Sarah Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) Sorry Busman, you might want to look away. A few months ago, disease broke out in a little 20L tank. Since then, I've really been meaning to clean out this tank thoroughly, so I can reuse it. I just "hadn't gotten around to it". Well, today I finally took it outside to deal with it. There was a tiny bit of Java Moss in the tank at the time. I decided I would just throw this out, not wanting to risk if it had absorbed the disease. I assumed it would be dead by now. This tank had had NO light, other than my weak room light - and that was on the other side of the room. MONTHS later, the Java Moss had grown, and was a lovely LUSH green. Could NOT believe it. Impossible to kill or what? Edited October 11, 2011 by Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I hate how you guys can grow this! All I can grwo is crummy pelia and peacock I actually just emptied a boll solid with algae, in with teh alage is a heap of java moss, I'm pretty proud now, I managed to grow java moss haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Yeah... Matt can only grow fancy-er plants, not the simple and humble "beginners plant", Java Moss. Odd. Well, congratulations on your Java Moss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv_my_fish Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) I would have to say that Java Moss MUST be pretty tough, for you see, mine is still (mostly) nice and green, while I could kill duckweed in days!!! The question now is... Are you still going to use it?? Edited October 11, 2011 by luv_my_fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Haha, somewho duckweed popped up in my tank - I think it came in with the frogbit. Constantly scooping it out.. it ended up in the axolotl tank as well somehow (non planted tank), clogs the filter intake. As for if I'll use the Moss - no way, it was a diseased tank, I'm taking no chances. It's long gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 &$@€#%........ Lol. I still kill mine. I think it's the salt in the bbs as I don't rinse them first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Haha, somehow I knew you wouldn't be able to resist reading.. Must be the salt.. let's stick with that. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv_my_fish Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Well of course I didn't think you would use it lol. I've always been told to get rid of any plants involved in a diseased tank :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 What disease was it Sarah? White spot and velvet will die with no host, would have been fine. I can kill duckweed to lol, don't know how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Thing is.. I'm really blank as to what disease it was... Actually, I think it was just some mystery disease, I didn't know what it was... just knew something was very wrong then dead fish. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Good thing you tossed it then, I tossed all my plants with the mystery disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Can't be the salt... I put salt in sometimes - definitely not salt Paul :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermadum Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Wait, you people can kill duckweed? Please come visit me anytime you want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertaz Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I second fishbites, I don't rinse my BBS either, and none of the Java moss died, but let's say you use way higher concentration at regular frequency. Maybe that's it. How did you kill duckweed without killing the tank's inhabitants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 It just kind of dies, like its not there anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2littlerevheads Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 i need to grap some more fishbites. i love that stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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