First time using Christmas moss...

**BluewaterBoof** · 07-27-2015, 06:08 PM

I ordered some Xmas moss as I want to take a stab at making a wall in my 29g.

I ordered quite a bit and will most likely have some left over so I was also kicking around the idea of putting some in my betta's 10g. I've never used moss in my tanks, so forgive me if this seems like a dumb question but...will the moss choke out an anubias?

My anubias is tied to a fake log and I was thinking it would look kinda cool to attach the moss to the log, as well. Will the anubias' rhizome be ok if it gets covered by the moss?

Thanks!

**Slaphppy7** · 07-27-2015, 06:16 PM

It should be fine. The xmas moss grows like crazy, but it's easy to keep cut back.

**BluewaterBoof** · 07-27-2015, 06:20 PM

Thanks, Slap!

Do you think I should trim the moss back enough to keep the rhizome visible, or do you think it will be ok as long as there isn't a super thick mass of moss engulfing it?

**Slaphppy7** · 07-27-2015, 06:49 PM

It'll be fine as long as it's not buried in substrate.

**RiversGirl** · 07-27-2015, 06:54 PM

I don't have anubias, but do have a Java Fern -- which is another rhizome plant -- and moss.

My (Lace) Java Fern is tied to a piece of driftwood and I also tied some of the Java Moss to that same dw. The moss did take over, growing all over the dw, the Java Fern (and most of the tank -- probably just over a third of the tank, in looks)

I gathered up all that mass of moss (a few times over, actually) and bound it to various rocks. This past time, I gathered all I could off of the Java Ferns, actually thinking they'd been choked out, they were so covered.

Guess what? My Java Ferns are just fine. I only trimmed away a few dead leaves. The Moss is (for now) mostly within a hairnet ball although there are always bits of it that take root and grow elsewhere.

Your anubias should be fine. You will have to do some Moss trimming.