Maia Davies` Blogging World

Mosses in the aquarium. In the aquarium aquatic mosses are generally very easy to grow. Mosses can easily be trained to grow over driftwood or rocks in the aquarium. Mosses will grow in between other plants, giving your tank a lusher look. Until recently Java moss (Vesicularia dubyana) was generally the most common aquarium moss found for sale in the United States. The leafy structures are smaller in Java moss and it doesn’t look as lush as the other aquarium mosses. Though some of these mosses will adapt to aquarium life, they are often more difficult than Java moss or Christmas tree moss. The species of Fontinalis I’ve grown have had a very fragile and dainty appearance, with larger leaves than the Java moss but not as wide and large as the Christmas tree moss.Christmas tree moss is a relative new comer, at least on the American aquarium scene. Pruning your mosses is easy. Mosses are one of the easiest aquarium plants to grow and are extremely attractive and useful.

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