Java Moss (Vesicularia)
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by William.Keith.Brummett-at-att.com (Tue, 9 May 1995)
Plant Bath and planting Java Moss
by nfrank-at-nando.net (Tue, 9 May 1995)
Beginner - Java Moss Questions ...
Java Moss
Scientific Name: Taxiphyllum barbieri
Family: Hypnaceae
About the Java Moss
Species Type: Freshwater Plants
Category: Nonsubstrate Rooted ...
Java Moss can grow on a coconut shell like a green lawn. Steep the coconut shell first in boiling water to leach out some of the tannins. Cover the wet coconut shell with half-inch clippings of Java Moss.
Java Moss
Java Moss
By Clint Norwood
Scientific Name: Vesicularia dubyana ...
Java Moss is a popular, useful and versatile moss which comes from Asia, Malaysia, Java, and India. It can grow on nearly any surface or free floating.
Java Moss is highly reproductive. Just take a smallish clump and toss it in a tank, or tie it to a surface for the blanketing or carpeting effect.
- Mosses love light. Although they will survive in minimal light (especially the ever hardy Java Moss) they will grow scraggly and stringy and grow very slowly. The more light you give your moss, the faster and fuller it will grow.
Java moss has been an aquarium favorite for many years, as the plant is attractive, easy to grow and very undemanding when it comes to light, pH, hardness or nutrients.
Java moss is the hardiest of the common aquarium mosses. Their characteristics is they grow in long 'strings'. They can get untidy if neglected because they graw in all directions. However, java moss is beautiful if regularly trimmed.
Java Moss is found throughout Southeast Asia and there are more than a hundred and twenty five species in the genus but only a couple are aquatic. Java Moss reproduces easily as any small piece will gradually begin to grow.
Java moss
I had no previous experience with java moss. I had seen it in pictures, and knew that unlike riccia, once tied to wood it would stay in place with its roots. I also thought that it is not as demanding as riccia can be.
a lot of java moss that needs more attention when i get time so it grows as i want
anubias
Java fern ...
Vesicularia dubyana (Java Moss), Ceratopteris (Water Sprite) and Microsorium (Polypodium pteropus or Java Fern) are all compatible live aquatic plants.
A good plant to use is the java moss as it is native to the region and can also serve as a spawning medium. Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid - Apistogramma cacatuoides (Indonesia code 4003) Average 1-1.
This may be preceded by spawn-site selection by the male, but this may not be obvious to the keeper as these sites are normally in plant thickets (dense growth of stem plants, especially small-leafed ones, or clumps of Java Moss).
Also add some little caves and a lot of Java fern and Java moss. A great idea would to put some empty snail shells in their tank since in the wild they mostly lay their eggs in them.
Use cotton thread to attach Java moss to wood, or lava (pumice?) rocks.
2. Moss on rocks is great for edge work, blending an open sandy area into a planted area.
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Some of these include Java fern, Anubias, Cryptocoryne species, water sprite and Java moss. Some of these plants, notably Cryptocorynes, actually prefer lower light.
All that is necessary for the successful spawn is a compatible, well-conditioned pair, a small floating tube for the male to build his bubblenest in, and Java moss for the female to hide in. B.
Plenty of hiding places should be allowed; rock, driftwood, and live plants that your Cichlids cannot destroy, like Java Moss or Java Fern, may be good choices.
Use wood, roots, and Java Moss to serve as hiding places. Use a dark substrate, preferably peat moss. The tank should be densely planted and a cover of floating plants is suggested. Use a tight-fitting cover as this species may leap.
piece of beautiful Mopanzi wood, Java moss, Java ferns, 1lg. Anub., 1lg. Balanese Crypt., good amount of Italian Val. (in back corners), 1sm. bunch Pennyroyal, and lots of floating Duckweed. I use a 30gal. Whisper hang on filter (set on low flow).
Using a 18'' x 12'' x 12'' tank with sand, Java moss, Java fern and a sponge filter. They spawned at a water temperature of 78F, a pH of 6 and GH 1. The eggs (shown above) are quite large, measuring 2mm and a creamy white colour.
A member of the Mbuna (or "Rock Dwelling" cichlid) family, their environment should be densely decorated with rocks and rock caves, fine gravel, fine gravel with crushed coral, or even sand for substrate, driftwood, Java Ferns, and Java Moss.
The best plants are cabomba, hornwort, java moss. Plastic plants work well too. The plants generally fall to the bottom of the tank. Use a flashlight to search for eggs by the reflection. Parents should be removed after breeding.
In the aquarium, the plant known as Java Moss, Vesicularia dubayana, is of considerable utility as an egg repository for Corydoras catfishes, even though the plant is not a South American native, ...
I use Java moss and find it works the best for hiding, and the density is perfect. For a bubble-nest site, a Styrofoam cup cut in half (resembling an airplane hangar) works well.
Spawn over fine plants. Java Moss or spawning mops can be provided. Spawning usually takes place in the morning. The eggs take about 7 days to hatch, and are best removed to a separate rearing tank.
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Plants should be hardy varieties such as Java Fern and Java Moss that can handle the increased water hardness in the tank. In order to reduce aggression among them, it is ideal to maintain several pairs together in the aquarium.
Fairy Moss (Azolla Caroliniana)
Java Moss (Vesicularia Dubyana)
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demursum)
Riccia (Riccia Fluitans)
Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) ...
A Banana Plant, a Sword Plant, and some Java Moss.
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Plastic plants are best because they will eat most all vegetation in the aquarium, although Java Fern and possibly Java Moss may also be used.
The spawning tank should have a substrate of marbles, java moss, or a mesh where eggs can settle out of the reach of their omnivorous parents.
Add some java moss on the bottom and some duckweed on the surface. The tank is best filtered by a corner sponge filter. The tank should have some gravel. After you notice that the female is getting fat, remove the male. His job is done.
A 10 Gallon tank is easily large enough, with plenty of plants for fry to hide in, such as Java Fern or Java Moss. Many people use breeding traps or nets in their community tanks. These are small plastic or net containers that float in the tank.
The Platy requires a tank of at least 15 gallons that is densely planted with hardy plants like Java Fern and Java Moss. It is a very peaceful fish and makes an excellent addition to the community tank.
Java moss has been used readily with Rosy Barbs, offering them shade and shelter. Because of their tendency to graze on vegetation, many have reported Rosy Barbs eating away the hair algae that grows in aquariums.
This is because many of the plants that survive in low light (such as Java Fern and Java Moss) are actually attached to the décor and not rooted in the substrate.
Set-up your Danio albolineatus (Pearl Danio) breeding tank with java moss or other suitable substances on the bottom so the fishes can scatter their eggs where they can't reach and eat them. Feed the fry infusoria and newly hatched brine shrimp.
Driftwood adds an interesting dimension to many aquariums and provides an ideal anchor for plants such as Anubias barteri, Bolbitis heudelotii, and Vesicularia dubyana (Java Moss).
Tank Size and/or Tank Type= A 51G (200L) monospecies tank, with a 2-4" (5-10CM) layer of fine sand on the bottom, a dim light filtered through floating plants, sufficent hiding places, such as minerilzed wood from moors covered by Java Moss or ...
Changes in tank decor such as the addition of java moss for egg scatterers or small clay flower pots or PVC pipe for cave egg depositors, etc.
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