Dude!!! I've been searching all day on google about growing terrestrial moss in aquarium.. ever answer was basically NO!.. BUT look at you!! This is so freaking cool
i believe the key is in light leaf shape and CO2 lvls in water i did some reading on why plants die underwater & its basically they dont have the surface area on leaves to breath fast enough under water or they dont get enough light to breath or they clean all the CO2 out of water but moss has a very high leaf surface area and is lower light tolerant than most plants but this is some of the few actual time lapsed examples so tyvm also to author for confirming my hypothesis ie that water looks pretty clear and he was specifically keeping some in high light for a moss(ofc water acts as a sun screen) was cool to see you do it without a Co2 bubbler also :) although in my setup im building i did put it on top of a sponge with a air bubbler under it, but that was to enhance the filtering of the water by moss as much as anything/to make a undergravel (moss, sponge & sand) filter this video makes me pretty confident i can keep it alive :) has a little menheir/standing stone in middle of it (has to have something to keep spounge down) looks a bit like 1 of your examples i saw in this or other vid but on a larger scale/100L octagonal tank
@@hamasmillitant1 Main factors for terrestrial plants under water dying are: Stem, leaf and root structure. Leaves and stems of terrestrial plants are covered in wax, their tissues are harder, thus nutrient exchange is limited, osmotic pressure, their roots have higher oxygen demand, they have no ways of defending against aquatic organisms, etc.
Your moss looks fantastic. I've had mine for about a month now and I can't seem to get it growing like this lol. I'm a gardener and plant collector, but I recently got into aquaponics and the beautiful underwater life. It's a bit different than I'm used to, but I'm excited to keep learning. Thanks for sharing.
Land plants grow differently with roots in water or fully submerged underwater - there is a lot of exploration to make :) You will like it! I have playlists of videos that you may find helpful. Here is all my plants growing with roots in water: ruclips.net/video/RJP7OGiY0Lc/видео.html And here is plants growing underwater: ruclips.net/video/oR07LdosdEQ/видео.html And I have more specific playlist about succulents and mosses ;) All the best on your adventure!
Since starting with your videos my wife and I now have 9 Jarrariums and 4 5gallon bucket-ponds in the backyard. We have found and are gaining mastery of Najas Grass, Sphagnum Moss, Duckweed, False Loosestrife and an unknown grass-needle cluster plant. Along with endler guppy hybrids and mosquitto fish. Your no filter no ferts designs are inspiring! Your narrated videos are even better
Just found this RUclips page 20 minutes ago and I am blown away! I’m trying to find information on just growing herbs and other household plants out of the top of my aquarium and a lot of sources say they do it and it has a ton of benefits but finding any visuals or products I can use to do it. Anyway his videos on herbs was amazing to watch and now I’m just staring at this beautiful moss in a plastic bottle and I’m mind blown. Simple things can be so beautiful. I’m subscribed and will be watching whatever you put out man!
Thanks for uploading these, I've made several small aquariums following your advice. I gathered some moss while camping and brought it home for a terrarium. Yesterday I pulled some out and followed your instructions to plant it in water, I hope it is the same kind! I haven't added any guppy fry to the small aquariums yet, but I have some young ghost shrimp thriving in there.
Way to go! PS: Moss grows toward source of light. Small aquariums are easy to move around or rotate them to expose all part of aquarium to sunlight (all my different type moss samples likes sunlight). Rotate aquariums to make moss grow up. Or keep one side of the aquarium always exposed to make make moss grow toward it. All the best!
It could be that reason. The moss I use gets rotten if I don't wash it thoroughly before placing it underwater - that is a fact. Try different type of moss, or from different location.
I've tried this, the only step I missed is washing the carpet under water to remove all still and other things. Ans it started giving bad smell after some days. So I discarded. Great video. There are so many varieties of moss in my native woods. You have given me hope.
I have now had land moss in two of my tanks for some time. The first time I gave it a try was almost a year ago, that moss is now 8 inches long and I've had to start trimming it, it has spread under my substrate and other landscaping and I consider this tank to be almost self sustaining. The tank has White Cloud Mountain minnows and Cherry Red shrimp, both have been breeding and seem to love the moss. I believe that I introduced snails to the tank with the moss and would have preferred to avoid that, but most of my intervention with this tank is snail control. I do water changes usually once a week unless there are fry and usually do around 25% changes. I would definitely use land moss again when I set up new tanks. My latest build was around 6 weeks ago and I have added land moss at set up. It's too early to tell how successful it will be but the Corydorus seem to be very attracted to it.
This is fascinating! I had no idea this could be done! Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video! I'm going moss hunting this weekend, all because of a video you made 2 years ago 🤣
My pleasure! There are some other videos about growing land moss underwater that you may want to check on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/_GopHk_lqlI/видео.html All the best on your adventure!
Great video! I was hoping I could do this somehow, instead of buying more lol.. I love your ideas and creativity! Also, the tiger lily is beautiful and I've been keeping my eye out for one 😊 Thanks for sharing, this was really fun and informative to watch..
Your microphone is always on its fucking weird I speak about whiskey and boom whiskey add speak a out wine boom wine add sometimes I think even the camera must be on cause you dont say a word about somthing you swear your just thinking it but some how boom you get a add great video thou hey I did this awhile back and worked great
@@4me I now have 3 varieties. I just rinsed all loose soil off the moss and glued it on a 6" stone slate like you would java moss (which is way too expensive). It's thriving , growing and the fish seem to love it. I'm starting a shrimp tank and hope it's successful with them.
Tree moss found here in Coastal Oregon has been growing in my 3 gallon Dwarf Shrimp tank for over a year. Not like Java or Christmas moss though, it sends out long threads of itself that loop all over the tank, and they eventually grow out short side shoots. Hasn't died yet.
Absolutely amazing video, im going to use this for my new ecosphere tank. Just wanted to ask though how long do you have to wait before introducing fish ?
I always add snails and other tiny critters into nurseries and wait for moss to grow before moving it into main aquarium with fish. All the best on your adventure!
Thanks for sharing such an awesome video! I miss new York so much, I've been in Florida for about 15yrs now. Just got some of this moss for my betta tank a few weeks ago and it's starting to turn brown even though my water is stable. Any suggestions?
My pleasure! Moss turning brown is not good...I keep all new samples in a separate aquarium - nursery to check on them before adding to my main aquarium with fish. Watch for unhealthy odor - that is the first sign of spoiled samples. There are two possible ways to go about spoiled samples. The first and the easiest one is to discard the spoiled sample and get a new one. The second way is to try to fix it. Check this video for details about it: ruclips.net/video/DWWGfuozMUk/видео.html Getting a new sample is easy and fast - that is what I would go with ;)
That is interesting. All my land plants that grows underwater shows unusual characteristics. My normally growing Peace lily likes shadow. The Peace lily growing underwater likes direct! sunlight, but grows slowly than the one exposed to air.
Wow ! Lucky me... I live in Quebec and I have an 18 " pool that I want to use to put some menos and maybe a few yellow perch next summer, I was just thinking about using some herb in the bottom over some gravel so I checked RUclips to see if it could be done and I found your video. I am so please to see what you have done. Thank you so much!
Looking good Michael, Mine is doing awesome also, I actually added some to cholla wood for my shrimp and the love it, I have outdoor moss in all my tanks.
Ha - I have ongoing experiment for couple months with driftwood - my seed shrimps in love with it too :) Wait - I have one of the nurseries with driftwood in this video. I have some really cool looking design ideas using moss in aquariums (don't have enough nurseries to try them all :)) Will see how all goes through the year - I will share results. I don't know how to say it better than in two word - Thank YOU! Your idea of using regular moss in aquariums has already made big difference for me, my aquariums and I believe for many people. Moss make planted aquariums possible in all parts of our planet! That is a huge deal for many. Thank You Brenda!
Tried the land moss test yesterday.. in glass bowl and a plastic bottle.. the glass bowl landmoss shows lot of bubbles today morning... And occasionally oxygen bubbles come out from the landmoss strips.. after 24 hrs.. I have some grass also in that bowl along with common pothos plant.. but they don't seem to release bubbles yet.. but moss are giving out bubbles will let you know the update after a couple of days.. thanks man.
The first bubbles often are just air trapped when plant gets underwater. Shake those bubbles off. If you see new bubbles appears after couple hours of plant been exposed to bright light - those are oxygen bubbles ;) All the best on your adventure!
@@4me hi past two days it was cloudy and rainy so no new bubbles came just the last ones sticking on to the moss. . Today it's sunny.. and I am seeing newer bubbles coming up does that mean photosynthesis is happening.. :)
@@4me hi the landmoss I use seems to require direct sunlight.. if I keep it indoors it's doesn't release bubbles .. if I keep it outdoors. It's like seeing soda bottle .. with less bubbles a slow random appearance of bubbles keep happening.. also it gives oxygen and the plant requires the co2.. should I blow inside water using a straw once in a while or should I keep a motor pumping air.....having the motor eliminates the self sustainable thingy... I heard about the co2 tablet and liquid but I am quiet skeptical on it.. do give your suggestions.. thanks
@@xbandpixels Thank you for the question! I prefer not to add CO2 into water. That is funny thing about CO2 for plants/mosses/algae and cyanobacteria. All live organisms that use photosynthesis to produce energy need co2 and oxygen. Photosynthesis for plants is the same as breathing for people. So, plants consume co2 and release oxygen while exposed to light, but consume oxygen and release co2 when there is no light. CO2 dissolves in water much faster than oxygen (that is why we use CO2 to make soda ;) It is very easy to tip off the balance of your aquatic system. Adding CO2 into aquarium water will surely have effect on both: plants and animals. Extra CO2 may benefit one on expense of the other and reverse.
I might be wrong about the identification but this seems to be a carpet-like moss in order Hupnales while Bryum species are usually acrocarpous. My guess is this is from order Hypnales, but need more identification from experts. Some “feather moss” in this order, like Myuroclada, are indeed thread-like in their appearance and unbranched. The shape of the sporophyte May also give some hint
I've been using iNaturalist app for a couple years now for identification of species. Getting ID on mosses from pictures seems to be the hardest task 🙂
Hello, I have been doing something very similar with a tropical tank I have. The moss has great for the Cory fish as well, I have been growing the moss for a month in my garden underwater first to give it time to latch to the rocks then slowly introducing it to the tank works great
I used calculator** Hey.. From your videos the formula to find out water volume in ml is (Fish size in CM) x3^3 so for a 5cm fish =(5x3) ^3 =15^3 -or- 15x15x15 =3375 ml water -or- 3.5litre approx water needed And the length of aquarium should be Fish size in CM x 3 That is 5 x3 15cm tank So by this Can i keep 5 CM betta in 3.5litre water in 15cm tank 🙃🙃???
You did the math for the minimum size aquarium to keep the fish - great start! Now you know the minimum. Your fish will grow and so should grow the tank. Aquariums don't grow... but you can build a larger aquarium to be ready for your fish when it needs to be moved. Also, it takes larger size aquarium for your fish to breed. Have fun and happy aquariums :)
Hmm...the land moss that I've been growing underwater does not attach itself to any surface if that is what you asking. However, you can trim the moss to whatever shape you may come up with for aquascaping purpose, and you can use it for different designs.
Unfortunately not but I'm from Ireland so it's usually pretty wet there is usually moss everywhere. The first one I started with went brown first too but the longer I left it the long strands started growing
You notice the moss changed it's growth structure to long and reaching, because that's what it's trying to do REACH the surface and NOT be completely submerged...
That is one of possible explanations ;) I deem moss grows toward source of light (as all terrestrial and aquatic plants do) - that is why it grows up. Also, I think moss grows in longer strings underwater (compare to how it grows on land) be cause of the underwater low gravity effect. All the best!
But moss is not a light seeking plant, grows in shady areas. And there are aquatic plants that carpet the bottom and don't really grow "towards" the light source. Not trying to be argumentative, just talking about observations. I've grown pothos submerged and noticed it reduces the size of new leaves. How long did the moss continue to grow submerged.?
This type of moss grows underwater continuously for...over an year. I trim it at least a couple times - the stubs and the cuttings keep growing. Also, I have similar type of moss in HD aquarium - I did not trim it since initial setup, want to see how it goes ;) New leaves of my pothos also grow smaller and so does Peace lily! Interestingly, moss does not have the water delivery system as plants have (roots) - I deem that is why moss prefer shady/ damp areas. This way moss get water - in bright lighted areas it would dry. Though, underwater moss has unlimited access to water all day and night round. With so much water around in aquarium all moss need is light to grow. And so it goes. It is just my hypothesis ;)
Yeah, moss is amazing. I have a video on my channel of some moss I collected in Colorado, it was completely dried out, but almost instantly turns green when I spray it with water. It's pretty cool.!
@@dominiquebryan2039 Not all mosses grow underwater among those that I tried. Those that grow will do even in low light. So, just try with different mosses until you find the one that fits. The most important part is to clean it thoroughly before submerging underwater. All the best on your adventure!
Thank you for the question! I use the best natural filters available on our planet :) Algae, bacteria, microorganisms and plants do the most part of the work. Also, I feed my fish no more than 1 time a day (amount of food that should take to eat about 2-3 minutes). Check videos on this playlist for more details on my aquarium fish care routines: ruclips.net/video/Gbdmf66XUSQ/видео.html All the best!
This video inspired me a lot! Today I went for a walk with my daughter and look for moss from a park in the city, there has been lots of snow but spring is coming and it has started to melt away. We eventually found some moss that I took home and cleaned it up and put it to sit for over night in a separate jar. I saw that you had small guppies living in one of the jars, does the moss emit enough oxygen for the fishes? It would be cool to have small fish swimming around in it!
The fast growing moss produce more oxygen compare to the slow growing moss. The same stands true for all plants and algae. Any size fish may benefit from moss in many different ways: it looks nice in aquariums, it produce oxygen and takes CO2 along with nutrition (dissolved fish waste), moss serves as hidden place for small fish, and it serves as food for larger fish, and etc. All the best on your new adventure!
Thanks for the information :) I soaked it for one day and put it in a big glass jar today. It looks really nice! I have to try to get small critters and maybe fish in it in the near future!
I collected some garden-moss which I rinsed thoroughly. But it is impossible to remove all the soil underneath it. Most of it is sand. It has been in dechlorinated water for 3days and looks fine. Is it okay to leave it with the sand and go on with the process?
It is already in the process! I keep samples in plastic cups since Summer - use parts of them in new nursery aquariums as I build them. Though, I would rather let it stay for a week or more - some moss may get rotten even after a week. Sand is not a problem - organic matter is what you want to get rid off (insects and their eggs and etc). All the best!
Growing underwater land mosses do it continuously all year around...I've done it for a couple years and counting. You can see all my video (and updates) related to growing land moss underwater on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/k8ckHeVivqA/видео.html
Thank you for the question! Yes, any aquarium (with fish or any other aquatic creatures) need filtration. You have to choose what type of filtration to use or rather what type of aquarium fish care to follow. There are man-made filters and filtering systems available in pet stores. Those are the most commonly used in aquariums. And there are natural filters - those exist in all natural water bodies (freshwater or salt water). You know them: bacteria, algae, plants, all types of tiny critters. I used man-made filters for many years. Since 2016 I use natural filters. Man-made filters seems to be less efficient compare to natural. Check videos on this playlist for more details on my previous and present aquarium fish care routines: ruclips.net/video/eKDWgUO4VsM/видео.html Best regards!
Bad smell is the first sign of spoiled sample. The simplest thing to do is to get rid of it right away. Get a new sample. Wash it. Put it in a separate nursery for a couple weeks. See if it grow and then move it to a primary aquarium. The more complicated way is to resecruate the spoiled sample. I described this process in this video: ruclips.net/video/DWWGfuozMUk/видео.html Washing moss thoroughly is the most important thing either way you chose to go. All the best on your adventure!
I did the same, all my Salgnella ( Salgnella kreusi) rotted and fouled up the water. Kept growing at the top but the lower end kept dying from being submerged. I will try with this moss....
I am not familiar with this plant...the google search yields some weird results about salmonella :)) Would you please give me a link to some article or pictures to look up.
I've seen people do it with glue, superglue and hot glue. And there are people arguing that some glue could be toxic. Well, as shown in this video there are many other safe ways to attach moss ;)
only certain types of superglue are safe. Cyanoacrylates are one of them, as they react with water to form a polymer, unlike others which can just dissolve again.
Great idea! I'm going to try adding to my 75gal guppy tank. What is the purpose of soaking before adding to the aquarium? Could I just add a small amount of moss straight into the aquarium instead of soaking?
Thank you. The purpose of soaking land moss is to insure the moss is growing underwater. I put (always!) everything new (including fish and plants from pet stores) into a separate nursery for observation. It helps to prevent spreading disease the same way quarantine does ;) Not all land mosses can grow underwater, and even some samples of those that I've been growing can die in first week or two. Check this video for details: ruclips.net/video/DWWGfuozMUk/видео.html And here is a playlist of videos about all my land mosses growing underwater: ruclips.net/video/bK_gJD6lPIg/видео.html All the best on your adventure!
@@4me thanks for the reply! Since it was a land moss from my backyard that I added, I only did a day quarantine, but perhaps I should've done more. A week later and the moss appears to be starting to grow. Thanks again for the great idea. Maybe I'll try with another variety from the Mohawk River nearby (I think I'm just upstate from you), with a longer quarantine of course!
@@aletheist2709 Great! While taking sample from or near rivers and ponds be mindful about filamentous algae and wild aquatic critters. Filamentous algae is very hard to remove from aquariums. I have videos about it...longer quarantine should help to spot it ;)
Michael do you have a filter system in you breeding aquariums or are they self sufficient because of the plant life. I'm new to aquarium plants and trying to learn aquascaping before I try it in my large tank which does have a filter. I guess what I'm asking is how do the fish survive without water movement to create oxygen in the small breeding aquariums you have made.
Thank you for the question! Water movement increases water to air surface - it contributes to adding oxygen in water (it does not creates oxygen). Plants create oxygen. Water movement is necessary in aquariums without (or with little) plants. I am trying to keep my aquariums naturally self sufficient (plants are part of it). There are other essential part as little water critters and algae. You are on the right way of making healthy aquarium with filters or without them (plants and critters filter water too :) and adding water to aquarium also means water changing :)) There are many details to consider whether you want to use filters or not, adding plants to any aquarium is always beneficial. Plants take stuff from water and give oxygen back. They also serve as food and home. I always try new plants (and everything else) in nursery aquariums before moving them to main aquarium. The nursery is simple bottle or cup filled with water :) Here is playlist of my videos for aquarium fish care as I went through it in details: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html All the best!
So can we grow any terrestrial moss like this? I'm too curious to try this out .. I always thought that terrestrial moss would rot if we kept them in water .
I tried different land mosses - only some of them grow fully submerged underwater. Cleaning moss very thoroughly before submerging it underwater helps to prevent spoiling of the sample. You can see mosses that I tried in videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/oR07LdosdEQ/видео.html All the best on your adventure!
I know this is over a year old, but if you read this, do you have to worry about introducing parasites into the aquarium from outside? Do you need to take any precautions for that?
Here we go. I got two cuts of pothos (same day) growing side by side - looks very interesting and promising (should look very good in large size aquariums). I am going to show a video in 3-4 weeks.
It is a really great and interesting addition, and funny seeing pet stores rip people off charging like $4-8 for a tiny tiny piece of plant. Any Walmart or grocery type store with a plants section often has them for like $7-9 in hanging baskets. These are really just clumps of several cuttings sprouting runners so you'll need to break up and clean the rootball obviously. They grow extremely well underwater and while it may take awhile to get rid of all the dead roots the plant rapidly acclimatizes to underwater and semi-submerged conditions, and grows cuttings easily (I've already taken cuttings from it). After like a month or two it'll do soemthing neat (especially if at least some rootball is exposed and you leave lots of runners underwater): it'll start sending down long roots and make what looks like a root forest. It seems to tolerate complete submersion well but will grow way more quickly if you leave at least some above water, which as it's rapidly growing you may have to do anyway unless you keep cutting it back. Roots grow long and fast towards the substrate from any submerged node, creating an interesting looking effect of a forest growing in both directions up and down. It also seems more willing to let leaves die if a good portion of the plant is trailing outside of whatever tank you have it planted in, but in my observation of months of growth the leaves submerged stay mostly healthy. If you have guppies like OP does they'll nibble at the roots and leaves which will kill some of the leaves and roots but a healthy cutting should be fine. Just remove any decaying leaves like you would trim a normal shrubbery. I am kind of curious just how long Pothos grows when given no ground to grow towards (like 5 feet+ of water) in terms of what the roots will do. One of the easiest plants to propagate too. I could just imagine someone with multiple tanks starting with a small shoot and after a year having vines run throughout the whole room to every other aquarium. On its own it seems to make nice little jungles so if you coil up one cutting it'd provide a nice hiding space for any small fish or fry.
Michael Langerman just let you know I found a patch of the wild hair grass and is growing it in my aquarium. It's chartreuse in color unlike the hair grass they sell in aquarium trade. I also have path rush outside they're darker green and flowers during summer. I'm not ready to try them in aquarium.
Thank you for the question! I don't change water. Follow your regular aquarium fish care routine - the moss will do fine. I don't change water in all my aquariums starting from beginning 2017. Check videos in this playlist for more details on my routine aquarium fish care: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html
i toke a piece of moss from my neighbor and i planted underwater. it does photosynthesis and oxygen is produced . but its coming to the surface of the water. what can i do ?
Thank you for the question! There are number of "solutions" ;) Tie the moss up to rocks or roots of other plants, here is an example: ruclips.net/video/QTc5RTr7Rq4/видео.html Shake the bubbles off from the moss - fish does it in aquarium. It makes moss go down.
get a flat smooth stone, get some superglue, the gel sort, put a few dabs on the rock, then press the moss onto it and leave for half an hour before you put it underwater, yes it is fine for the moss to still be damp when you press it onto the glue it still works.
I've done it in the same way with hot glue - works great! Though, sewing thread are more luckily to be found in all household than any glue - takes longer to tie moss then glue it and may not look as neat, but raise no question about health issues for fish ;)
You have the mos in a nano aquarium. Can you attach it to, say rocks, & put the moss in larger aquariums? Looks like this would be a great way to oxygenate a larger tank
Thank you for the question! Yes you can. You can attach moss to rocks, other plants and their roots, driftwood - to anything in your aquarium. The larger size aquarium have more room to grow :)
Do you think a beta fish could live in an environment like this? I have a 2 1/2 gallon aquarium . thanks P.S. I saw some moss growing by my house the other day and instantly thought of your channel. lol
I only can tell you for sure about fish I tried - guppies. Betta fish generally larger than guppies (certainly larger than my dwarf guppies). Also, betta fish males are very territorial - they would fight each other for the territory even in a large tank for sure. With this in mind you can keep one male betta fish in any aquarium with the narrowest side more than 3 times size of the fish. I have more detailed video explanation about the minimum aquarium size here: ruclips.net/video/ofPxX3qz1OI/видео.html I've seen betta fish in smaller than that size aquariums. And generally the commercially available aquariums have standard sizes suitable for a regular size adult betta fish (7-9cm). The environment should be fine as long as you don't overfeed your fish - overfeeding is the main source of most problems in all aquariums...I have videos about it too :) I would try with a betta fish in future once I get space for new aquariums. For now I am testing Enders livebearers - they seem to do fine. All the best on your adventure!
@@4me thanks for reply. I've had 2 betas & with best care following criteria for raising healthy, happy betas, they died within a year. 2 friends keep theirs in a vase that has an underwater plant & fish are years old. I'd never do that as it's like keeping a bird in a cage but would guppies do well in a 2 1/2 gal tank or would they be reproducing all the time?
@@LiliWhiteWorld A pair of guppies of average 5-6 cm size should be fine. Guppies start breeding at age of about 6 month and up to 2 years old. With the best care and abundant food and space available they will breed every other month or two for about an year and half of their lifespan. Once their population density gets to the maximum for your aquarium size they will reduce breeding to none. The same goes with all living organisms. Guppies are one of the most intelligent aquarium fish known so far. They will not breed for sure if any parameters of water or size of the aquarium and etc are not appropriate for breeding. I have videos explaining it all. So, do not worry about your fish (which ever you are planning to keep) to overbreed in one aquarium. They will have babies and that is great! By keeping them you may breed a dwarf strain as I've been doing. My dwarfs are not jus small - adult fish is up to 2.5 cm. They also breed significantly less! One or two babies in one drop once or twice an year.
@@LiliWhiteWorld Bettas need at least 5 gallons to lead a happy life, and all other fish do as well. Do not keep any guppies or any other fish in such small enclosures. They are 1. very unstable and 2. will lead to fish living very unhealthily. They can't move around, so will suffer from weak muscles, organ deformation, starvation, obesity, etc.
@@BioTechproject27 Thank you for the reply. After months of trying to decide what else to grow in the aquarium, other than fish of any kind, I no longer have it. I often see bettas kept in very small containers, even a flower vase, as people assume they do not require space to live, because of the way they are displayed in those small plastic glasses in pet stores. Not a nice sight for those of us who care about fish. I feel the same when seeing a caged bird. Sad indeed:(
Thank you for the question! Your both guesses are correct! I feed them once a day and they eat through the day all that grows in the aquarium (plants, algae, moss, little critters). Interesting though, I have ongoing experiments where I trying to build self sustaining aqua ecosystems. So far I got semi-closed ecosystems without fish. Want to test it through the Winter before adding fish. I definitely will make video about it ;)
Yes. There are many different aquascaping designs possible depending on what type of land moss you have. Look through videos on this playlist for ideas: ruclips.net/video/LRCmEXrh58s/видео.html
I scrolled down for awhile to see if anyone asked about water change schedules, couldn't find any. How often and how much water to you change? Do you test parameters in your nano aquarium?
Thank you for the questions! I don't test parameters in any of my aquariums preferring to relay on my daily observations (and taking appropriate actions based on it). The last time I changed water (drain water from aquarium seems more appropriate ;) in my aquariums was about 8 months ago. I don't drain/ change water in aquariums starting from beginning of 2017. I used to do water changes weekly, bi-weekly and monthly draining up to 20% of water at once. You may want to check my videos in this playlist for more details on my previous and current aquarium fish care routine: ruclips.net/video/4s2QbXm34Oo/видео.html
Thank you for the question! The short answer: I don't change water (with understanding that by changing water you mean draining water from the aquarium). I used to drain water from aquariums weekly. I stopped doing it starting from beginning of 2017. You may look up more details on my previous and present aquarium fish care routine in videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html
@@naylakhan5389 Guppies are tropical fish. It implies that they should be comfortable in water temperature as low as 64F But more importantly is low temperature fluctuation rate. The temperature in my apartment is 72-76F all year around. Therefore, there is no need for any additional water heaters/coolers. Check this video for more details: ruclips.net/video/xCx1eUhXvE8/видео.html All the best!
By adding fish and moss in an aquarium, don't we need to clean the tank every once in a while (like how we had to clean an aquarium with just fish)? I am a beginner and don't have much idea about this
Thank you for the question! It works either way depending on your aquarium fish care routine. If you have in your aquarium man-made filters, air pumps and do water changes than keep changing water as necessary. I stopped changing water at the end of 2016. Works well either way. Check videos on this playlist for my present and previous aquarium fish care routines: ruclips.net/video/eKDWgUO4VsM/видео.html All the best on your new adventure!
I don't know if you read this or not but I have a question I had a rock with a moss attached to it (I don't know the kind) in my aquarium it was attached into a rock ever since I gotten it by our house its been doing well but is it ok to put aquatic plants with the moss? And is it normal for a moss to not see it pearling because when I add it to my aquarium for the first time it was pearling crazy amount of oxygen but now it stopped is that normal also there is already fish in my tank
Thank you for the questions!! I prefer to keep more than 2 different types of plants/ mosses in each aquarium, including/ mixing terrestrial plants/ mosses with aquatic plants/ mosses. Any object/ plant/ moss submerged underwater for the first time would gets covered with air bubbles, as you beautifully said - pearling :)) Most of those bubbles where not produced by plant. Those are bubbles of atmospheric air brought underwater along with the plant. Eventually, they get detached. And it may appear as the plant stops pearling. Nevertheless, the plant produce microscopic bubbles at a day time going through photosynthesis - otherwise it may die shortly. The more photosynthesis (expose to light) the more / larger bubbles making them visible to human eye - pearling! Also, plants including moss (and animals too) have resting periods. And it's not just day - night. It's also seasonal periods. So, it is normal. Give it more light and you will see more pearling ;) All the best!
It takes me for ever to identify plants and mosses. I decided to drop the identification completely off after months of fruitless efforts with some mosses. Going to publish videos of them as it is - hope RUclipsrs would help to ID them ;)
yes, I hope so too, oh ya, I found the moss on the pipe that was permanently closed but the water still seeped. by the way I live in a tropical country. 😊
I keep it fully submerged in a container for a couple weeks or longer (until I see new growing) before adding into aquariums to make sure it's fully adapted. Don't rush!
Yes. It grows continuously all year around, non-stopped, even if you trim it. The trimmed part and the cutoffs keep growing. There are more to it. I am going to share more details about it in coming soon videos. All the best!
@@ZomBeeNature Nature has a lot of surprises for us to discover ;) I noticed some kind of pattern among terrestrial plants and mosses that I grow underwater in my aquariums - normally fast growing plants, such as Peace Lily and Pothos, grow slow underwater (frozen in time!) while normally slow growing terrestrial mosses and plants seems to grow much faster underwater.
Thank you for the question! Most land mosses that I tried so far, sink down as it get soaked with water. However, some mosses produce a lot of oxygen which makes them float up and down :) It's pretty cool to see it goes this way through the sunny day. I think you may need to tie the moss to something lighter than water in order to keep it on the water surface.
Thank you for the question!! You don't have to put it in direct sunlight! I only keep aquariums without fish on the windowsill. All other aquariums (with fish) are away from direct sunlight - mosses are in them grow very well all year around. More light helps to see them growing faster ;) In this regards using LED lights may help. I have some videos about LED in general and DIY LED - including for aquariums. Check out this playlist for more details: ruclips.net/video/xLuL8y1-21M/видео.html All the best!
Can you replant the moss? I would. Like to grow the moss first in a plastic bottle and when the moss grows, I would like to put in then in my aquarium.
Thank you for the question!! Yes you can and that is how I do it! Though, there are two ways to do it. 1. "Dirty way". Keep whatever land moss you got in a nursery as long as you like (I keep it in a plastic cups filled with water for months). Then move it to an aquarium with your fish (or other pets). 2. "Clean way". Start your moss as usually in a "Dirty way". Cut new grows and move them to an aquarium. PS: moss usually grows faster in aquarium with fish (fish waste helps to grow). The land grown moss keeps some of the dust size particles of soil for long time no matter how thoroughly you wash it. Later on those particles accumulate on the bottom of aquarium. That is why I call it "dirty way" ;) The new moss growing underwater don't have it. Cut it "clean" without dirt. Your new aquarium would have no old land dirt. Also, both ways offer different visual appearance in aquarium. And there is an idea of 3rd way, I am going to explore it in a new experiment. I will make a video about it if it works ;) All the best!
Thank you for the question! Apparently this particular moss is not aware of it ;) Some mosses don't grow underwater (fully submerged). This one does and very well. PS: It also important to wash the moss thoroughly clean of any soil and etc. before placing it underwater.
thank you for ur comment !! If i asked that question is i am aquascaper, loving mosses in fishtanks and i think i'll try your method to " see what i 'll get"...i find "classic moss" ( i dont know its scientific name ) so cute in a tank.. Perhaps Tropica.dk or Dennerle dont wanna see us planting that moss easy to find or dont give advices cause they sell theirs ( phoenix, flame, chrismas mosses etc..)
I do not change water. I don't change water in all my aquariums. I did change water in previous years. Starting from beginning of 2017 I don't change water in all my aquariums. You may want to take a look on my previous and present aquarium fish care routine for more details in videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/5v6OelF1oeU/видео.html All the best!
Thanks you again. But i saw others vids saying that moss became brown - diyng slowly into 1 month when introduced in a classic fish tank. The reason : that moss cant stay in water permanently.. . But i'll try whatever.. Thank u M8
Thank you for the question! A week or longer is better. I have moss soaking in water (without fish) since Summer. Some samples are growing - that is sure sign that this moss can be moved to aquarium with fish. Other samples stay green for long and yet not growing (could be many reasons) - I put this moss only to aquariums with fish that I don't mind to lose. All the best!
My friends who keeps goldfish have the same experience. The solution is simple: setup a nursery to grow fast growing aquatic plants and land moss from which you can pull half of the plants for feeding your fish ;)
:) I like to help -send it. Though keep in mind that I could be wrong for two reasons: there are so many variations of moss with the same look; and pictures are good but not the best source for references.
Thank you! I have more videos about growing land mosses underwater: ruclips.net/video/MO6zK3JC2rE/видео.html And here are videos about land plants underwater too: ruclips.net/video/MO6zK3JC2rE/видео.html All the best!
Thank you for the question! I give it initially the maximum sunlight to boost grow...once I move it to aquarium with fish there is much less light available. This particular moss seems to grow under different light conditions.
Those dislikes are from probably from people who have no experience keeping fish, and believe it's 'abuse' to keep guppies in a small environment like these. They likely have no clue that those guppies are healthy, happy and flourishing, all they know is what they *think* they know. RUclips comment section experts hahaha
@@American-Jello Naw, that's definitely fish abuse. Guppies or any other fish realistically need bigger tanks, as such small tanks will lead to fish living very unhealthily. They can't move around, so will suffer from weak muscles, organ deformation, starvation, obesity, etc. Additionally, such a small enclosure is highly unstable, thus hard to keep.
@@BioTechproject27 Normally, I would agree, but he has been doing this for years, and I watched most of his videos and realized that several of his aquariums from several years ago are still doing fine several years later. Additionally, the bioload of these aquariums are very low due to the self sustaining aspect (eg. the seed shrimp and scuds serving as the main food source for the fish) Finally, he has been breeding a dwarf variety of guppies that grow up to 2.5cm max, so the diameter of his aquariums is enough for movement (you can see how active the fish are in the timelapse). The man seems to know what he is doing so I think his aquariums are acceptable.
Thank you for the question! I stopped draining (changing) water from all my aquariums from beginning of 2017. So far all looks good. You may want to check on my present and previous aquarium fish care routine in this playlist: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html
I'd be afraid to introduce NYC moss into my aquarium.. I'd be afraid it might try to start a gang or sell drugs to my fishies... JK I'm being satirical..
Spider-man takes care of those gangs in NYC :) Everywhere else...furious moms can and do straighten them up ;) All the best on your adventure - I'm being serious!
On a serious note, I actually tried this today.. I dug up and cleaned some moss from my backyard and it is now in my refugium! My shrimp are totally loving it! Thanks for the idea!
Thank you for asking!! Usually moss turns brown when it is getting spoiled in my experience. It could happen even with mosses that I know for sure can grow underwater. You may notice bad odor coming from the water and/ or kind of a film on the water surface before moss change the color from green to brown. Wash the moss thoroughly again under running water before it gets rotten. Repeat it every time you notice bad odor or film on the surface of water. Some parts of spoiled/ rotten moss may survive - those you can cultivate for your aquarium needs. Best regards!
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Dude!!! I've been searching all day on google about growing terrestrial moss in aquarium.. ever answer was basically NO!.. BUT look at you!! This is so freaking cool
:) Thank you very much!
Same here hahah
i believe the key is in light leaf shape and CO2 lvls in water i did some reading on why plants die underwater & its basically they dont have the surface area on leaves to breath fast enough under water or they dont get enough light to breath or they clean all the CO2 out of water but moss has a very high leaf surface area and is lower light tolerant than most plants
but this is some of the few actual time lapsed examples
so tyvm also to author for confirming my hypothesis ie that water looks pretty clear and he was specifically keeping some in high light for a moss(ofc water acts as a sun screen)
was cool to see you do it without a Co2 bubbler also :)
although in my setup im building i did put it on top of a sponge with a air bubbler under it, but that was to enhance the filtering of the water by moss as much as anything/to make a undergravel (moss, sponge & sand) filter this video makes me pretty confident i can keep it alive :) has a little menheir/standing stone in middle of it (has to have something to keep spounge down) looks a bit like 1 of your examples i saw in this or other vid but on a larger scale/100L octagonal tank
@@hamasmillitant1 Main factors for terrestrial plants under water dying are: Stem, leaf and root structure.
Leaves and stems of terrestrial plants are covered in wax, their tissues are harder, thus nutrient exchange is limited, osmotic pressure, their roots have higher oxygen demand, they have no ways of defending against aquatic organisms, etc.
Your moss looks fantastic. I've had mine for about a month now and I can't seem to get it growing like this lol. I'm a gardener and plant collector, but I recently got into aquaponics and the beautiful underwater life. It's a bit different than I'm used to, but I'm excited to keep learning. Thanks for sharing.
Land plants grow differently with roots in water or fully submerged underwater - there is a lot of exploration to make :) You will like it!
I have playlists of videos that you may find helpful.
Here is all my plants growing with roots in water: ruclips.net/video/RJP7OGiY0Lc/видео.html
And here is plants growing underwater: ruclips.net/video/oR07LdosdEQ/видео.html
And I have more specific playlist about succulents and mosses ;)
All the best on your adventure!
Since starting with your videos my wife and I now have 9 Jarrariums and 4 5gallon bucket-ponds in the backyard. We have found and are gaining mastery of Najas Grass, Sphagnum Moss, Duckweed, False Loosestrife and an unknown grass-needle cluster plant. Along with endler guppy hybrids and mosquitto fish. Your no filter no ferts designs are inspiring! Your narrated videos are even better
I appreciate you very much!
All the best on your adventure!!
I didn't know this was even possible! Your videos are super inspiring
The nature is wonderful!
Hy u r so beautiful.. Looking girl...
Just found this RUclips page 20 minutes ago and I am blown away! I’m trying to find information on just growing herbs and other household plants out of the top of my aquarium and a lot of sources say they do it and it has a ton of benefits but finding any visuals or products I can use to do it.
Anyway his videos on herbs was amazing to watch and now I’m just staring at this beautiful moss in a plastic bottle and I’m mind blown. Simple things can be so beautiful. I’m subscribed and will be watching whatever you put out man!
Thank you very much! And all the best on your adventures!!
@@4me just grabbed a block of moss from our garden about to throw it in a bottle!
You could just look at how it is done in hydroponics, it's literally nearly the exact same setup...
Thanks for uploading these, I've made several small aquariums following your advice. I gathered some moss while camping and brought it home for a terrarium. Yesterday I pulled some out and followed your instructions to plant it in water, I hope it is the same kind! I haven't added any guppy fry to the small aquariums yet, but I have some young ghost shrimp thriving in there.
Way to go!
PS: Moss grows toward source of light. Small aquariums are easy to move around or rotate them to expose all part of aquarium to sunlight (all my different type moss samples likes sunlight). Rotate aquariums to make moss grow up. Or keep one side of the aquarium always exposed to make make moss grow toward it.
All the best!
Michael Langerman all the moss I planted under water rotted :( guess it was a different kind?
It could be that reason.
The moss I use gets rotten if I don't wash it thoroughly before placing it underwater - that is a fact.
Try different type of moss, or from different location.
I've tried this, the only step I missed is washing the carpet under water to remove all still and other things. Ans it started giving bad smell after some days. So I discarded.
Great video.
There are so many varieties of moss in my native woods. You have given me hope.
Thank you very much!!
And all the best on your adventure!
Congrats on the million views, Michael! Old viewer here.
Wow! A million views! Thank you very much for watching my videos!
I have now had land moss in two of my tanks for some time. The first time I gave it a try was almost a year ago, that moss is now 8 inches long and I've had to start trimming it, it has spread under my substrate and other landscaping and I consider this tank to be almost self sustaining. The tank has White Cloud Mountain minnows and Cherry Red shrimp, both have been breeding and seem to love the moss. I believe that I introduced snails to the tank with the moss and would have preferred to avoid that, but most of my intervention with this tank is snail control. I do water changes usually once a week unless there are fry and usually do around 25% changes. I would definitely use land moss again when I set up new tanks. My latest build was around 6 weeks ago and I have added land moss at set up. It's too early to tell how successful it will be but the Corydorus seem to be very attracted to it.
This is fascinating! I had no idea this could be done! Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video! I'm going moss hunting this weekend, all because of a video you made 2 years ago 🤣
My pleasure!
There are some other videos about growing land moss underwater that you may want to check on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/_GopHk_lqlI/видео.html
All the best on your adventure!
Nice work. I like the style of your videos and how you keep track of everything. It will be interesting to see how this progresses.
Thank you!
I am looking forward too ;)
Great video! I was hoping I could do this somehow, instead of buying more lol.. I love your ideas and creativity! Also, the tiger lily is beautiful and I've been keeping my eye out for one 😊 Thanks for sharing, this was really fun and informative to watch..
Thank you very much!
I just added some land moss to my Betta tank I hope my grows like this can you trim it down when it gets long.
Usually it grow in long strings. You can cut it and it will keep growing 🙂
Fuck ! Now am scared how youtube knew that i cut moss today and expermenting if lives underwater and if its the same as water moss.
Thanks for the vid
:))
My pleasure!
Your microphone is always on its fucking weird I speak about whiskey and boom whiskey add speak a out wine boom wine add sometimes I think even the camera must be on cause you dont say a word about somthing you swear your just thinking it but some how boom you get a add great video thou hey I did this awhile back and worked great
ur the most interesting and helpful person that ive seen on the internet in 20 years. all ur videos are fun and awesome.
Thank you!
I appreciate you very much!!
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@@Dynasty_ to save time some people spell your as ur including me
I'm so happy to see that I free-willed the process correctly before watching this video lol. So cool!!
Thank you very much!
I planted it and it worked
It even grew a small water plant so thank so much☺
My pleasure!
All the best on your adventure!
I started this a couple of weeks ago with 2 different varieties of moss. So far so good, it seems to be thriving.
Good start! There will be more mosses to explore as it gets warmer. All the best on your adventure!
@@4me I now have 3 varieties. I just rinsed all loose soil off the moss and glued it on a 6" stone slate like you would java moss (which is way too expensive). It's thriving , growing and the fish seem to love it. I'm starting a shrimp tank and hope it's successful with them.
@@robpayne9500 Shrimp enjoy mosses!
I have the same idea. I just did not know about the soaking of the moss, before setting it inside the aquarium.
Thanks for the info.
My pleasure!
All the best on your adventure!!
Yeah i tried this crazy idea about 10years back but was not successful as i didn't do the soaking part. Shall try it again
@@laysanang2004 The important part is washing clean ;)
All the best on your adventure!
Tree moss found here in Coastal Oregon has been growing in my 3 gallon Dwarf Shrimp tank for over a year. Not like Java or Christmas moss though, it sends out long threads of itself that loop all over the tank, and they eventually grow out short side shoots. Hasn't died yet.
Sounds encouraging for my moss!
Absolutely amazing video, im going to use this for my new ecosphere tank. Just wanted to ask though how long do you have to wait before introducing fish ?
I always add snails and other tiny critters into nurseries and wait for moss to grow before moving it into main aquarium with fish.
All the best on your adventure!
Thanks for sharing such an awesome video! I miss new York so much, I've been in Florida for about 15yrs now. Just got some of this moss for my betta tank a few weeks ago and it's starting to turn brown even though my water is stable. Any suggestions?
My pleasure!
Moss turning brown is not good...I keep all new samples in a separate aquarium - nursery to check on them before adding to my main aquarium with fish. Watch for unhealthy odor - that is the first sign of spoiled samples. There are two possible ways to go about spoiled samples. The first and the easiest one is to discard the spoiled sample and get a new one. The second way is to try to fix it. Check this video for details about it: ruclips.net/video/DWWGfuozMUk/видео.html Getting a new sample is easy and fast - that is what I would go with ;)
Nice work... I have planted some terrestrial plants under the water and they are growing, but slowly...🐝🌻🐝...
That is interesting. All my land plants that grows underwater shows unusual characteristics. My normally growing Peace lily likes shadow. The Peace lily growing underwater likes direct! sunlight, but grows slowly than the one exposed to air.
can you tell me plant's name
To aquashobby AR7870, I am sorry... I don't know their names, but I can send their photos...
Can you please send me your email address??
Use co2 tank and i think it was called fertilizer for aquarium plats, and your plats will be growing like crazy, trust me, I have tried it!
Yes, of course with better lighting
Wow ! Lucky me... I live in Quebec and I have an 18 " pool that I want to use to put some menos and maybe a few yellow perch next summer, I was just thinking about using some herb in the bottom over some gravel so I checked RUclips to see if it could be done and I found your video. I am so please to see what you have done. Thank you so much!
My pleasure!
You have a pool to play around! That's Wow!!
Ya can't wait for next summer! Mean time I'll search for best way to do the setup. Thanks to people like you I shall succed. ;-)
All the best!
Love from kerala.. nice idea i will do this at home.. thanks for this idea
Thank you!
All the best on your adventure!
Malayali pwoli alle
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Looking good Michael, Mine is doing awesome also, I actually added some to cholla wood for my shrimp and the love it, I have outdoor moss in all my tanks.
Ha - I have ongoing experiment for couple months with driftwood - my seed shrimps in love with it too :) Wait - I have one of the nurseries with driftwood in this video. I have some really cool looking design ideas using moss in aquariums (don't have enough nurseries to try them all :)) Will see how all goes through the year - I will share results.
I don't know how to say it better than in two word - Thank YOU!
Your idea of using regular moss in aquariums has already made big difference for me, my aquariums and I believe for many people. Moss make planted aquariums possible in all parts of our planet! That is a huge deal for many. Thank You Brenda!
Thank you Michael.
Tried the land moss test yesterday.. in glass bowl and a plastic bottle.. the glass bowl landmoss shows lot of bubbles today morning... And occasionally oxygen bubbles come out from the landmoss strips.. after 24 hrs.. I have some grass also in that bowl along with common pothos plant.. but they don't seem to release bubbles yet.. but moss are giving out bubbles will let you know the update after a couple of days.. thanks man.
The first bubbles often are just air trapped when plant gets underwater. Shake those bubbles off. If you see new bubbles appears after couple hours of plant been exposed to bright light - those are oxygen bubbles ;)
All the best on your adventure!
@@4me hi past two days it was cloudy and rainy so no new bubbles came just the last ones sticking on to the moss. . Today it's sunny.. and I am seeing newer bubbles coming up does that mean photosynthesis is happening.. :)
@@xbandpixels Nature at work :)
@@4me hi the landmoss I use seems to require direct sunlight.. if I keep it indoors it's doesn't release bubbles .. if I keep it outdoors. It's like seeing soda bottle .. with less bubbles a slow random appearance of bubbles keep happening.. also it gives oxygen and the plant requires the co2.. should I blow inside water using a straw once in a while or should I keep a motor pumping air.....having the motor eliminates the self sustainable thingy... I heard about the co2 tablet and liquid but I am quiet skeptical on it.. do give your suggestions.. thanks
@@xbandpixels Thank you for the question!
I prefer not to add CO2 into water.
That is funny thing about CO2 for plants/mosses/algae and cyanobacteria.
All live organisms that use photosynthesis to produce energy need co2 and oxygen. Photosynthesis for plants is the same as breathing for people. So, plants consume co2 and release oxygen while exposed to light, but consume oxygen and release co2 when there is no light.
CO2 dissolves in water much faster than oxygen (that is why we use CO2 to make soda ;)
It is very easy to tip off the balance of your aquatic system.
Adding CO2 into aquarium water will surely have effect on both: plants and animals. Extra CO2 may benefit one on expense of the other and reverse.
I might be wrong about the identification but this seems to be a carpet-like moss in order Hupnales while Bryum species are usually acrocarpous. My guess is this is from order Hypnales, but need more identification from experts. Some “feather moss” in this order, like Myuroclada, are indeed thread-like in their appearance and unbranched. The shape of the sporophyte May also give some hint
But yeah thx a lot for showing the feasibility, that’s one of the precious videos on this platform
I've been using iNaturalist app for a couple years now for identification of species. Getting ID on mosses from pictures seems to be the hardest task 🙂
Hahaha I tried that too when I'm still a beginner in my pursuit of finding aquarium plants and it works together with gato cola like one.
:)
Hello, I have been doing something very similar with a tropical tank I have. The moss has great for the Cory fish as well, I have been growing the moss for a month in my garden underwater first to give it time to latch to the rocks then slowly introducing it to the tank works great
Cool! I think that giving the moss time to adapt is important. Some samples get brownish before growing green. Do you know name of the moss you grow?
I used calculator**
Hey.. From your videos the formula to find out water volume in ml is
(Fish size in CM) x3^3 so for a
5cm fish
=(5x3) ^3
=15^3 -or- 15x15x15
=3375 ml water -or- 3.5litre approx water needed
And the length of aquarium should be
Fish size in CM x 3
That is 5 x3
15cm tank
So by this
Can i keep 5 CM betta in 3.5litre water in 15cm tank 🙃🙃???
You did the math for the minimum size aquarium to keep the fish - great start! Now you know the minimum. Your fish will grow and so should grow the tank. Aquariums don't grow... but you can build a larger aquarium to be ready for your fish when it needs to be moved. Also, it takes larger size aquarium for your fish to breed. Have fun and happy aquariums :)
@@4me thanks and happy fish keeping☺
Thanks Michael. I thought of that years ago because I used to have an aquarium shop, but refrained from trying due to toxics.
My pleasure!!
so you can make moss grow to pretty much anything in the aquarium?
Hmm...the land moss that I've been growing underwater does not attach itself to any surface if that is what you asking.
However, you can trim the moss to whatever shape you may come up with for aquascaping purpose, and you can use it for different designs.
Unfortunately not but I'm from Ireland so it's usually pretty wet there is usually moss everywhere. The first one I started with went brown first too but the longer I left it the long strands started growing
You notice the moss changed it's growth structure to long and reaching, because that's what it's trying to do REACH the surface and NOT be completely submerged...
That is one of possible explanations ;)
I deem moss grows toward source of light (as all terrestrial and aquatic plants do) - that is why it grows up.
Also, I think moss grows in longer strings underwater (compare to how it grows on land) be cause of the underwater low gravity effect.
All the best!
But moss is not a light seeking plant, grows in shady areas. And there are aquatic plants that carpet the bottom and don't really grow "towards" the light source.
Not trying to be argumentative, just talking about observations. I've grown pothos submerged and noticed it reduces the size of new leaves.
How long did the moss continue to grow submerged.?
This type of moss grows underwater continuously for...over an year. I trim it at least a couple times - the stubs and the cuttings keep growing. Also, I have similar type of moss in HD aquarium - I did not trim it since initial setup, want to see how it goes ;)
New leaves of my pothos also grow smaller and so does Peace lily!
Interestingly, moss does not have the water delivery system as plants have (roots) - I deem that is why moss prefer shady/ damp areas. This way moss get water - in bright lighted areas it would dry. Though, underwater moss has unlimited access to water all day and night round. With so much water around in aquarium all moss need is light to grow. And so it goes. It is just my hypothesis ;)
Yeah, moss is amazing. I have a video on my channel of some moss I collected in Colorado, it was completely dried out, but almost instantly turns green when I spray it with water.
It's pretty cool.!
Nature is full of surprises!
I like your 42 gal. Hex aquatic Paludarium!!
All the best!
i got inspired by this video. now, im testing some in a cup of water. hope it will survive and thrive
All the best on your adventure!
The moss is beneficial for the aquarium? Can I put it in my aquarium?
Any live plants including moss are beneficial for aquariums.
Yes you can put it in aquariums.
Moss are a Great example of A nursery Bed and Food.For fish.
Yes!
Indeed, mosses are perfect for protecting eggs, newborns, tiny critters. And they are steady source of food for fish.
Tank you for sharing ! You saved me a ton of money for buying moss
My pleasure!
@@4me it grows nicely and my snails are loving it
Reminds me of when I tried this once. In my aquarium. It didn't grow a bit, but it lasted a very very long time before it died
Maybe because I just tied it to a rock without doing anything else? Or maybe not enough light?
@@dominiquebryan2039 Not all mosses grow underwater among those that I tried. Those that grow will do even in low light.
So, just try with different mosses until you find the one that fits. The most important part is to clean it thoroughly before submerging underwater.
All the best on your adventure!
How do you manage to keep your aquarium clean?
Thank you for the question!
I use the best natural filters available on our planet :)
Algae, bacteria, microorganisms and plants do the most part of the work.
Also, I feed my fish no more than 1 time a day (amount of food that should take to eat about 2-3 minutes).
Check videos on this playlist for more details on my aquarium fish care routines: ruclips.net/video/Gbdmf66XUSQ/видео.html
All the best!
This video inspired me a lot! Today I went for a walk with my daughter and look for moss from a park in the city, there has been lots of snow but spring is coming and it has started to melt away. We eventually found some moss that I took home and cleaned it up and put it to sit for over night in a separate jar. I saw that you had small guppies living in one of the jars, does the moss emit enough oxygen for the fishes? It would be cool to have small fish swimming around in it!
The fast growing moss produce more oxygen compare to the slow growing moss. The same stands true for all plants and algae.
Any size fish may benefit from moss in many different ways: it looks nice in aquariums, it produce oxygen and takes CO2 along with nutrition (dissolved fish waste), moss serves as hidden place for small fish, and it serves as food for larger fish, and etc.
All the best on your new adventure!
Thanks for the information :) I soaked it for one day and put it in a big glass jar today. It looks really nice! I have to try to get small critters and maybe fish in it in the near future!
My pleasure!
The weather is getting warmer - the future is on us ;)
Thank you bro, let me try this in mine. its 2ft×1ftx1ft aquarium. I was preparing driftwood last night.. one like from Kerala 👍
My pleasure!
All the best on your adventure!
നമ്മുടെ മതിലിൽ കാണുന്ന moss ആണൊ ഇത്?
@@lvl0gamer740 ആണെന്നു തോന്നുന്നു.. ഞാൻ ഒരു കഷ്ണം എടുത്തു വെള്ളത്തിൽ ഇട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്.. സക്സസ് ആയാൽ പറയാം
@@lvl0gamer740 Yes. Though, it grows from the bottom of the aquarium along walls toward surface. It is not attached to the walls.
Ok
I collected some garden-moss which I rinsed thoroughly. But it is impossible to remove all the soil underneath it. Most of it is sand. It has been in dechlorinated water for 3days and looks fine. Is it okay to leave it with the sand and go on with the process?
It is already in the process! I keep samples in plastic cups since Summer - use parts of them in new nursery aquariums as I build them. Though, I would rather let it stay for a week or more - some moss may get rotten even after a week. Sand is not a problem - organic matter is what you want to get rid off (insects and their eggs and etc).
All the best!
How many days are those land moss gonna survive under water ? And what's the update of your land moss under water.?
Growing underwater land mosses do it continuously all year around...I've done it for a couple years and counting. You can see all my video (and updates) related to growing land moss underwater on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/k8ckHeVivqA/видео.html
@@4me oh great then. thanks to you. Look great. Excited to try that as soon as i find some good healty and productive moss.
@@mdsaurav All the best on your adventure!
If you put the fish in the jar like that, dont they need filtration?
Thank you for the question!
Yes, any aquarium (with fish or any other aquatic creatures) need filtration.
You have to choose what type of filtration to use or rather what type of aquarium fish care to follow.
There are man-made filters and filtering systems available in pet stores. Those are the most commonly used in aquariums. And there are natural filters - those exist in all natural water bodies (freshwater or salt water). You know them: bacteria, algae, plants, all types of tiny critters. I used man-made filters for many years. Since 2016 I use natural filters. Man-made filters seems to be less efficient compare to natural. Check videos on this playlist for more details on my previous and present aquarium fish care routines: ruclips.net/video/eKDWgUO4VsM/видео.html
Best regards!
My moss started smelling like really bad after a week what do I do
Bad smell is the first sign of spoiled sample.
The simplest thing to do is to get rid of it right away. Get a new sample. Wash it. Put it in a separate nursery for a couple weeks. See if it grow and then move it to a primary aquarium.
The more complicated way is to resecruate the spoiled sample. I described this process in this video: ruclips.net/video/DWWGfuozMUk/видео.html
Washing moss thoroughly is the most important thing either way you chose to go.
All the best on your adventure!
I did the same, all my Salgnella ( Salgnella kreusi) rotted and fouled up the water. Kept growing at the top but the lower end kept dying from being submerged. I will try with this moss....
I am not familiar with this plant...the google search yields some weird results about salmonella :))
Would you please give me a link to some article or pictures to look up.
you can attatch moss to (dry) stones with a bit of superglue
I've seen people do it with glue, superglue and hot glue. And there are people arguing that some glue could be toxic. Well, as shown in this video there are many other safe ways to attach moss ;)
only certain types of superglue are safe. Cyanoacrylates are one of them, as they react with water to form a polymer, unlike others which can just dissolve again.
Thanks for sharing this idea! Grateful! Amazing! I have never thought it will grow underwater!
My pleasure!
All the best on your adventures!
Great idea! I'm going to try adding to my 75gal guppy tank. What is the purpose of soaking before adding to the aquarium? Could I just add a small amount of moss straight into the aquarium instead of soaking?
Thank you.
The purpose of soaking land moss is to insure the moss is growing underwater. I put (always!) everything new (including fish and plants from pet stores) into a separate nursery for observation. It helps to prevent spreading disease the same way quarantine does ;)
Not all land mosses can grow underwater, and even some samples of those that I've been growing can die in first week or two.
Check this video for details: ruclips.net/video/DWWGfuozMUk/видео.html
And here is a playlist of videos about all my land mosses growing underwater: ruclips.net/video/bK_gJD6lPIg/видео.html
All the best on your adventure!
@@4me thanks for the reply! Since it was a land moss from my backyard that I added, I only did a day quarantine, but perhaps I should've done more. A week later and the moss appears to be starting to grow. Thanks again for the great idea. Maybe I'll try with another variety from the Mohawk River nearby (I think I'm just upstate from you), with a longer quarantine of course!
@@aletheist2709 Great! While taking sample from or near rivers and ponds be mindful about filamentous algae and wild aquatic critters. Filamentous algae is very hard to remove from aquariums. I have videos about it...longer quarantine should help to spot it ;)
Michael do you have a filter system in you breeding aquariums or are they self sufficient because of the plant life. I'm new to aquarium plants and trying to learn aquascaping before I try it in my large tank which does have a filter. I guess what I'm asking is how do the fish survive without water movement to create oxygen in the small breeding aquariums you have made.
Thank you for the question!
Water movement increases water to air surface - it contributes to adding oxygen in water (it does not creates oxygen). Plants create oxygen. Water movement is necessary in aquariums without (or with little) plants.
I am trying to keep my aquariums naturally self sufficient (plants are part of it). There are other essential part as little water critters and algae. You are on the right way of making healthy aquarium with filters or without them (plants and critters filter water too :) and adding water to aquarium also means water changing :)) There are many details to consider whether you want to use filters or not, adding plants to any aquarium is always beneficial. Plants take stuff from water and give oxygen back. They also serve as food and home. I always try new plants (and everything else) in nursery aquariums before moving them to main aquarium. The nursery is simple bottle or cup filled with water :) Here is playlist of my videos for aquarium fish care as I went through it in details: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html
All the best!
So beautiful
Thank you very much!
Happy holidays to you and your family!
thank you Michael for a new idea..will surely try it out..😊😊
Good luck!
So can we grow any terrestrial moss like this? I'm too curious to try this out .. I always thought that terrestrial moss would rot if we kept them in water .
I tried different land mosses - only some of them grow fully submerged underwater. Cleaning moss very thoroughly before submerging it underwater helps to prevent spoiling of the sample.
You can see mosses that I tried in videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/oR07LdosdEQ/видео.html
All the best on your adventure!
I know this is over a year old, but if you read this, do you have to worry about introducing parasites into the aquarium from outside? Do you need to take any precautions for that?
I am also growing golden pothos under water and its growin very well
Here we go. I got two cuts of pothos (same day) growing side by side - looks very interesting and promising (should look very good in large size aquariums). I am going to show a video in 3-4 weeks.
I will send you some pictures of mine growing
It is a really great and interesting addition, and funny seeing pet stores rip people off charging like $4-8 for a tiny tiny piece of plant. Any Walmart or grocery type store with a plants section often has them for like $7-9 in hanging baskets. These are really just clumps of several cuttings sprouting runners so you'll need to break up and clean the rootball obviously.
They grow extremely well underwater and while it may take awhile to get rid of all the dead roots the plant rapidly acclimatizes to underwater and semi-submerged conditions, and grows cuttings easily (I've already taken cuttings from it).
After like a month or two it'll do soemthing neat (especially if at least some rootball is exposed and you leave lots of runners underwater): it'll start sending down long roots and make what looks like a root forest. It seems to tolerate complete submersion well but will grow way more quickly if you leave at least some above water, which as it's rapidly growing you may have to do anyway unless you keep cutting it back. Roots grow long and fast towards the substrate from any submerged node, creating an interesting looking effect of a forest growing in both directions up and down. It also seems more willing to let leaves die if a good portion of the plant is trailing outside of whatever tank you have it planted in, but in my observation of months of growth the leaves submerged stay mostly healthy.
If you have guppies like OP does they'll nibble at the roots and leaves which will kill some of the leaves and roots but a healthy cutting should be fine. Just remove any decaying leaves like you would trim a normal shrubbery.
I am kind of curious just how long Pothos grows when given no ground to grow towards (like 5 feet+ of water) in terms of what the roots will do. One of the easiest plants to propagate too. I could just imagine someone with multiple tanks starting with a small shoot and after a year having vines run throughout the whole room to every other aquarium. On its own it seems to make nice little jungles so if you coil up one cutting it'd provide a nice hiding space for any small fish or fry.
Very informative! Thank you very much!
Michael Langerman just let you know I found a patch of the wild hair grass and is growing it in my aquarium. It's chartreuse in color unlike the hair grass they sell in aquarium trade. I also have path rush outside they're darker green and flowers during summer. I'm not ready to try them in aquarium.
I am so thankful I discovered your channel, all of your videos are so helpful to me, I really appreciate it
My pleasure!
All the best on your adventure!
One question, does the water needs to be changed ?
Thank you for the question!
I don't change water. Follow your regular aquarium fish care routine - the moss will do fine. I don't change water in all my aquariums starting from beginning 2017. Check videos in this playlist for more details on my routine aquarium fish care: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html
Michael Langerman Thank you for responding . Will, surely check the link.
My pleasure!
I loved the video! You’ve really inspired me to do more aquatic planting!
Happy to hear that! All the best on your adventure!!
does it actually work i tried it in my aquarium today
Ur an absolute mad man
Thank you!
i toke a piece of moss from my neighbor and i planted underwater. it does photosynthesis and oxygen is produced . but its coming to the surface of the water. what can i do ?
Thank you for the question!
There are number of "solutions" ;)
Tie the moss up to rocks or roots of other plants, here is an example: ruclips.net/video/QTc5RTr7Rq4/видео.html
Shake the bubbles off from the moss - fish does it in aquarium. It makes moss go down.
Just place a few pieces of gravel or small stones on top to hold it down. The moss should grow over them eventually.
stop toking your neighbours moss
get a flat smooth stone, get some superglue, the gel sort, put a few dabs on the rock, then press the moss onto it and leave for half an hour before you put it underwater, yes it is fine for the moss to still be damp when you press it onto the glue it still works.
I've done it in the same way with hot glue - works great!
Though, sewing thread are more luckily to be found in all household than any glue - takes longer to tie moss then glue it and may not look as neat, but raise no question about health issues for fish ;)
You have the mos in a nano aquarium. Can you attach it to, say rocks, & put the moss in larger aquariums?
Looks like this would be a great way to oxygenate a larger tank
Thank you for the question!
Yes you can. You can attach moss to rocks, other plants and their roots, driftwood - to anything in your aquarium. The larger size aquarium have more room to grow :)
Do you think a beta fish could live in an environment like this? I have a 2 1/2 gallon aquarium . thanks P.S. I saw some moss growing by my house the other day and instantly thought of your channel. lol
I only can tell you for sure about fish I tried - guppies.
Betta fish generally larger than guppies (certainly larger than my dwarf guppies). Also, betta fish males are very territorial - they would fight each other for the territory even in a large tank for sure. With this in mind you can keep one male betta fish in any aquarium with the narrowest side more than 3 times size of the fish. I have more detailed video explanation about the minimum aquarium size here: ruclips.net/video/ofPxX3qz1OI/видео.html I've seen betta fish in smaller than that size aquariums. And generally the commercially available aquariums have standard sizes suitable for a regular size adult betta fish (7-9cm).
The environment should be fine as long as you don't overfeed your fish - overfeeding is the main source of most problems in all aquariums...I have videos about it too :) I would try with a betta fish in future once I get space for new aquariums. For now I am testing Enders livebearers - they seem to do fine.
All the best on your adventure!
@@4me thanks for reply. I've had 2 betas & with best care following criteria for raising healthy, happy betas, they died within a year. 2 friends keep theirs in a vase that has an underwater plant & fish are years old. I'd never do that as it's like keeping a bird in a cage but would guppies do well in a 2 1/2 gal tank or would they be reproducing all the time?
@@LiliWhiteWorld A pair of guppies of average 5-6 cm size should be fine. Guppies start breeding at age of about 6 month and up to 2 years old. With the best care and abundant food and space available they will breed every other month or two for about an year and half of their lifespan. Once their population density gets to the maximum for your aquarium size they will reduce breeding to none. The same goes with all living organisms. Guppies are one of the most intelligent aquarium fish known so far. They will not breed for sure if any parameters of water or size of the aquarium and etc are not appropriate for breeding. I have videos explaining it all. So, do not worry about your fish (which ever you are planning to keep) to overbreed in one aquarium. They will have babies and that is great! By keeping them you may breed a dwarf strain as I've been doing. My dwarfs are not jus small - adult fish is up to 2.5 cm. They also breed significantly less! One or two babies in one drop once or twice an year.
@@LiliWhiteWorld Bettas need at least 5 gallons to lead a happy life, and all other fish do as well.
Do not keep any guppies or any other fish in such small enclosures. They are 1. very unstable and 2. will lead to fish living very unhealthily. They can't move around, so will suffer from weak muscles, organ deformation, starvation, obesity, etc.
@@BioTechproject27 Thank you for the reply. After months of trying to decide what else to grow in the aquarium, other than fish of any kind, I no longer have it. I often see bettas kept in very small containers, even a flower vase, as people assume they do not require space to live, because of the way they are displayed in those small plastic glasses in pet stores. Not a nice sight for those of us who care about fish. I feel the same when seeing a caged bird. Sad indeed:(
Hey I’m just wondering, do you feed your guppies or do they feed off of the moss?
Thank you for the question!
Your both guesses are correct! I feed them once a day and they eat through the day all that grows in the aquarium (plants, algae, moss, little critters). Interesting though, I have ongoing experiments where I trying to build self sustaining aqua ecosystems. So far I got semi-closed ecosystems without fish. Want to test it through the Winter before adding fish. I definitely will make video about it ;)
Can I attach it to drift wood??
Yes. There are many different aquascaping designs possible depending on what type of land moss you have. Look through videos on this playlist for ideas: ruclips.net/video/LRCmEXrh58s/видео.html
Michael Langerman thank you!
@@renthemouse My pleasure!
😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤I love miss and fish! Can’t believe they can grow together! Amazing!!!!!!!!
Thank you very much!
I scrolled down for awhile to see if anyone asked about water change schedules, couldn't find any. How often and how much water to you change? Do you test parameters in your nano aquarium?
Thank you for the questions!
I don't test parameters in any of my aquariums preferring to relay on my daily observations (and taking appropriate actions based on it).
The last time I changed water (drain water from aquarium seems more appropriate ;) in my aquariums was about 8 months ago. I don't drain/ change water in aquariums starting from beginning of 2017. I used to do water changes weekly, bi-weekly and monthly draining up to 20% of water at once. You may want to check my videos in this playlist for more details on my previous and current aquarium fish care routine: ruclips.net/video/4s2QbXm34Oo/видео.html
this is really cool (: how often do you change the water???
Thank you for the question!
The short answer: I don't change water (with understanding that by changing water you mean draining water from the aquarium). I used to drain water from aquariums weekly. I stopped doing it starting from beginning of 2017. You may look up more details on my previous and present aquarium fish care routine in videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html
I’m trying this with carpet Moss I found on a really wet rotting tree.
All the best on your adventure!!
Michael Langerman don’t you need a heater for the guppies
@@naylakhan5389 Guppies are tropical fish. It implies that they should be comfortable in water temperature as low as 64F
But more importantly is low temperature fluctuation rate. The temperature in my apartment is 72-76F all year around. Therefore, there is no need for any additional water heaters/coolers. Check this video for more details: ruclips.net/video/xCx1eUhXvE8/видео.html
All the best!
wow! the concept is actualy thrilling
Thank you very much!
Moss is a amazing plant
It is in many different ways ;)
By adding fish and moss in an aquarium, don't we need to clean the tank every once in a while (like how we had to clean an aquarium with just fish)? I am a beginner and don't have much idea about this
Thank you for the question!
It works either way depending on your aquarium fish care routine. If you have in your aquarium man-made filters, air pumps and do water changes than keep changing water as necessary. I stopped changing water at the end of 2016. Works well either way.
Check videos on this playlist for my present and previous aquarium fish care routines: ruclips.net/video/eKDWgUO4VsM/видео.html
All the best on your new adventure!
I don't know if you read this or not but I have a question
I had a rock with a moss attached to it (I don't know the kind) in my aquarium it was attached into a rock ever since I gotten it by our house its been doing well but is it ok to put aquatic plants with the moss?
And is it normal for a moss to not see it pearling because when I add it to my aquarium for the first time it was pearling crazy amount of oxygen but now it stopped is that normal also there is already fish in my tank
Thank you for the questions!!
I prefer to keep more than 2 different types of plants/ mosses in each aquarium, including/ mixing terrestrial plants/ mosses with aquatic plants/ mosses.
Any object/ plant/ moss submerged underwater for the first time would gets covered with air bubbles, as you beautifully said - pearling :)) Most of those bubbles where not produced by plant. Those are bubbles of atmospheric air brought underwater along with the plant. Eventually, they get detached. And it may appear as the plant stops pearling. Nevertheless, the plant produce microscopic bubbles at a day time going through photosynthesis - otherwise it may die shortly. The more photosynthesis (expose to light) the more / larger bubbles making them visible to human eye - pearling! Also, plants including moss (and animals too) have resting periods. And it's not just day - night. It's also seasonal periods. So, it is normal.
Give it more light and you will see more pearling ;)
All the best!
Oh my goodness thank you so much
My pleasure!!
Yes, I've done the same thing before, I got it from my home yard and I plant it in my aquarium. But I do not know what kind of Moss I get.
It takes me for ever to identify plants and mosses. I decided to drop the identification completely off after months of fruitless efforts with some mosses. Going to publish videos of them as it is - hope RUclipsrs would help to ID them ;)
yes, I hope so too, oh ya, I found the moss on the pipe that was permanently closed but the water still seeped. by the way I live in a tropical country. 😊
Great content and very informative thanks for sharing, new sub just because of how interesting your topic was thanks again 🤜👍✌️
Thank you very much!
Should i keep it in a cup for some days? Or can i just wash it and add to my aquarium
I keep it fully submerged in a container for a couple weeks or longer (until I see new growing) before adding into aquariums to make sure it's fully adapted. Don't rush!
@@4me Thank you!
@@FREZ1602 My pleasure!!
Did it grow all year???
Yes. It grows continuously all year around, non-stopped, even if you trim it. The trimmed part and the cutoffs keep growing.
There are more to it. I am going to share more details about it in coming soon videos.
All the best!
I knew moss liked water, but I didn't know it could survive continuously underwater and even grow!
@@ZomBeeNature Nature has a lot of surprises for us to discover ;)
I noticed some kind of pattern among terrestrial plants and mosses that I grow underwater in my aquariums - normally fast growing plants, such as Peace Lily and Pothos, grow slow underwater (frozen in time!) while normally slow growing terrestrial mosses and plants seems to grow much faster underwater.
@@4me
Interesting. Im looking forward to some new videos, as i am starting a small scale aquarium for moss as i watch this!
@@notflanders4967 I have couple upcoming videos on this matter...the first one is coming this Tuesday ;)
Can I plant moss so that it floats on the surface of the water slowly covering the surface? Plz reply
Thank you for the question!
Most land mosses that I tried so far, sink down as it get soaked with water. However, some mosses produce a lot of oxygen which makes them float up and down :) It's pretty cool to see it goes this way through the sunny day. I think you may need to tie the moss to something lighter than water in order to keep it on the water surface.
thx
My moss has started to produce oxygen bubbles, are they healthy?
Organically healthy! You can breath it safely and enjoy it ;)
Sweet'n sour Gaming Of course not ! Didn't you know that green plants produce carbon fiber from sunlight and that oxgyen is toxic to humans ??!!! OMG
haha nice one
Alex Israelyan uhm carbon fiber does not come from the sun uhmm
Will the plat rot after few days or continuously grow till their end?
That's amazing that could be use a carpeting for aquarium
It would require regular lawn-moving ;)
can the fish eat it to keep it in check?
greeneking77 why not? Moss isn't poisonous.
Did the moss grow all year round? Is it still thriving?
Thank you for the question.
It's been growing less then year, but growing well as of today ;)
All the best!
Person: *Plants acrocarpous moss underwater*
Me a Intellectual: *Laughs Botanically*
an **
david w that was on purpose...
A intellectual, eh? Funny...
"Me a intellectual" might me the best strawman ever.
The Mad Hatter nice meme
Instead of direct sunlight can i use the aquarium led lights?
Any tips
Thank you for the question!!
You don't have to put it in direct sunlight! I only keep aquariums without fish on the windowsill. All other aquariums (with fish) are away from direct sunlight - mosses are in them grow very well all year around. More light helps to see them growing faster ;) In this regards using LED lights may help. I have some videos about LED in general and DIY LED - including for aquariums. Check out this playlist for more details: ruclips.net/video/xLuL8y1-21M/видео.html
All the best!
You are the.beast
Thank you!
Can you replant the moss? I would. Like to grow the moss first in a plastic bottle and when the moss grows, I would like to put in then in my aquarium.
Thank you for the question!!
Yes you can and that is how I do it! Though, there are two ways to do it.
1. "Dirty way". Keep whatever land moss you got in a nursery as long as you like (I keep it in a plastic cups filled with water for months). Then move it to an aquarium with your fish (or other pets).
2. "Clean way". Start your moss as usually in a "Dirty way". Cut new grows and move them to an aquarium.
PS: moss usually grows faster in aquarium with fish (fish waste helps to grow). The land grown moss keeps some of the dust size particles of soil for long time no matter how thoroughly you wash it. Later on those particles accumulate on the bottom of aquarium. That is why I call it "dirty way" ;) The new moss growing underwater don't have it. Cut it "clean" without dirt. Your new aquarium would have no old land dirt. Also, both ways offer different visual appearance in aquarium.
And there is an idea of 3rd way, I am going to explore it in a new experiment. I will make a video about it if it works ;)
All the best!
Michael Langerman Thank you!
My pleasure!
this moss is supposed dying when totally imerged ? !! thats what i read on forum...
Thank you for the question!
Apparently this particular moss is not aware of it ;) Some mosses don't grow underwater (fully submerged). This one does and very well.
PS: It also important to wash the moss thoroughly clean of any soil and etc. before placing it underwater.
thank you for ur comment !! If i asked that question is i am aquascaper, loving mosses in fishtanks and i think i'll try your method to " see what i 'll get"...i find "classic moss" ( i dont know its scientific name ) so cute in a tank..
Perhaps Tropica.dk or Dennerle dont wanna see us planting that moss easy to find or dont give advices cause they sell theirs ( phoenix, flame, chrismas mosses etc..)
A last question : how many times do u change water when u try to aclimate the moss ? 1 time/day , each week ?
I do not change water. I don't change water in all my aquariums.
I did change water in previous years. Starting from beginning of 2017 I don't change water in all my aquariums. You may want to take a look on my previous and present aquarium fish care routine for more details in videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/5v6OelF1oeU/видео.html
All the best!
Thanks you again. But i saw others vids saying that moss became brown - diyng slowly into 1 month when introduced in a classic fish tank. The reason : that moss cant stay in water permanently.. . But i'll try whatever..
Thank u M8
Is it better to let the moss soak in water for a day or a week?
Thank you for the question!
A week or longer is better.
I have moss soaking in water (without fish) since Summer. Some samples are growing - that is sure sign that this moss can be moved to aquarium with fish.
Other samples stay green for long and yet not growing (could be many reasons) - I put this moss only to aquariums with fish that I don't mind to lose.
All the best!
Michael Langerman thanks a lot for spending your time for my question! Your answer is really helpful
My pleasure!
Funny I'm doing the opposite, aquatic plants in my terrarium LoL
Wonders of nature :))
I am sure you are having a lot of fun ;)
Michael Langerman
If you're interested in seeing it
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Michael Langerman No
It works now! Thank you!
RUclips☺️ me🧐 jumping on my roof getting the moss down for my snail aquarium 🎉
Thanks lol
:)) My pleasure!
tried it the moss turned into goldfish food
My friends who keeps goldfish have the same experience. The solution is simple: setup a nursery to grow fast growing aquatic plants and land moss from which you can pull half of the plants for feeding your fish ;)
@@4me thx for the solution friend
@@dodo_berg1230 My pleasure!
Can I show you a picture of some moss I found and see if it's good for my aquarium
:) I like to help -send it. Though keep in mind that I could be wrong for two reasons: there are so many variations of moss with the same look; and pictures are good but not the best source for references.
interesting！
Thank you!
I have more videos about growing land mosses underwater: ruclips.net/video/MO6zK3JC2rE/видео.html
And here are videos about land plants underwater too: ruclips.net/video/MO6zK3JC2rE/видео.html
All the best!
does it sunlight exposure to grow and survive
Thank you for the question!
I give it initially the maximum sunlight to boost grow...once I move it to aquarium with fish there is much less light available. This particular moss seems to grow under different light conditions.
btw those dislikes uhh r from non fish keepers i guess...
I hope so too :)
Those dislikes are from probably from people who have no experience keeping fish, and believe it's 'abuse' to keep guppies in a small environment like these. They likely have no clue that those guppies are healthy, happy and flourishing, all they know is what they *think* they know. RUclips comment section experts hahaha
@@American-Jello Naw, that's definitely fish abuse.
Guppies or any other fish realistically need bigger tanks, as such small tanks will lead to fish living very unhealthily. They can't move around, so will suffer from weak muscles, organ deformation, starvation, obesity, etc.
Additionally, such a small enclosure is highly unstable, thus hard to keep.
@@BioTechproject27
Normally, I would agree, but he has been doing this for years, and I watched most of his videos and realized that several of his aquariums from several years ago are still doing fine several years later.
Additionally, the bioload of these aquariums are very low due to the self sustaining aspect (eg. the seed shrimp and scuds serving as the main food source for the fish)
Finally, he has been breeding a dwarf variety of guppies that grow up to 2.5cm max, so the diameter of his aquariums is enough for movement (you can see how active the fish are in the timelapse).
The man seems to know what he is doing so I think his aquariums are acceptable.
How many water changes did you do for the 2 lt bottle?
Thank you for the question!
I stopped draining (changing) water from all my aquariums from beginning of 2017. So far all looks good. You may want to check on my present and previous aquarium fish care routine in this playlist: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html
I'd be afraid to introduce NYC moss into my aquarium.. I'd be afraid it might try to start a gang or sell drugs to my fishies... JK I'm being satirical..
Spider-man takes care of those gangs in NYC :)
Everywhere else...furious moms can and do straighten them up ;)
All the best on your adventure - I'm being serious!
@@4me Aww man! You guys got Spider-Man? I live in Cleveland, all we got is lame Spider-Guy :(
@@mattienorml349 :)
One of the episodes for Spider-man movie was filmed on the old Roosevelt island tram ;)
On a serious note, I actually tried this today.. I dug up and cleaned some moss from my backyard and it is now in my refugium! My shrimp are totally loving it! Thanks for the idea!
Mattie Norml my pleasure! All the best on your adventure!!
I tried some mossess from pine trees. First two days it produce a lot oxygen. Third day it became brown. Is it mean that its not for underwater?
Thank you for asking!!
Usually moss turns brown when it is getting spoiled in my experience. It could happen even with mosses that I know for sure can grow underwater. You may notice bad odor coming from the water and/ or kind of a film on the water surface before moss change the color from green to brown.
Wash the moss thoroughly again under running water before it gets rotten. Repeat it every time you notice bad odor or film on the surface of water. Some parts of spoiled/ rotten moss may survive - those you can cultivate for your aquarium needs.
Best regards!