Grass like moss?

[emmyk]

I've seen that planted tank with the moss tree and the field, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. I was thinking about planting my tank more heavily and it would be cool if I could use moss on top of substrate. So one: what type of moss?
And two: what substrate?

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[JoshBA]

I know its not moss but you could use dwarf hairgrass as a grasslike carpet. Some good planted tank substrates I've heard of are flourite (can get it as sand too), eco complete, amazonia, or you could just do a dirt planted tank.
I'm pretty sure under good lighting you could get plain old java moss to grow like grass. Just weigh it down onto the substrate with some rocks or tie it to multiple pieces of slate. If you use moss you don't need a nutrient rich substrate (They take nutrients from the water column, so sand would be fine). There is a type called 'flame moss' that seems to grow similar to what you want.

 

[Xoloto]

hmm i'm hunting for plants like this that are suitable for cold water as far as i know all the things below i've mentioned prefer warmer water in the 72 range.

Flame moss i had in my nano tanks for grass but it got really tangled up and ended up with my fish stuck in it so i don't how good that'd be with axies ,you'd probably have to maintain it really well as mine was longish (3 inches long) it grows upwards and will keep growing till it hits the top lol.

Weeping willow moss or flame moss would be good for the tree but for the floor itself i'd probably stick to dwarf hairgrass or microsword

dwarf baby tears need high lighting so dont think axie safe


these type of tanks do really much better with Co2 added ,you will see VERY slow growth without a lot of light and Co2 specially some of the mosses.

also you can get plastic grass mats at pet stores but not sure how easy to clean that would be or how sharp edged.

 

[Xoloto]

these type of tanks need a lot of maintenance ,it's one of the reasons i no longer do iwagumi and one of the reasons why you see many doing Nano tanks (tanks smaller than 10 gal ) as they can be a real pain and expensive to make and then costly to keep and take up time to maintain and i'm lazy lol

 

[emmyk]

Hmmm...someone needs to do some hybriding lolol

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[AeonMapa]

Java Moss is a classic for fish tanks! Fish fry grow up healthier just having it around. It grows in cold water and grows fast too. Also consider crystalwort

 

[emmyk]

*hybridizing.

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[Roy]

Hello. Why do not you try with Java moss: is easy to maintain, grows fast and does not need too much light. An idea I've had (but I have not put into practice yet!) is making a "sandwich" with 2 mesh sheets covering the area of the tank bottom and in the middle some java moss clusters so that in a few weeks the mesh is covered fully, giving a carpet-like moss bottom. Maybe in the web can find some tutorials to do this successfully. Hopefully you have Luck! :happy:

 

[emmyk]

I heard it grows slow!! Okay thank you

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[JoshBA]

If the 'tree' reaches up towards the water's surface, then any moss tied there would grow pretty fast. Not only would it be closer to the light, but it would have more access to C02 being closer to the surface (more gas exchange). Riccia grows pretty fast as a floating plant (has growth similar to moss), although as a carpet it needs CO2 injection.
What kind of lighting will your tank have?

 

[emmyk]

That's my problem. I won't be able to do my dream aquascape because having an axolotl, he doesn't like lightingp so I'm gonna exchange my room light for a sunlight immulator and leave my windows open more often lol

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