Christmas moss care
Vesicularia montagnei
Christmas moss grows in layered, triangular fronds that look like small fir trees.
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Helps
- Where it goes
- On wood or rock (not in the substrate)
- Growth
- Slow
- Care level
- Easy
- Height
- 1 to 3 in
- Temperature
- 70 to 78 °F
- How to plant
- Tie thin layers to wood or rock
- Propagation
- Trimmings
In a 20 gallon long
12¾ in tallHow to grow christmas moss
Christmas moss grows in layered, triangular fronds that look like small fir trees. It is slower and neater than java moss and does best in cooler, clean water with some flow.
Common problems
- Debris and algae in the fronds; trim and rinse.
Plants that grow in the same light
Sources
Plant identity from Wikipedia: Vesicularia montagnei. Heights, temperatures and care are typical ranges in aquariums from common planted-tank practice, not figures from that article. Drawings are our own; photo credits follow.
Photo credits
Real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped to fit; each is used under the license named.
- Christmas moss Storm from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cryptocoryne wendtii John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vallisneria Damitr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dwarf sagittaria Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hornwort Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marimo moss ball コムケ (Japanese Wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pothos Jubair1985, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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