What moss-types are this?

[Mischy]

Hello,

in Germany nearly the whole mosses you can buy are named "Javamoos" but today I have had a second look to my mosses and now I'd like to know, what species they might be. I foun two different looking species and I'm relatively sure, that these are not Javamosses.

Hopefully you can tell me what species this are. The left one might be Christmas Moss, but the right one I can't identify.








Thank you very much

regards Michael

[Robert]

Hi Michael,
I'm not sure about the moss on the left side of your picture. The moss on the right side seems to be a Versicularia species, probably it is Versicularia dubyana, Singapore Moss. This species is not that rare in Germany. The problem is that every kind of moss which looks slightly like a Taxiphyllum or Versicularia species gets the name "Java Moss".

best regards
Robert

[Missi3ellie]

I'm just curious, just how many types of moss are there? Beside x'mas, java, taiwan ... how do we differenciate? I have the moss (on the right) which i scrapped some off from a rock next to my pond, they don't seem to be growing faster than the java .

puzzled

[bjar]

It migth be christmas moss.

[Robert]

I'm just curious, just how many types of moss are there? ...
puzzled

Hi,
I'm not sure how many moss species are availble at the moment. I would say there are at least a dozen species of at least 4 genera (Versicularia, Taxiphyllum, Drepanocladus and Fontinalis). There are also several liverworts e.g. Riccia fluitans, Monosolenium tenerum ...I kept and keep so far about 15 moss and liverwort species myself. In another international forum, which is actually a place for killie fish keepers and breeders, there are some very good threads about aquatic mosses, too. I mean killies.com. This article by Prof. Benito Tan is also quite helpful: http://sea.nus.edu.sg/aquatic-mosses.pdf It has a size of 6.80MB.

best regards

Robert

[Mischy]

Thank you for your answer
but how can I grow them to look best? At the moment, they are just swimming in the water, but I have no experience in growing mosses right...
Maybe you can help me

Thank you very much!
best regards

Michael

[Robert]

Hi,
to grow mosses fast and nice is quite easy. All you need are water-temperatures of 20-26°C and low till medium light conditions. Add regularly a bit liquid fertilizer and extra CO2. I use pressurized CO2 and it helps a lot. Most mosses and liverworts (in German "Lebermoose") seem to grow better if you tie them onto a piece of wood or stone. I use thin, light brown nylon fishing line to tie them onto driftwood pieces. After a few weeks the line is no longer visible on the first gaze.
Be careful and don't add too much light and fertilizer or else you will get algae. Mosses and liverworts prefer shady places in nature and even in our tanks they grow better under medium light conditions (e.g. 0.4-0.6Watt/liter) than under high light conditions (e.g. 1Watt/liter).

best regards

Robert

[Mischy]

hi,

thank you very much! The next tank will be a moss-tank so I'll try this out!
But how can I build a moss-wall??

best regards

Michael

[Mischy]

I found something by using googel! No need to answer it

best regards,

Michael

[Mischy]

Hey guys,

I really, really like the different moss-types, so I went on "moss-hunting" I found many different species, all were named "javamoss" but as you can see, most of them look very different. I would only say, that they look similar without my glasses

But I am not sure, which species this are, I hope you can help me identify!

All together:


Moss #1, maybe Giant Moss or Java Moss?



Moss #2, maybe Singapoore Moss?


Moss #3, maybe Stringy Moss?


Moss #4, maybe Taiwan Moss?


Moss #5 maybe Christmas Moss?