RE: Java Moss

["Scott C. Wiersema" <vkngbar at ix_netcom.com>]

My question how far from the lights are you planets. They must be within
two feet of fluorescent bulbs to receive enough energy to grow. It is not
clear where the lights are located in you fish room. I am a horticulture
major and I am sure that I could bore everyone to death with the discussion
of the relative foot candles in proportion to the light source. Especially
light travels through water.


> [Original Message]
> From: Kent Carpenter <kcarpen1 at rochester_rr.com>
> To: Killitalk <killietalk at aka_org>
 > Date: 9/2/2002 10:12:48 AM
> Subject: Java Moss
>
> 	I'm glad to see Wright and others have had difficulty
> with this plant. 
>  
> I attached a clump to a piece of driftwood in a 55 gallon tank
> with sand substrate, dozens of Crystal Vals, 2 large swords and
> a couple of thriving Java Ferns. There has never been a filter
> in this tank that has run for over 4 years now, with a fair fish
> load (no Killies). Lights on timer, 14 hours/day. The water gets
> changed maybe twice per year, and the Java Moss grows well enough
> to require trimming occasionally.
> 
> However.........I keep clumps of moss in shoeboxes in the fishroom
> in the basement with 14 hours of light, topping up with tank water
> for "fertilizer" The temp stays between 67 - 70 year-round. TDS is
> 180, KH 89ppm, GH 125ppm. It always slowly dies off. I move it to
> fry tanks between times, where it still receives light and nutrients
> from snails, food, etc., but I cannot keep it going, I'm constantly
> buying new clumps at my LFS. 
> 
> If anyone knows how to stretch out its' lifespan, I would certainly
> appreciate it.
> 
> Kent Carpenter
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