Re: [AGA-Member] I can't grow mosses

[Ron Boyd <explodo2003@yahoo.com>]

I do have SAEs.  Unless they're only eating the new growth, they don't seem to bother it.

Ghazanfar Ghori <ghorig@gmail.com> wrote:Do you have SAEs?

On 9/19/05, Ron Boyd wrote: 
> 
> I'm hoping someone can tell me why I can't grow mosses. Here's my setup.
> 
> 110 high tank
> 4x96 PC lighting
> temp 76-79 degrees (via fans and heaters)
> pH 6.7-6.9 (via controller and CO2)
> KH 6.0
> Flourite substrate
> Tropica Master Grow daily
> Weekly 25% water changes
> Plenty of fish
> Good circulation
> (unusual, but working) I use a bio-wheel to keep surface scum down
> 
> I've tried several types of mosses in and out of the light on my plentiful 
> driftwood and I get little to no growth. The glossostigma and Madagascar 
> Lace grow very nicely. I really like the pictures of tanks with mosses, and 
> I'd really like to grow them. I realize that according to the CO2/KH chart 
> my CO2 is a little high, but it has worked just fine for the past couple of 
> years.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron Boyd
> 
> 
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