Reply With QuoteHi, I believe a picture speaks louder than a thousand words. Maybe you can post some pictures, i guess that will benefit those who wants to set up moss wall.
Cheers.
Here is an idea for handling a moss wall. Use the net stuff and the mesh stuff from AquaticMagic. Put the moss material in between. Two problems occur with a moss wall for all it's beauty. One; small fish get caught behind the wall. Two; the moss on the top of the wall grows faster than the stuff on the bottom because it gets lots more light. You can defeat both problems with one technique. Before you fill your tank with water cut long thin strips of velcrow and with a little silicone attach these strips along the top and the sides of the tank glass you want to attach the moss wall to. The bottom should take care of itself. Now on the back of the mesh stuff attach the other kind of the velcrow including the bottom so that these two pieces can face each other. This will allow you to remove the moss wall easily and trim it laying flat. Just use a wooden piece or the handle of a fork to pry it off. It will also allow you to turn the wall over. That is, with the wall off and facing you, you can twirl the piece and have what was on the bottom be on the top and let it get the preponderence of the light for a while. Because you have placed the velcrow all the way around, you can just press it back into place. And the little fish cannot get behind the mesh of the wall.
Hi, I believe a picture speaks louder than a thousand words. Maybe you can post some pictures, i guess that will benefit those who wants to set up moss wall.
Cheers.
Hi DarrellAR,
That's an innovative idea on maintaining mosses. Nice one there. however, i'm wondering if the back of the velcro would trap any unnecessary debris or mulm? Also, by attaching the velcro using silicon, it may look a little unsightly from the back side of the tank.
Nevertheless, i still think it's a great suggestion of yours.
Cheers!
Concerning the back of the tank; the back is almost always against the wall so I always paint the back of the tank and the sometimes the ends black with spray paint. This focuses the vision of viewer to the inside of the tank and obscures whatever might be seen through the tank. To clean the mesh and the back of the velcro (exposed when the mesh is taken of) fill a spayer with tank water and spray the back of the mest and velcro and which should remove any debris (the mesh wall can be placed on a kitchen counter or in the sink so the debris will not end up in the tank.
You can take the opportunity when you have the wall off to trim it in the sink and use your spayer to wash the cut off pieces off so they don't float off and grow all over the tank as they would if you trimmed the wall in the tank.
yep painting the back is a good idea.
nice one
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