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This moss has been in the tank for a couple of months now. It was purchased from Black Jungle, labeled as "sheet moss". It has always been a darg green but it is now turning black in places. I have one 5500K light and one 3700K light. The moss is layed over coco bedding. I spary once a day and the humidity stays around 95% any ideas? or suggestions for a better moss?

Thanks,

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Matt

Might be too wet. If it sits on very wet bedding it will rot (unless it's aquatic type . I keep mine over gravel so it only retains what it needs, rest drains through the gravel and grows fine.

I have that problem with my leuc tank, moss does not like it, the ground just gets too wet. Now I have very good luck with it over rocks.
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Kyle
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Thanks ya'll. I hate having to get in their and rearrange, but it must be done I guess. I am using gravel in my future tanks.
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Matt

so am I to understand that moss can not be kept on dirt???
I see it all the time in alot of tanks
I planed on putting mine on eco earth-(or any other coco stuff)

-Matt

It can be kept on soil. My moss is and its doing fine. I think it its excessivly (sp?) wet it might not do well.

aj
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kungfu28181: My god. You are insane. -Mon Jun 30 21:41:05

If your "dirt" is touching water or laying in it, the earth will wick water up into it and stay too wet. I use eco earth also, but I am going to pull the moss up, scrape the earth out where it lays and put gravle down...just under the moss
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Matt

what type of moss do you use?
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Matt

I am using tropical pillow moss from mossman.

aj
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kungfu28181: My god. You are insane. -Mon Jun 30 21:41:05

I use the same, but themossman is no more...

I have also bought from T&C and it is also great.
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Kyle
www.kylesphotos.com
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I have just started looking at T&C stock, and I like what I see. One thing I like is that they lost the native origins of their plants...which I am now paying attention to.
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Matt