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I was just curious when Java grows to high, and you cut the moss, can you use those clippings to start new growth in another tank?

Thanks
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MIKE
4.14 Leopards (SHTCT, and Jungle Albino Trempers)
2.13 Fat Tails (Amels, Hets, and Normals)
1.1 Teratolepis Fasciata
1.3 Crested geckos
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius (Citronellas)
1.0 Diamond Back Terrapin
14 Snakes (Tri colored hogs, subocs, alterna, rosy boas, and black milks)

Yes Java Moss can be just cut down and put on somewhere else. I believe java moss is like a weed. So much of it grows and all you have to do is grab a couple and just place it in a nice environment, and it will take off again.

HTH
Daniel
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Daniel is absolutely right. Any little strand of Java can grow to create a bigger clump of Java when placed in the right conditions.

Whenever I transfer Java from one tank to another, I rinse it well, then soak it in a 20% bleach solution for 15-30 minutes, then rinse it well and soak it in water for a few hours. That way, there is almost no likelihood of cross-contaminating tanks. Spread the moss out thin over where you want it to grow (preferably placing at least part of it in a constantly wet area), and it will soon thicken up. Under the right conditions, I have had a relatively small clump used to completely cover 3/4 of the floor of a 10 gallon terrarium in under 6 weeks . . . it looked like turf.

I can't recommend Java enough. It's tough, it actually grows and spreads (unlike most tropical sheet mosses), is tolerant of a wide range of conditions, sporulates readily, and tolerates treatment that allows you to keep from introducing who knows what into your tanks (a lot of the pillow moss and sheet moss is wild collected). In different areas, it will look different in the way it grows, but that's part of its charm.

Okay, I'm climbing off of my soapbox now. See what happens when you wind me up?
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Homer W. Faucett III, esq.
Purveyor of Trivialities and Fine Nonsense

Java has also grown down into the aquarium section of my paludarium from the logs. It makes great cover for the little platy fish fry and looks pretty fanning down under the water. I'm wondering if anyone has used it for raising tadpoles. It harbors a lot of little daphnea and other goodies.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
3 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
4 D. leukomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus pending

I know some people who use Java for raising tads. I actually first got into Java through using it in breeding tanks for Killifish. It was a perfect laying site for eggs, and the fry could hide in there and feed on infusoria.

By the way, Patty, contact me off the forum about your osage orange.
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Homer W. Faucett III, esq.
Purveyor of Trivialities and Fine Nonsense

I have used it for rasing ADF tadpoles. It worked great. What kind of killis do you keep homer?
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0.0.4 Blue Dendrobates Auratus
4.2.0 African Dwarf Frogs (Hymenochirus boettgeri)
2.3.0 Asian Floating Frogs (Occidozyga Lima)
1.1.0 White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)

I don't keep killis anymore, but my dad still does. The house I live in was built in the 1850's, and the subfloor wouldn't support the weight that would eventually accumulate as I became more and more enthralled in them again.

My favorite killies that I used to raise were Aphyosemion pyrophore RPC 18. I also kept gold australes, Fundulopanchax and Aphyosemions of several species (most notably golden pheasants [Fp. occidentalis] and blue Fp. toddi's, as well as the rather common blue gularis and gardneri's). I really liked one strain of Fp. ameiti that I raised for several generations . . . that strain was striking, and I haven't seen any that nice since then. It's a shame. Anyway, I had about 10 different types of Fundulopanchax and Aphyosemion species that I kept regularly with pretty good success. Not many rare fish (other than the toddi's and occidentalis), but gorgeous fish that I could keep going and trade offspring for others.

I had a phase where I raised Nothobranchius species with varying success--rachovii, melanospilus, and guentherii 'Zanzibar' were probably my favorites and those I had the most success with. I had some rachovii that were egg laying machines, an absolutely gorgeous. I don't even know if the genus is named Nothobranchius anymore.

Ah, well, those days are past. My dad is going up to the killi convention on the last weekend of this month, but I've made my decision to go to the reptile show . . . I think. We'll see how it ends up.
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Homer W. Faucett III, esq.
Purveyor of Trivialities and Fine Nonsense

Hi,

Java moss is great for raising tadpoles. I have found that the tadpoles enjoy eating it so much that by the time a froglet is morphed the clump is greatly reduced. My blue truncatus tadpoles seem especially herbivorous and I have just been feeding the java moss, no tadpole powder or fish food.

Alexander Stubbs