How to Propagate Aquarium Moss FAST!!! (My Best Method)
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2022
- I have been propagating Java Moss for several years. Over that time I have continually refined my methods to grow as much moss as fast as possible. In this how to video you will see my preferred method for propagating aquarium moss. This method has not changed in some time now and I don't see it changing anytime soon. Propagating Java Moss or other aquarium mosses is a rewarding process and saves you lots of time and money so you can focus on making more aquascapes or make some money by selling your crop.
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Hi I ma in the uK so cant really buy plants from there. A like and sub will have to be enough for now. Thanks for the tips.
Are u in western WA? Can I pick up an order?
Yes, I am located on the south end of Whidbey island. I only do pickups near here. Shipping locally typically takes one or two days and is quite easy on the plants 🌱
For those who like to reduce labor or who can’t trust themselves to remember to mist multiple times per day, a lot can be done here in terms of draining excessive fluids into a sump and then spraying automatically with a reptile misting system like Mist King. You’ll never be able to spray “too much” and then the real work becomes periodically changing the sump water with fresh nutrient water (but don’t top off with nutrient water… since only water is evaporating, not nutrient)
As a first time planter, nearly glued my fingers to a rock along with my Java Moss....thankfully its a forgiving moss, and is beginning to spread, slowly, No CO2......what a beautiful addition to any aquarium, does well with light or low light. This will be moss I use in future projects....the idea of it overtaking all of the hardscape is exciting.
I really love how you show your methods on cultivating these aquatic plants even though you sell them as well. Love how open you are and I am currently setting up a 40 gallon planted tank and I will definitely be a future customer once I'm ready for plants. Keep up the great work!
Beautiful, I really love those containers!
Wow, I love this option! Thanks for sharing with all of us. 😊
Wow, huge thanks to you and the YT algorithm! I just purchased some java moss in hopes to grow it and your video got recommended out of the blue without me ever searching the topic! Gonna try this for sure!
wowww... straight to the point and thanks for sharing this!
That's crazy! This video popped up on my feed. I brought 70G of java moss literally yesterday from you.
Great quality! Will be buying again.
Excellent video my man. I'm a new subscriber. Thanks for honest, clear, facts! Everybody needs more java moss.. lol- Appreciate the videos!!
Thanks for watching and for the sub! :)
Excellent video . This was perfect timing .I’m starting a project like this for my new paludarium so I can have lots of moss for the water part
Good luck 😉
I love how every time there's a new update on how to propagate moss, it's always something that's different from your experimenting. Great work!
I’m always tinkering 😊
@@AquariumPlantLab fasi,nating many thanks
Great before & 1 month comparison. Well done video
Great video Will. I've been growing Java Moss since April of this year using some of your past videos and have had a fairly decent growth rate. However, after watching this particular video I'm going to be making some adjustments and suspect I'll have some explosive growth. Thanks again for all your videos.
Thank you, Rich! I’m glad you enjoyed this one. If I was to boil it down to the three most important parts I would say lots of drainage, high humidity, and maxigro ferts. I’m sure other ferts would work too but I can attest to maxigro. I’ve found those components to be the key with moss. Good luck with your grow and keep me updated 😃 🌱
That’s crazy! Looks amazing with all of that growth.
Right! I want my whole house carpeted in it 😂
@@AquariumPlantLab Definitely makes me want to try Java moss, again lol
It would be cool to see how you harvest the moss out of the trays once it is ready
Yeah the best way is to just start in a corner with a spakle knife, the kind used to do drywall or patch holes in drywall, and slowly scrape it up while folding it back over itself and roll it up softly. Then once done unroll it on an appropriate sized cutting board then cut it to size and the shape you need to attach it to something or to package it up for sale. When done use any of the leftover bits to reseed the next propagation box for the next grow cycle.
It’s easy to harvest. It pulls off the trays easily and can be portioned out or used in your tank. A quick rinse in fresh water is a good idea to remove algae and any ferts or debris that may be in the moss. 🌱
@@AquariumPlantLabfresh water meaning distilled? Or just like tap water
@@aristology6912tap is fine
@aristology6912 Tap is totally fine.
Can’t wait to try this!!
BEST VIDEO
And i literally mean it .
Finally found something on the topic
Thank you 🙏 glad you liked this one :)
Having a set up like this is actually a dream of mine
Thanks. Fantastic method.
Thank you for sharing. Very useful.
Thanks for all you do, Will!
Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 😉
Oh my gosh thank you so much for the super thanks! And the reviews on the website! You made my day 😃 🌱 🙏
Great video, greatly appreciated! I will try this out with willow moss! Greets from Belgium
Thank you! Good luck :)
Thank you Sir for sharing. 👍👍👍👍
Could you share weekly updates on the java moss growth progress?
Keep up the excellent work.
Thank you! That is an interesting idea! Could be fun 🌱
It's really helpful to have the context of the previous video "How to Propagate Java Moss!!! - Improved Experiment (Setup)" to understand the evolution of the project and the choices made.
Very well explained thanks for sharing 💯✌️👍
Thanks for watching 😉
I am going to give you an idea for the loss of humidity on your dome lids. There is a silicone tape, made by loktite (sp?) you can find in box stores or hardware stores... I use this product for many things in my fishroom, as it is very universal and has a flexing but not breaking tendency. I would take a strip of this tape and run it along the top of the black trays, slightly stretching it as i run it along the edge, (the slight stretching gives it a bit more adhesion) all four edges and i think the dome will sit on that tray with a bit more of a seal between the dome top and tray... worth a try....cheers, nice vids...
Great job!
Well done lad👍🏼
Thanks :)
Im blown away by this, i sell a few plants ie Subwassatang, Weeping Moss, Flame moss and i grow them all in my Shrimp tanks. Im blown away by this !
hi, very good informative video, love from India 🇮🇳❤
Thank you 😊
Do you have any videos showing how much die off can be expected once we put this in our aquariums?
You should have minimal die back with Java moss. Unlike most aquatic plants and even Mosses that experience die off or melting Java Moss doesn't fallow this rule much.
I have grown it in water, out of water, and in half submerged A.K,A in waterfalls and in places where the moss starts growing in water but ends up growing to the point as to where part of it is now out of the water. I have moved some that grew out of the water and moved it into tanks filled with water and the other way around and have seen little to no die off or melting. same goes for the ones that are half and half. I've moved some to full submersion and to full land and have seen little to no die off or melting.
I would be more worried about it being eaten then die off and or melting.
Love the video! Do you ever have difficulty converting the moss to an aquarium? E.g do you have a heap of die off?
I love your videos. I'm curious about the lights you have
Hey, I jus found your content recently and have been binging it. I have a few questions though.
Can all moss adapt to living underwater?
Can all moss be grown hydroponically like this?
How would you grow terrestrial moss opposed to aquatic moss if that's a thing?
Thanks in advance!
Definitely liked and subscribed! Great info there! Have you ever tried this method for carpeting plants like hc, glosso, monte carlo?
I've been trying this with some trays that are used for sprouting microgreens, they are pretty much identical to this setup but at a smaller scale if space is an issue
great vid thank you
Great video, thank you! Have you tried this method with any other types of moss? I'd be interested to know whether it would work with my coral moss- that stuff was freakin expensive!! :/
I like the idea of growing my own aquarium plants, great video. I'm sad that you don't ship to Alaska.
That looks awesome! What fertilizer do you use?
Wow amazing
😃
Great stuff! Do you think this would work for liverworts like Riccardia?
We recently started growing aquarium plants, and this video helps us a lot. If you give them 24hrs LED light, would they even grow faster? or no difference from 12hrs?
Love this video I been looking for this maxi Grow but I'm in the UK is there anything I could use
Now that’s a video
😃 🌱 🎥
Very good video!
Make one of how to grow mini Bolbitis please.
I grow mini bolbitis like how I grow anubias and java fern. Checkout my videos on those topics :)
@@AquariumPlantLab thanks
Fantástic
What type of lightning setup do you have?
What type of light do you need to emit to create adequate lighting for Java moss to grow well?
Stunning, question here:
Do you think it can work with direct solar light instead led lighting?
same question
how do you harvest the moss? do you attach the moss to little squares of mesh? just in a plastic ziplock bag?
How does the moss take to being reimersed? Is there a lot of die off?
All plants have to convert, regardless of being grown in or out of water, this is because your environment is different than my environment (or your friends, etc.). This applies to all factors, not just emersed/submersed, factors such as temperature, lighting, fertilizers, water chemistry, co2, etc. Any differences in environment means a plant needs to convert physiologically. With all of that said, most aquarium plants, moss included, should be able to convert well provided you have a reasonable setup to grow plants 👍
Thank you
😃
Trying to buy moss but you site is down. Need a price for 3 full trays.
@@aaronk4310 site is back up 🌱 but I am not stocking moss at the moment unfortunately. Been running into stocking issues with it
@@AquariumPlantLab I understand I guess I will have to attempt to propagate it using your method if it works I'll make a video with a link to your plant page. I do a lot of aquascaping and plan to work with MD tanks and George farmer so in the future I'm going to be getting alot of plants from you.
Great video! 😁 do you use maxigrow at full strength?
I go with 1/8th teaspoon per ~50 ounces water. I believe their instructions state full strength is 1-2 teaspoons per gallon. So I go with a pretty diluted mix. 👍
Hello. I have a question. I want to cultivate moss. And I tried the way you did. (I couldn’t get the same products as yours in my country) and My moss turned brown…what is the possibly reasons for that?
Thank you for sharing your video😍 my bf and I love to see your videos!
how long can you keep the fertilizer with water mixed? do you make them everyday?
Is this method of propagation good for moss for terrariums?
Thank you!
What grow light spec are you using I.e watts and color temp ?
Do we have the drain the water that builds uo under the tray at all?
Hi,may I ask ,what is that power and how to mix it.
Ever tried this method with aquaponic type sprinklers on the bottom? just curious
Since you are using this fertilizer maxigro for aquatic plants for propagate. Is the plant doesn't affect the fish or would die or wash the plants first?
Will this work with other species like flame, weeping and fissidens?
That lid have holes for air circulation? If i setup one like this shall i make holes or keep it air tight?
How well does the moss do when transfered to being submerged in water
will it melt once you submerge it before it adapts to submersed form?
Does this method also work for Subwassertang?
Couldn't you put a strip of the stick-on door sill foam around the inside lip of the dome to help keep more humidity inside?
Can drained water from potted plants be used as a fertilizer for this?
Can I drop right in aquarium or do you need to transition to submerged growth?
I have my moss in a clear plastic tupper, close to led lights like your set up, they have holes for ventilation, but it got that grey mold, i read somewhere it is becuase of the heat, whats your take?
I need to this plastic box. Can you share link?
How big of Portion/clump? Do you send when you sell it. Thx
After the 1 month of growth, can that be cut up in eight 5x5 small Java Moss carpets?
Do we have to leave the space for the aur exchange ?
What if you do notice some algae growth? Do you just have to trash any moss it grows on?
Should I cut up Christmas moss into tiny pieces like you did with Java moss to grow them?
When the moss is grown out could I then take just the tray its growing on and put it in a bare bottom tank? or would it just float of of the tray?
how much does one of those trays weight after 30 days?
❤nice
Can it grow on gardensoil in a casket?
Do you think this method would work with Subwassertang?
You ever try this with fissidens or weeping moss?
What brand is the maxi-gro fertilizer?
How high do you hang your lights above the Moss & your other plants??
Does it grow into the mesh? How do you get it out of the growing trays
do you open the vents at night for co2 exchange?
Does this method also work for Christmas Moss?
Hi, I was wondering about how many tissue cups would a harvested tray fill, and how many tissue cups did it take to plant it? I really like this idea and I'm thinking about trying it, but I needed to "pitch" the idea to The Husband, if you get my meaning! lol
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Where did you get your spray bottle from?
Will this work with weeping and Pilo moss also?
Can you specify what kind of LED light ? Like does the moss need full spectrum light or what kind? Also a great video keep the content coming.
I always use full spectrum lights. Make sure they are designed for growing plants as such lights produce photosynthetically active radiation which is needed for plant growth.
Ever tried rooting hormones?
Have you run into issues with mold like this?
What is the appropriate temperature?
Do you have a submerged method?
And what is your ideal temperature
Could a frosty fern be grown submerged or emerged? Never seen it done but it would make an interesting aquarium plant.
Probably not submerged, emersed possibly 🤔
Will this method also work for subwassertang?