I've been wanting to add some bushy plants to one side of my tank for a while now. One thought is bugging me though. If say.. a 12x12 portion of my tank bottom is covered in plants like java moss or hornwort, how can I clean the area there? Will I _need_ to clean the area there? I use a gravel vac to syphon the water and settled waste, but I'm not sure how that would work with a well planted area. Any suggestions?

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Wow!!

Anyone have experience with riccia fluitans? How are they with goldfish?

That plant is very hard to take care of and goldfish would tare it to shreds

As for the planting of plants. I just to a gravel siphon and then just plant away. Then with water changes I don't move them I just gravel siphon around them and once in a while dig deep with the siphon around them and get the junk up.

I haven't mastered the art of gravel cleaning yet I keep knocking the anacharis out from the gravel

Oh thats an easy plant to do that with since it really doesnt have a root system. The other ones will and its much harder to move them

Any websites selling plants that you like? I haven't been able to find anything nice and bushy yet in my area.

http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/...ants/plants.htm
http://www.aquabotanic.com/abstore/index.html

Are the two that I have heard of I havent myself ordered but one of these days, I might. So far the LFS here has always had the right plants.

If you need Java Moss let me know. I got some here

I've been looking for java moss for a while. All I can find is java fern. <_<

Have you seen the photos of my tank in the back there thats my moss. You need a log of some size to hook them on to. There great cover for the goldfish and yep they do like to nibble. but it grows fast

http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/tanks/tank.jpg <-- this one ?

Nope this one

http://kokosgoldfish.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=699

Is the java moss the 2nd picture? If not, what is it? That looks like what I've been looking for around here.

yeap thats my moss.....Cool looking uh ?>

It looks awesome! Is it hard to find or something??

Kinda I was lucky to find it in my town. But some places its easier

If I get the pet store job, maybe I can get them to order some

I tell you there a great plant. I love it pluss you can trim it and have more and more and more

Sounds perfect for what I want

I second the greatness of the java moss
There's always heaps in the shops around here. Maybe your LFS could order it in for you?

I should be looking around soon
for live water plants for my Aquarium the time
will come lol when im not that bussy lol

I got my java moss by accident. It came as a little strand attached onto a bigger plant. Luckily, I recognized it and I have some big clumps of it now. It does grow fast And seems extremely tough. It will grow in the corners of the tanks where others things don't want to grow.