Questions on moss and mini pellia

**shrimppaste** · 31st May 2010, 12:51

Hi Guys,

I have a few questions I need help with.

1. Is mini pellia a moss
2. is US Fissiden a moss
3. Can pellia and US fissiden be grown immersed?

**eviltrain** · 31st May 2010, 14:05

1. Is mini pellia a moss
it is a liverwort.
2. is US Fissiden a moss
it is a fissiden
3. Can pellia and US fissiden be grown immersed?
yesh but in high huminity and low temperature.

**shrimppaste** · 1st Jun 2010, 21:51

Hi Eviltrain. Thanks! So they spread by spores as well?? Thanks.

**eviltrain** · 1st Jun 2010, 23:14

i'm not really too sure about that. normally you need to dry them out then spores will dispers

**insider** · 1st Jun 2010, 23:33

Well i don't think pellia spread by spores cos mine just grow from the tips little by little

**shrimppaste** · 2nd Jun 2010, 00:07

I am asking cause I was reading that in vivariums, you can grow moss by blending them with yoghurt and painting it on the wood. I was thinking if it works on pellia, I can then just paint them on my drift wood and get a lot of pelia after a while

**feide** · 2nd Jun 2010, 10:56

Hi shrimppaste

Interesting find you got there, growing moss by blending them with yogurt..
Can kindly share more details or share the links? Thanks

**shrimppaste** · 2nd Jun 2010, 13:30

You can just google moss and yoghurt. Basically you blend them with yoghurt and then you paint them on. And they will grow. If we can do this for Vivarium, I was thinking if we can do it immersed, then we can get the whole driftwood covered in pellia for example before we put them into the tank. Haha. WOuld be cheaper and easier than tying them one by one I thought.