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jabba
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 Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:24 pm Post subject: Moss growth in Banglore |
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Hi Banglorians(Aquarist from Bangalore:I thought of explaining since Bangalore has became one of the true miniature of India blessing and getting blessed by people from different parts of country. So the term I used is for all who is residing and had resided in Bangalore not just the real banglorians )  ,
Here is my question....
Do we need a chiller, to keep the temperature low ,to get the lush growth for moss in Bangalore climate.
What will give the best growth for moss......There are lot of people here who is growing Moss in bulk....Please share your experience.
I am having some moss and they are growing as well, but the colour of the moss is daaark green and the growth is slow as usual.
I am providing 2 watt / gallon of pll light for 8-9 hrs and 1-2 bubble per second. with DIY(made by muneer(naturelover)) liquid macro and micro for alternate days.
Is there anything else I need to do for better growth or is this the best I can do |
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sathy83
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:40 pm Post subject: Re: Moss growth in Banglore |
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Jabba below is couple of pics of my old 2 footer
Moss grown in the tank:
Christmas moss in the tree
back ground is spike moss,
Fissidens fontanus
mini pearl moss,
flame moss and
peacock moss
growth was at a pretty fast rate... and avg temp of the tank was around 30.
Co2 was around 3 bubbles per sec and ferts not for mosses I dosed seachem flourish and iron for the other plants in the tank
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Nidhi
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:05 pm Post subject: Re: Moss growth in Banglore |
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| Hi jabba, I have Christmas moss as background... did not do well till the temp cooled down a bit, coincidentally around at the same time I started dosing Glut to control a kind of algae. so I cant clearly tell what triggered the growth. I don't dose fertz or co2 in my tank and lighting is 1.8 W/G CFL bulbs.. |
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Rajdeep_Banik
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:18 pm Post subject: Re: Moss growth in Banglore |
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| sathy83 wrote (View Post):
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growth was at a pretty fast rate... and avg temp of the tank was around 30.
Co2 was around 3 bubbles per sec and ferts not for mosses I dosed seachem flourish and iron for the other plants in the tank
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Really? 30 C? I thought mosses can't even survive beyond 26 C!  |
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jabba
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:11 am Post subject: Re: Moss growth in Banglore |
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Nidhi: how did you reduce temperature......I am searching for the cheapest method and you are one of the best in that 
Sathy: that is a great growth for moss at that temperature |
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sathy83
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:13 am Post subject: Re: Moss growth in Banglore |
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| Rajdeep_Banik wrote (View Post):
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Really? 30 C? I thought mosses can't even survive beyond 26 C!
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Check out the digital thermometer reading in the first pic! |
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cyclopse99
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:51 am Post subject: Re: Moss growth in Banglore |
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| Ya even for me Christmas moss growth is very fast.. temp at this time around 26 to 27. But in summer when temp was high around 31C in aquarium i did find the moss growth reduced though they didn't died. |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:06 am Post subject: Re: Moss growth in Banglore |
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No Jabba, I don't have a cooler, or fans...
what I meant was the Bangalore temp came down with the monsoon, and I had started the glut dosing around the same time.. so I dont know what made the moss grow.. whether the temp or the glut dosing.
The growth was phenomenon..  |
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