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How long does it take for Java moss to "take hold"? Mine is still kinda of floating and just hanging on how I put it in the tank.

Ladie,(much better color combination, thanks )

How long has the moss been in the tank?

Also when left to its own accord and free floating Java
fern will not attach to a surface unless it becomes lodged
there. The easiest methods for attaching Java moss is to
get black cotton thread used for sewing, then pull out the
decor you want the Java moss on from the tank, place the
java moss in a thin layer over the surface of the objects,
then get you string and wrap it around many times, so that
the java moss is snuggly (not to tightly) attached to the
object. put it back in the tank, and after several weeks
the moos will have attached itself to the wood. The cotton
thread will disintegrate over time so you do not have to
worry too much about it.

If you want Java moss to be in the foreground, simple drop
a few pebbles from the substrate an top of a thin layer,
this will anchor it and allow it to attach to the
substrate.

HTH,
Megil.

Well, quess Im out of luck then. I placed mine so that it was lodged between the tank and some driftwood. The other I placed a small piece of driftwood on it. The other I poked in a hole on a piece of fake driftwood and stuffed it down by a plant w some gravel. I am not going to tank these things out of the tank. Id never get them fixed back. I cant keep my hands out of the tank as it is! I am constantly trying to fix this and that. So, I quess Ill just have to hope it latches on. Its been in there about a week.

P A T I E N C E....

Hi,
Patience is, perhaps, the most important thing to learn
when dealing with a planted tank. This is especially so
in a low light tank. The low light plants just seem to
grow along like snails while in high light tanks with
CO2 injection I swear you can actually watch some plants
grow. In my tank I have plants that you would have to
take a picture of and a week later take another to see
any growth, yet take a weeks vacation and come back and
they have suddenly grown inches.. I also have plants in
my tank that I can see 1-2 inches growth inside a week.

As I mentioned in Aquascaping to you, take a picture of
the tank and post it there. Folks will have all sorts of
input for you to consider as you ponder the "look" you
want the tank to have. Then you have to wait, while the
plants fill in the look.

Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

Once I put the co2 and fertilizer into my tank my plants have exploded one of them has grown an inch OVERNIGHT but there trying to get up to the one sad light i have up there I need to get them more i have figured out how... so we will see what happens.