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first thing would be a good ol check of the co2 levels reaching that plant...are you sure it's good?

I remember seeing that on that nature aquarium documentary and can't believe its not been snapped up by tropica!

this last month or so my fontinalis has bounced back from nowhere...I think it definitely prefers the cooler water temps that winter allows, it was dormant for over 6 months and now beginning to look lovely again...anyone else seen this with this moss?

Iain's comments make perfect sense, you cannot simply name it low tech and therefore it is. 2 54w T5 is quite a high energy light source for a low light plant like microsorum, even more if you put in in full light. This equates to a need for CO2 or a drop in lighting. Do you use tap water...

I'm convinced that allelopathy plays a role in our aquariums, however nutrient competition goes hand in hand so is difficult to figure. I'm pretty sure I've seen it with eleocharis and glossostigma, where the glosso literally upped camp and left the substrate as soon as an eleocharis runner came...

...lastly, all moss loves a good dusting...use a turkey baster to wash off the inevitable debris it collects, i've found hoover/siphon can be too aggresive for this job. Ps there's only a few mosses that naturally "bind" to wood, the rest need to be permanently tied. Fissidens binds, but...

I've got this water: Your water is classed as Moderately Hard which has a Total Hardness level of 270 mg/l as Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3). 270 Parts Per Million / 19 Clarke Degrees / 27 French Degrees / 15 German Degrees That's a mix of ludwigia arcuata, rotala rotundifolia...

allelopathy comes to mind when I see eleocharis...(the family of plants have been proven to excrete chemicals that can kill / inhibit other plants) I've long considered it "the poison dwarf", others will disagree, but I can only go on what I've observed, read in books (D Walstad: ecology of...

Doesn't attach: you can kind of drape it over things and it tangles itself quite effectively like that, I had this growing lush for about a year and I agree it's colours and texture when young is gorgeous, of late it's just packed in and gone sort of dormant and dark. Wonder whether the heat...

Hi Guessing you have CO2 with that light source? That'd be first as otherwise the closer to the lights the ferns get the more the light will be nuking them. Second, I reckon you need to include some phosphates to you fert regime. The phosphate from the fish will be hitting the substrate as...

yep they post and it's a great service, also ask Darren what he'd recommend, as he has lots of specials

totally agree, keep as many growing points as you can at any one time...recently rather than pruning I've been letting a tangled mass of stem plants get to the surface and then "peg" them all down as a huge bunch using a cheapo algae scraper, you can make some really impressive instant "wabi...

I agree with squid, most likely would be CO2 that they are needing, as this can happen when plants begin to grow and block flow to some leaves, almost like suffocating them out, a victim of success in a way. You get it when you grow a lawn sometimes. Also see some green spot coupled with some...

Living Waters in Croydon do mail order, are incredibly cheap and knowledgeable - here's the plants you can get from these guys! Aquatic Shop Croydon - Surrey ,Specialising in community fishes and aquarium plants hope you find what you're looking for!

Yeah that's where I'm at at the moment. Every time I tackle stem plants it's like a confrontation that I would rather put off. You've got to be in the right mind to hack back and mow hard. Afterwork , when you just want to chill, the stems on the surface win!

I agree - you have to keep on top of your trimming, almost having to cut as soon as it looks good, because the next day or so it'll be at the surface. Also find that the slightly weaker cuttings that are finding their feet are more manageable that the fully grown growth a week later. I reckon in...

Totally agree with you about getting the CO2 right as much as you can, and that the majority of issues will be carbon related. I'm also aware that there are many variables at play that should cause us to be careful when making any conclusions based on our observations, and I've very respectfully...

I've read that plants don't have a mechanical mechanism for calcium uptake, that it is by diffusion alone. So the rate of diffusion of calcium through the plant, in the case of the high tech tank, where there are no limits in the availability of nutrients, just the assimilation of them, could be...

Like I say H, just try it and see, I've pretty much maxed out CO2 chasing and exploring the above with respect to the science posed but still witnessed deformed plants. I've also seen the same plants switch from distorted, growing, but very distorted and downright ugly, to perfectly formed by...

I'd be really interested to see if you get an improvement in the growth of the proserpernica if you switch KNO3 for MgNO3, drop the sulphate (unless your water is devoid of sulphates) and lower the amount of Potassium Phosphate by dosing daily, way smaller amounts - 0.2ppm say. The point being...

I would go easy on the potassium you are adding, maybe switch potassium nitrate for magnesium nitrate for instance. Try this and see...it worked for me with rotala macaranda, and ludwigia arcuata, which I am now successfully growing in moderately hard tapwater. I now add daily lean magnesium...

I reckon superglue Gel or cotton for ferns and things that will eventually attach. You can be creative with the placement with a blob of superglue. For all the mosses / liverworts that don't really attach (assume all but Java and Fissidens) use invisible thread from wilkinson or fishing line...

yep, went and did that! instantly looks better and the moss (a fresh batch from windowsill) is getting happy. I think the gel superglue is pretty cool for ferns, etc that attach in time, but for plants that don't naturally attach it's a no no as far as I'm concerned. I used the "invisible"...

Hi I attached peacock moss to coconut shell fragments ( i removed all the husk fibre...a mistake?) with superglue blobs, all looked pretty as a lawn and thought that in time the moss would kind of attach itself with new growth, as the glue wore away. The peacock moss does not seem to show any...

hi :geek: , I reckon it's saururus cernuus, the lizard's tail...

fissidens "fox" arrived and all good with regards to the service, but wow it's a small moss indeed, nano of the nano

nice one! 8) , I'd seen the ones listed in Malaysia, under "mini", that's so cool that you've found a UK source...gonna bag a chunk of that!

Hi, Where have you seen the Mini Bolbitis? cheers Gary

looks good, thanks for mentioning, reckon I'll get some fissidens from there. :thumbup:

chance are you have hydrocotyle leucocephala, a couple of the online plant mail order companies refuse to accept that they may have got it wrong.

Maybe it's hereditary? :lol:

As it makes it's way into the HC, I'd be interested to know if you end up with both living together, Eleocharis dominating or HC dominating. I'm personally not convinced eleocharis species are "community" plants. Anyone else ended up with just a tank of it? cheers Gary

Like a bag of week old salad leaves at the back of the fridge! It's a shame that plants languish at some places, imagine going to a garden centre and getting service like that. Glosso yellow and falling apart- starving hemianthus transparent, snapped and falling apart java moss disintegrating...

Hi- did you solve it? Are you using tapwater or building up from RO?