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We’ve bought some more cat friendly house plants recently, mostly ferns and Calathea.

Spider plants are Cat safe but not for the plant it seems. Ours have chewed the leaves to bits! :lol:

It’s strange how these things go. I’ve got basic LED lighting on my tanks, no CO2 and I just squirt a bit of Tropica in the tanks every few weeks and my Moss is growing really well. Both tanks have Shrimps and one has half a dozen Corydora’s.

Yes I’ve done this with other Anubias and you’re right, too much SG doesn’t look very nice! I switched to using green sewing thread for some jobs like anchoring Moss.

Thanks for that Darrel. I’ve had them since last year sometime and they have put out more leaves and roots so I guess they must be reasonably happy.

I bought some miniature Anubias a while back which I’ve just moved into a different tank. They have grown ok and look reasonably healthy but they don’t appear to have an obvious Rhizome compared to my larger Anubias? Couple of pics. They will eventually be anchored onto something in a new tank.

The Moss are just fixed to stones so I can easily remove them. I may try just pulling a few bits off.

I have some plain Java Moss and also some Christmas Moss that needs a bit of a trim. What’s the best way of doing this without it looking like it’s just been to the barbers?! :lol:

The plant I bought is doing very well along with another Anubias I got a little later - the Bonsai version. In fact they seem to be the perfect aquarium plant in my setup at the moment so I’ve just bought another three different types to try!

I live in a fairly hard water area but thanks to Darrel‘s suggestion I’ve been using rainwater in my two Nano’s. Plants seem to be growing well and no nasty white sediment on the glass and equipment.

I don’t roll them that often but have done on occasion. Not sure where I read it but putting them in cold salty water for a while seems to help. I’m am using ferts but not a lot.

Anyone know why this is happening? I’ve had them for several months and although I noticed it on one of them a little while all four of them are showing signs now. As per some recommendations I do remove them from the tank every now and then and give them a bit of a rinse & roll! :) I noticed...

Thanks for that Simon ;)

Update: when I took the plant out of the packet it was so big that it almost naturally separated into two distinct plants. Both bits seem to be doing really well at the moment and have produced new leaves. I’ve had to sweep some brown algae off of a couple of leaves but apart from that I’ve only...

I’ll bear that in mind Matt, thank you.

This is the plant, I’m really liking Tropica stuff.

Thanks for that Simon. ;)

I just popped in to Pets at Home and they had a Tropica one of these in there and it was only £4 and looked so good it got mixed up with the cat food by the time I got to the checkout! It was an impulse buy though so what do I do with it. I seem to remember you can fix them to bogwood? Any help...

I’m going to need to trim the Rotala Rotundifolia in my Nano soon. Will the bits I trim off root eventually if I just plant them in the substrate. I’m only using Aquarium Silica Sand. Or is there some other way outside the aquarium to get them to root? No bother if not, just seems a waste to get...

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You're welcome Fox. Would like to see some pics of your project if you proceed. :D

You really need to learn how to get your point across without being offensive Johno. Clive says (above) "99% of aquatic plant websites in the world tell their users to add more light to get their plants to stop elongation" And on this site it says Moss will grow leggy in low light so thats...

Have a look at this Fox. http://www.aquamoss.net/How-To-Grow-Aquatic-Moss.htm It's a real gem of a site for Moss that I keep forgetting to look at myself :roll: Supplementary lighting and micro nutrients will help by the look of it, but have a read of the site yourself. There's more to the...

Thats the bit I needed! Yesterday I lowered the the height of the light fitting and removed the plastic cover over the tank (I'll get a glass one made up). Today I increased the photo period by an hour as well. I'll trim a bit of moss and see how it grows.

I'd be interested to know the answer as well. :D From what others have said though it sounds feasible, let's see what the Moss experts say ...

I didn't misinterpret the data, I just didn't see how this could relate to mosses which are so very different and don't have roots for example! We'll have to agree to disagree on this one Clive! :D If you have any Moss specific info relating to the problem let me know though :wink:

Thanks Clive. Not sure the first article is all that applicable as it concerns waterlogged plants with roots. Can't open the second link at the moment, I'll try again later from my desktop machine. This is the article I had a quick look at...

The other moss is just in a vase on the window sill, so unheated but lots of natural sunlight. I had a quick read about elongation in aquatic plants and I think the conclusion in some cases was not enough O2 and too much CO2. So I'm now guessing maybe too much EasyCarbo or not enough light could...

The filter is a Tetra EX400 rated at about 400lph and flow is pretty fast around the 35L tank. To be honest I'd be a bit concerned about the fish if it were any higher. The same batch of moss is doing fine in a vase with zero flow so could it be anything else? :?

I have some Xmas Moss in my nano which is growing slowly but rather "leggy". The horizontal parts are much further apart in my nano compared to the stuff I'm growing in a vase on the windowsill!? Any ideas why? It's the 35L Nano here: http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... 8&start=50

I'm happily growing moss in a trug in the garden but wondered how long I can keep it out there when the weather cools? I can probably transfer to glass containers on the windowsill at some point. What's the lowest temp to keep them growing?

Just refilling with the hose should remove most stuff "mechanically". Doubt the amount of chlorine would do much except against bacteria?

Hottonia palustris looks pretty good, thanks for that. I wouldn't mind some of it in a container in the garden.

I have quite a number of water courses nearby and have seen some nice looking plants. Suitable access is an issue but are any of them likely to tolerate tropical conditions? If I can get easy access I may think about a few small cuttings for the pond anyway.

Wow that sounds like bad stuff. Still, it says the roots only go down seven feet ... Wanna borrow a shovel :)

This is a good site to check: http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.u ... .htm#grass

I used to use it in my old aquarium and found that although it looked good when I bought it, it quickly became very "leggy" and less attractive once it had been in the tank a week or so. Anyone know why?

Thanks for that Iain. Yes I was thinking it may be an option for the Nano.

Would be the best choice for chopping up to "seed" into volcanic rock. I'm guessing plain java moss would be good but what do folks think?

Yes, please do. I'm sure it would be of great interest if it works well.

Interesting idea, why Vaseline?

I've been scooping pounds of this stuff off my pond and chucking it away! :lol: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/best-price-Du ... _500wt_922

Some good info here: http://www.aquamoss.net/Articles/How-De ... c-Moss.htm

Wow, nice tank Tom! Thanks for the suggestion Ady, I'll certainly have a look.

Thats nice of you, thanks.

Would a few of you be able to make some recommendations for some easy to grow plants for a 35l Nano please. I'm thinking of not more than 3 or 4 different types and quite like the look of some of the Mosses out there if suitable. Open to all suggestions but a "contrasty" mix of form would be...