moss id please - 三角莫丝 from Taiwan

[Blue Whale]

If you draw spider web definitely more than 3 corners. ha ha...just a thinker. Ok lor, call it "3 corners moss", how about that for common name?

The following will summarised what we find out so far:

Scientific Name: vesicularia filicinum
Common Name: 3 corners moss
Genre: Willow Moss
Origin: South Africa
WPG: 2-3
Temperature: 15-22C
Hardness: 2-12dh
PH: 5.5 - 7.0
Difficulty Level: 1 (easiest)

You could grow grow grow then sell 'em off. How about that?

[kencfk]

I bought one tied to drift wood myself. hehe...

When its discovered the price was pretty steep, but now its as affordable as Xmas moss. 8-)

[feide]

Hi Bluewhale, thanks for the spec / fact sheet. I am not too sure how accurate our findings are. But this is quite fun.
Quoting from some moss guru, many mosses look exactly the same under the microscope, there is no way to ID unless we know the country of origin. For my moss, genus I suspect is Vesicularia. It looks a lot like Singapore moss... But hey again, Singapore moss is notorious for having more forms of look under different conditions...
Oh ya, my water temp is around 27-28 C. So I doubt very much that they are willow moss which will die off at such temp. (I tried keeping willow moss in the same tank previously and they look totally different)
Selling them? Argh! I have threw a huge chunk of them away previously when I though they were Christmas moss. Now My tank is overcrowded with other moss, I will try to make space to grow them again. Haha.
I make some ammendments.

Scientific Name: ?
Common Name: 3 corners moss
Genre: vesicularia
Origin: Unknown
WPG: 2-3
Temperature: 27-28C
Hardness: 2-12dh
PH: 5.5 - 7.0
Difficulty Level: 1 (easiest)

Hi Ken, where did you buy your 'spider moss' from? Care to share a picture of them?

[Blue Whale]

Hee Hee...glad you enjoy it. That's the fun of aquatic planting don't you agree?

Start taking those photos of the plant at regular interval =)

[neon]

I got this same moss from a Taiwan exhibitor during the Aquarama last year.

[kencfk]

Oh yeah most of these spider moss originate during the Aquarama Sales last year when may purchase from the Taiwan booth.
Sure will take some pictures when I hv the time.