yea i knew i came to the right place,when i posted the same question in another forum,the advise i got was to spray bleach in the tank to kill anything.yea it will kill everything,insects,plants.mysnake!!ha ha so you think placing a flea collar in the tank overnight is a bad idea? even after waiting a week or more to introduce my snake?im curious about moss.most of my tank has various species of live,wild collected moss.it looks amazing now,and im hoping that it will spread and fill in the cracks between species but im not expecting much as i hear that local,temperate mosses do very poorly in an indoor vivarium.has anyone had success with these carpet looking mosses that grow inbetween cracks in the sidwalk.if so maybe youd like to share some tips on how to keep them alive and grow.i did learn an interesting trick that im thinking of trying,ill share it with you guys ,maybe its something you didnt hear about yet.first you find the moss species outside youre looking for.i know a lot of people would really love to have the type of moss you see growing on rotted wood near streams,grow in and on rocks and wood in your vivariums.anyway,you find the species and make sure its on what you want it to grow on.like for example,if you have a rock wall that youd love to be covered in green moss,you find a moss covered rock in the woods.you take a testtube or similar sterile glass container and scrape off some of the moss into the tube,mix in a little beer,or buttermilk or even watered down yogurt(plain yogurt) mix in a little sugar,mix into a paste and use a small paint brush to brush this paste onto any rocks you want to become moss covered.make sure the tank stays very humid but for the first week or so keep direct water sprays or drips off that rock.in about a week or so its supposed to begin turing green with new moss growth.after it begins to grow and anchor to the rock you can allow water to be sprayed lightly on it.you can do a similar paste for wood but im told to make sure you get moss from wood and not rocks.has anyone ever tried to grow alge in their vivariums?i think it also looks really nice and im thinking about adding it also but im afraid it may spread all over and kill my moss.

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