and died. I'm looking for Erect Moss (Vesicularia reticulata). I hope to grow it again in my tanks and replenish the local aquaria scene with it.

If you have Erect Moss, I'll send you any 3 mosses you want in return.

Loh K L

[fish newb]

Ohh thats good to know Loh! There are a few "missing mosses" in the USA. We have most of them, but not all.

As for erect. I don't currently have it. Will search around...

How is that stringy moss I sent you? Did you give it to someone else or do you still have it?

So, what mosses does everyone else have?

-Andrew

[timebomb]

Andrew,

I gave the Stringy Moss you sent to Bioplast fish shop. But they already have this moss in their tanks so it wasn't anything new to them. I also gave them your other mosses (the ones you found around your neighbourhood) but generally, they didn't take well to life underwater.

Loh K L

[AquaManCanada]

I have
Java moss
Taiwain moss (Thanks to Loh as well)
Spiky Moss (Again big thank you)
Fissidens(Thanks to KeeHoe)
And everything else went bad on me

[nikhilsood1]

Hi KL, i have a lot of Erect moss back home, infact i used to remove it by the handfuls when i was there. The sorry factor is that i am in Scotland right now so will be able to send it over to you as and when i get bak home for vacations.

Nikhil

[fish newb]

Andrew,

I gave the Stringy Moss you sent to Bioplast fish shop. But they already have this moss in their tanks so it wasn't anything new to them. I also gave them your other mosses (the ones you found around your neighbourhood) but generally, they didn't take well to life underwater.

Loh K L

Yeah I understand what you're saying. Same thing happened for me. The stringy moss on the other hand has gone CRAZY! I have tons and tons of it... If anyone needs it let me know! The willow moss also likes cooler weather a LOT more than warmer water. I found that even going from 75F to 72F made a HUGE difference in the growth.

-Andrew

[timebomb]

Hi KL, i have a lot of Erect moss back home,

Nikhil,

Do you remember who you got the Erect Moss from? I gave this moss to Madan and a few of his friends when they came to Singapore a few years ago. It could be your Erect Moss came from one of these good folks.

In any case, please take good care of the moss in your tanks. It's a moss that is hard to come by these days.

Loh K L

[nikhilsood1]

Oh yes i forgot to mention i got mine from Madan, i can tell you that it is doing really well in a good number of tanks, but some of the people have the problem of geting it going. But it was totally flourishing in Madans and my tank. We in Bangalore do distribute the mosses to a lot of people just so that if they dont do well in our tanks atleast someone else wil have them. I remember i gave away almost a a small bucket full of mosses to people just before i left and even then i had more than enough. I think Madan should be back before i get home, so you could tell him to send you some Erect moss, if he does not have, i will do the needfull as and when i go back.

Nikhil

[nikhilsood1]

Hi KL, aactually i will try and do something, just mail me your postal address, i will try and tell my dad to send you some of the erect moss. I cannot tell you when it will leave as he is currently out of the country, but should be at the latest in about 15 days. I will try but im sorry to say that i cannot promise since i am physically not present back home.

Nikhil

[RC]

When you have enough I would be interested in your Weeping and Singapore mosses. I will work on getting a nice package of the mosses you're looking for. I have all of them but not enough of all of them to send. So in a week or two I'll let you know.

-Andrew

Hi Andrew.

Thanks, I've sent you a PM.

I'll be trimming today, so send me your address please.

Regards,
Rayno

[fish newb]

When you have enough I would be interested in your Weeping and Singapore mosses. I will work on getting a nice package of the mosses you're looking for. I have all of them but not enough of all of them to send. So in a week or two I'll let you know.

-Andrew

Hi Andrew.

Thanks, I've sent you a PM.

I'll be trimming today, so send me your address please.

Regards,
Rayno

Good thing I decided to check today!

You've got a PM...

I don't think the leafy liverwort's I've collected do anygood in the tanks at these temperatures. Spring is finally here in the Rhode Island (not an actual island ) So I'll go collecting sooner or later. I think I might be able to check out a few places this week after school with a friend if he isn't busy.. So I'll let everyone know how it goes.

On a bit of a happy note, From the 11th of april to the 16th I'll be on a marching band trip to Disney World in Orlando Florida. Should be a lot of fun!

If anyone wants to trade some mosses PM me,

And everyone else who hasn't yet... POST YOUR MOSS LIST!

-Andrew

[zobek]

Hi,
Here is what I've got:

Taxiphyllum alternas- Taiwan moss


Taxiphyllum barbieri- Java moss


Taxiphyllum sp.- Flame moss


Vesicularia dubyana- Singapore moss


Vesicularia montagnei- X-mass moss


Vesicularia ferrieri- Weeping moss


Vesicularia sp.- Creeping moss


Vesicularia sp.- something between singapore and x-mass

??? - Milimetre moss


Fontinalis antyperitica var. gigantea


Fontinalis antyperitica var. antyperitica- version no.1


Fontinalis antyperitica var. antyperitica- version no.2


Fontinalis hypnoides

Fontinalis sp.

Drepanocladus sp. or Brachythecium sp.


Brachythecium rivulare


Drepanocladus sendtneri


Amblystegium serpens - nano moss


Fissidens fontanus

Fissidens taxifolius


Fissidens noblis

Fissidens zipelianus

Pellia endivifolia


Riccardia chamedryfolia- mini pelia

Monosolenium tenerum


Ricca fluitans

Regards
Krzysiek

[strung_0ut]

Hi everyone,

Now all these may or may not have been Identified but what I have is:

Weeping
Christmas
Singapore
Mini Taiwan
Green Socks
Spiky
Peacock
Willow
Fissidens USA
Fissidens Singapore
Fissidens terrestial (looks like Singapore)
Mini
Creeping
Giant

And a few more unknown. I would be willing to trade for mosses I do not have or a foreground plant like HC or elatine, or mini pellia.

Dennis

[strung_0ut]

Hi everyone,

Now all these may or may not have been Identified but what I have is:

Weeping
Christmas
Singapore
Mini Taiwan
Green Socks
Spiky
Peacock
Willow
Fissidens USA
Fissidens Singapore
Fissidens terrestial (looks like Singapore)
Mini
Creeping
Giant

And a few more unknown. I would be willing to trade for mosses I do not have or a foreground plant like HC or elatine, or mini pellia.

Dennis