Flame moss care
Taxiphyllum 'Flame'
Drawing
Flame moss grows upright in twisting tufts that look like small flames.
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Helps
- Where it goes
- On wood or rock (not in the substrate)
- Growth
- Slow
- Care level
- Easy
- Height
- 1 to 4 in
- Temperature
- 70 to 80 °F
- How to plant
- Tie to wood or rock
- Propagation
- Trimmings
In a 20 gallon long
12¾ in tallHow to grow flame moss
Flame moss grows upright in twisting tufts that look like small flames. It needs no CO₂ but grows denser with it and with good flow.
Common problems
- Flattens and browns in poor flow; place it near gentle current.
Plants that grow in the same light
Sources
Plant identity from Wikipedia: Taxiphyllum. 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.
- 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
