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.
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
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RJP7OGiY0Lc.html And here is plants growing underwater: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oR07LdosdEQ.html And I have more specific playlist about succulents and mosses ;) All the best on your adventure!
Just found this RU-vid 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.
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_GopHk_lqlI.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..
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 🙂
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.
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.
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!
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.
Life will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories, and crashes through barriers painfully, maybe even dangerously But uh, Life finds a way
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.!
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.
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 RU-vid 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!
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.
@@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!
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.
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.
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
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 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 :)
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!
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
@@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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xCx1eUhXvE8.html All the best!
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DWWGfuozMUk.html Washing moss thoroughly is the most important thing either way you chose to go. All the best on your adventure!
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ofPxX3qz1OI.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! 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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gbdmf66XUSQ.html All the best!
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DWWGfuozMUk.html Getting a new sample is easy and fast - that is what I would go with ;)
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!
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DWWGfuozMUk.html And here is a playlist of videos about all my land mosses growing underwater: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bK_gJD6lPIg.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 ;)
Better later then never ;) My best aquariums are what they are for the things from my local ponds :) and they are getting better. I am glad there are more and more people getting back to nature like you do! 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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k8ckHeVivqA.html
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mQb7cKeTKqA.html
Thanks for another great idea .Took a walk in y neighborhood park down here in Largo Florida and scouted out some moss growing at the base of trees .Not as thick as yours but I'm going to try it .
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oR07LdosdEQ.html All the best on your adventure!
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 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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QTc5RTr7Rq4.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 ;)
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LRCmEXrh58s.html
My pleasure! I have many more videos about growing land mosses underwater on this playlist: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bK_gJD6lPIg.html It takes time to look through :) But you may want to check this particular video showing another way of preparing moss (makes it easier and cleaner in my opinion): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bK_gJD6lPIg.html And this video shows a way of dealing with spoiled samples: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DWWGfuozMUk.html All the best on your adventure!
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.
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. RU-vid 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.
I loved this video so much that after us arborists were able to get back to work I located some nice land moss a couple days ago and am currently working on growing it out so I can add it around my 55g endler guppy and pea putter tank thanks for this idea still worth subbing to your channel again thanks for sharing and remember to keep on tankin fish fam 🎏🤜👍 ✌️
@@4me thanks the moss I found does seem to be a slow grower but it is growing. I have since added the moss to my tank and all is well so far and the shrimp and pea puffers enjoy it as well. Looking forward to finding new things to add to my tank 🤜👍✌️
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4s2QbXm34Oo.html
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'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! I have more videos about growing land mosses underwater: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MO6zK3JC2rE.html And here are videos about land plants underwater too: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MO6zK3JC2rE.html All the best!
This one kind of moss is what I call weed moss lol. They will grow anywhere, from trees (both living and dead) to rocks and soil. They make in my opinion 90% of all mosses you see from Minnesota and Missouri eastward. You should try another species I see sometimes growing with the weed moss. It have more true leaves like structures. It makes up 7% of the remaining mosses and also easier to find. The remaining mosses are more habit specific like the wire hair moss, silver mosses of mature woodlands, or dry land mosses which are from west USA but also compact poor drained gravel lots they're more tighter.
