Java moss care
Taxiphyllum barbieri
Java moss grows almost anywhere: low light, no CO₂, a wide temperature range.
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Not needed
- Where it goes
- On wood or rock (not in the substrate)
- Growth
- Moderate
- Care level
- Easy
- Height
- 1 to 4 in
- Temperature
- 60 to 82 °F
- How to plant
- Tie thin layers to wood, rock or mesh; it attaches itself over weeks
- Propagation
- Any trimmed piece grows into a new clump
In a 20 gallon long
12¾ in tallHow to grow java moss
Java moss grows almost anywhere: low light, no CO₂, a wide temperature range. Shrimp graze it and fry hide in it. Keep it thin and trimmed so the inside of the clump gets light and water flow.
Common problems
- Thick clumps trap debris and brown inside; thin them and rinse in tank water.
- Hair algae tangles into it; remove strands by hand and cut back the light.
Plants that grow in the same light
Sources
Plant identity from Wikipedia: Taxiphyllum barbieri. 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.
- Java moss Xedoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
