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Willow moss, Browning?

Lee Sweeting

Lee Sweeting

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Hi, i'm 10 days into my first planted tank and everything is going great so far. However my willow moss has started browning. Is this normal after it has first been submerged or is there a problem?

I have a 125 ltr tank, pressurised Co2 at 3 bps (lime green colour in the drop checker). I'm dosing Tropica specialised at 4ml per day, and i'm also dosing easy carbo at 5ml per day (just while the tank is stabilising). I'm changing 50% of the water every other day, and have 10x the volume of the tank being turned over each hour. My lights are 2 x 28w T5's with reflectors, which are on for 10 hrs a day.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
I think Fontinalis antipyretica likes cooler water and low light, so maybe that has something to do with it.
 
I have mine in a 90 lt with 2x24w T5HO lights and it grows like crazy but I only have my lights on for 7 hours...10 hours seems a bit too long IMO but hey what do I know 😀
 
Troi said:
I think Fontinalis antipyretica likes cooler water and low light, so maybe that has something to do with it.
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Thanks Troi! I didn't know that, i had read somewhere that it would do well under any conditions. Oh well you live and learn. Do you think it would be best to remove it and replace with something more suitable? Some of the branching drift wood i have is quite close to the surface, can you suggest a moss which will do well under the light i have?
 
Hi Lee 🙂 hadn't seen that thread and unfortunately I didn't find UKAPS until after I'd done my tank otherwise I might well have tried his method 😀
I know that when I got my willow moss it did take some time to adapt to my water and I nearly gave up on it so it might be worth giving it a little longer.
 
MirandaB said:
Hi Lee 🙂 hadn't seen that thread and unfortunately I didn't find UKAPS until after I'd done my tank otherwise I might well have tried his method 😀
I know that when I got my willow moss it did take some time to adapt to my water and I nearly gave up on it so it might be worth giving it a little longer.
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Thanks for that Miranda. Its not to bad at the moment so i guess it could just be adapting. I'll see how it goes for now. If it doesn't work out i can always change it. 🙂
 
Browning is a result of poor CO2. Review your injection rate, flow/distribution. Lighting for newly submerged plants is always an issue. Reduce the intensity if possible, which will reduce the demand for CO2.

Cheers,
 
Hi Clive! My injection rate seems to be fine. I have a nice lime green colour in my drop checker from lights on to lights off. My flow and distribution also seem to be good. The browning is occurring downstream from my outflow and also sits very near to my diffuser. I would have thought that this would be the best area for flow and co2 levels? My drop checker is placed below my outflow (Lilly Pipe), the area i would consider to have the lowest flow and distribution of Co2. The other plants in this area and the rest of the tank are going crazy. The willow moss is the only plant which doesn't seem to be thriving?
 
I've grown it very successfully in a 90l low-energy tank (no CO2 or organic carbon) under 30w of t8 (no reflectors). The tanks temp was around 74F
 
Troi said:
I've grown it very successfully in a 90l low-energy tank (no CO2 or organic carbon) under 30w of t8 (no reflectors). The tanks temp was around 74F
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Hi Troi, like you said, i think i might have to much light for willow moss!? I think I'm going to remove the willow and replace with spiky moss. I've read that spiky moss loves lots of light, so it might be more suited to my current setup. Such a shame though, i really loved the willow moss.

Its all a big learning curve for me at the minute but, I'm having lots of fun none the less. 🙂
 
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