will java fern and moss do good in a goldfish tank?

java ferns are in many of the members tanks. some of the fish eat it, but most leave it alone. i dont know about moss. there are many types of moss, some grow very rapidly, and might over take a tank.

Both Java Fern and Java Moss will do well in a GF tank. You'll have o prune the moss back every now and then, but apart from that they're very low maintenance and not *usually* eaten by the fish.

How much the moss grows will depend on the temperature of the tank.
The stuff I had in my goldy tank grew a bit (unheated tank) but the stuff in the tropical tank (25 deg C) grew a lot.

Those plants are slow growers, that's why they grow even in aquariums with low lighting... because of their slow growth, Java fern will get algae growth on the leaves. If that happens you can always get an oto!

An oto - would that be safe? I'm afraid Gilbert the ever hungry would try to eat him! But, seriously, I've been wondering what to do about the blackish-green algae which is infesting (and damaging) the older leaves of my fern. OTOH, Gil hasn't killed it yet!

I have some lovely half eaten java fern in my 100 gallon. Im very disappointed that theyre being eaten because theyre expensive and hard to come by (I bought all the ones we had at our store). Meeko just seems to have a taste for them. Im sure he would devour the java moss if given a chance too. Does anyone know why a fish would just keep eating something that supposedly tastes bad?

Probly has nothing better to do?

when my orandas get hungry they will nibble on a my anubis, in moderation, but when they try to eat the moss, they always end up spitting it back out.

I believe the reason fish (and other critters) eat things that are supposed not to taste good is that they are hungry enough and its there so they eat it, and then they develop a taste for it and continue eating it.

I don't have any java moss but I do have a lot of java ferns attached to driftwood, and they grow slowly but steadily and are spreading out over the driftwood and making baby plants. My fish don't eat them, though my biggest black moor Neo (who is a bad boy when it comes to eating plants) looks suspiciously like he's trying to, sometimes.