Re: NANFA-- I think I've been gone too long

Bill Flowers (bloomin_at_indy.net)
Mon, 19 Apr 2004 05:46:16 -0500

I actually had Java Moss growing on the back glass of a 10 gallon
aquarium. It really looked nice.

Bill F.

Joshua L Wiegert wrote:

>I used to get Java MOss and Java Fern growing up the power filter. Looked
>really neat. I always figured it helped out filtration, if anything .... :)
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>From: "Mysteryman" <bestfish_at_alaweb.com>
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 4:51 PM
>Subject: NANFA-- I think I've been gone too long
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>>I got home last night after a month of traipsing about the continent, as
>>I tend to do. This morning I made my rounds to feed the fish, and I
>>noticed something odd about one of my Pteronotropis tanks. On further
>>investigation, I found that the outside box filter was overgrown with
>>lush, green plants. NOT algae, but moss and vascular plants.
>>Yep, my filter has one of the prettiest clumps of some sort of very
>>attractive moss hanging out of it in every direction, and growing in the
>>cracks are several small, dwarfed versions of what is probably
>>Hygrophilia, growing emersed. It's a weird sight. On the one hand, this
>>is probably a sign that the filter REALLY needs changing, but on the
>>other hand, I don't want to wreck this nifty little garden.
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