moss carpet

**azza1985** · 1st May 2010, 03:46

hi people ive brought a fish tank and looking through the internet and saw many pictures with moss growing on the floor and on wood can people explain and tell me how to do this i would appreciate the advice and help

**Fuzzy** · 1st May 2010, 04:43

Usually the mosses are attached to stainless steel mesh, or driftwood, then laid in pieces on the substrate to grow out.

**azza1985** · 1st May 2010, 19:13

So all I need to do is put pieces of moss in the tank ie on bog wood and rocks and attached with mesh then the moss will expand and grown

**timebomb** · 3rd May 2010, 19:02

Originally Posted by azza1985

So all I need to do is put pieces of moss in the tank ie on bog wood and rocks and attached with mesh then the moss will expand and grown

It's more than just that, of course. For the moss to grow, conditions in your tank have to be right. First off, you need to keep the water cool. Use a fan and if you leave it running non-stop 24 hours a day, you can get the temperature down to 28 degrees C or lower. Then you need to have lights. Mosses don't require high lighting but there must be some light. If you have a CO2 system, that will help the moss to grow too.

To find out how we tie mosses to driftwoods or rocks, take a look at this post.

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**weng0202** · 9th May 2010, 22:08

Originally Posted by azza1985

hi people ive brought a fish tank and looking through the internet and saw many pictures with moss growing on the floor and on wood can people explain and tell me how to do this i would appreciate the advice and help

If you do not want to use wire mesh, what you can do is leave the loose moss on the gravel and use the gravel to weigh it down. But your gravel has got to be small so that it does not block the light from reaching the moss and your pump must not blow against the gravel region or else your moss will be 'flying' everywhere.

After a month or 2, the moss should have attached itself to the gravel and start to spread outwards and upwards.