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Loose moss

willzs

willzs

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Does everyone else have a problem with loose bits of moss floating around their tanks? Any recommendations how to stop it? My weeping moss wont anchor before the cotton dissolves!


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I've only ever managed to attach weeping moss to lava rock. Tried it on granite rocks and wood but it never took hold properly. I think it needs a rough surface to get its fine tendrils into otherwise it just grows until it breaks loose from whatever you've tried to tie it down with. That's just my experience but I've seen plenty of tanks with weeping moss seemingly attached to other objects so it's either possible or just behind the scenes magic holding it down!


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I've got similar issues. Fortunately it's mini pelia which grows slowly. Some do grow on the sub and require removal.
 
Yes i have it too, at some places the moss just doesn't want to attach and it's not the moss itself not willing. Because it does attach on the same piece of wood at the left side of the tank, but at the right side there most be something with the wood making the moss not want to attach.. Grows like crazy but not attaching.. 🙂 This is with Fissidens fontanis and peacock.. The fissidens which is the only one with tiny bits floating around without notice, it kinda searches his own ground, i see it appear attached to places where i didn't put it. I kinda like it, just let nature take it's cause and let it grow where it wants to grow.. 🙂

What i use to attach plants and mosses to rocks and wood is Dynema Fishing line, the advantage from dynema above nylon is it comes in green camouflaged color and you bearly notice it It is very smooth and slippery line which is very easy to tie because the knots slide till it's tight.. It also immensely strong, 0.14 thicknes pulls 5 kilo. It's color (ask for army green) is the best part if you see a piece left it looks like a root or a part of a plant, it has a rough structure because it braighted and moss or even algae does attach to the dynema.. So over time it will be overgrown. But it never rots away at least not in a year so far i noticed. :thumbup: If you take even smaller size like 0.06 it still mighty strong and even more difficult to notice..
 
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It aint very expensive too, some better organized tackle shops sell it by the yard from large spools.. Complete filler spools you might have to buy 150 yards or something. Bit to much maybe. There are several brands mine i bought many years ago it was spiderwire if i remember correctly. But it's all dyneema.. Some call it moss green others just green or army green, but thats the color you want.

Like Berkley sells the 0.05mm/0.9 kilos - 0.002in/2lb strenght.. It's almost only as thick as a hair.. 🙂 Be carefull not to cut your fingers. 😉
http://www.berkley-fishing.com/berk...-berkley-nanofil/berkley-nanofil/1285551.html
 
Hahaha! I read the title incorrectly as 'loose moose' so had to pop in for a laugh! But seriously - I used black thread to attach - it didn't look great but is easier to deal with than fishing line & it is a means to an end. I also saw a useful video by a guy called Dennis Wong - who used superglue & sponge to create a tree effect...made it look dead easy! Ethyl cyanoacrylate was the glue he used because it bonds when surfaces are wet. I haven't tried it personally but it seemed like a good idea!
 
I've used cheap to expensive super glue and confirm it works well. I think for fissidens, the best is the youghurt method if you can pull it off. The result is so natural.
 
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