Species of moss???

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Hello everyone!
I've been preparing a new thingy, will share with you later. However I need your help. What types/species of moss you put in the terrestrial setups? Buy or pick up of nature? Is there any site or article about it that can see?
Tanks
 
And what about some sphagnum? I can give you some for free... PM me if you are interested and don't forget to share some photos of your new project :p
 
Thank you for your response and the site is very good. However what I really wanted was something similar but with terrestrial mosses. :confused:
 
Depends on the set up.

If its one for a cooler climate taking moss from outside works out fine. I been doing that for years and have lots of luck. And, its less demanding on light and can acclimate easier to certain situations.

Tropical Moss is less forgiving in requirements and its hard to guarantee its authenticity anyway.
 
JWERNER said:
Depends on the set up.

If its one for a cooler climate taking moss from outside works out fine. I been doing that for years and have lots of luck. And, its less demanding on light and can acclimate easier to certain situations.

Tropical Moss is less forgiving in requirements and its hard to guarantee its authenticity anyway.
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See an example of a terrestrial setup that i have that almost don't have light:
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I am keeping it with high humidity but I am pretty sure that it will survive with much drier environment. Just try your luck ;)
 
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Boas.
Hey All

Just a tip. Allistor o spagnhum nao presta como substracto unico para salamandras!
As salamandras em causa sao as minhas. Elas apanham uma acidose e morrem!! Believe me!

Lusi: Dont worry about the mosses they are there at my house. I´ll be sending them soon no problem. Its a common specie i use for all my setups.
Hope i cleared this up!

Greeting!
 
Hi,
I have moss on some of my setups, but did not know its scientific name or identify him. What I would like if someone has this information, the sharing itself. Just as there is information regarding the wood, substrate, rocks and aquatic plants, would be great if someone lost time to create an article under this. I did not care to do so, however I can not find useful information.
Thanks for your offer Allistor, but as the Eljorgo this moss is not really the best!
Eljorgo, I know you have control over everything, but what I really wanted to learn more about this subject, which in fact I am not getting. It is not anything good on google.

cheers
 
Mosses are very hard to identify to the species level. It usually requires a microscope.
Most people have no idea what kind of moss they have in their tanks, and in many cases where the species is identified, it´s actually a wrong identification, so in general, it´s chaos.
The best you can expect is an identification to the generic level, and usually you won´t get more than the family.
I know some people have good results with Polytrichum and Sphagnum (with the right conditions you don´t need to worry about acidity).
 
eljorgo said:
Boas.
Hey All

Just a tip. Allistor o spagnhum nao presta como substracto unico para salamandras!
As salamandras em causa sao as minhas. Elas apanham uma acidose e morrem!! Believe me!

Lusi: Dont worry about the mosses they are there at my house. I´ll be sending them soon no problem. Its a common specie i use for all my setups.
Hope i cleared this up!

Greeting!
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I've already heard of the acidity levels of spagnhum and I'm tottaly agreed with you that it shouldn't be the only kind of moss on the setup. Actually the image that I was trying to post is from a setup that don't even have spagnhum :cool: but looks like that I still cant post any links and images.
 
I always used was what called "Pillow Moss" that I got from a fellow on ebay. Some people reported having trouble keeping it alive but it always worked well in my setups. :happy:
 
You gotta look hard. I found some great info a few years ago but it was kinda like someones school project and it was lost or removed.

This website sells Moss and Moss Milkshakes for use in the home garden

They have a small run down on a few types of Moss but nothing that great.

Moss Acres: ProductsHere is another fairly decent link with some links to the right hand side.
Mosses
 
Thank you Azhael and Jamie Werner your contributions were very useful. :cool:

cheers
 
No problem. I think you should google for a moss milkshake ingredient list and make your own. Plenty of people do it and you would be surprised at how well you can get different types of moss to acclimate to different conditions this way since you would then be growing them from spores.
 
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