DIY Java Moss Wall
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Ok guys my back is pretty bad today so I am not going to sit on a computer ,I am going to lay down ..I will however answer you all tomorrow ok LOVE YA !!
Marks Shrimp Tanks Poor Mark!
Marks Shrimp Tanks feel better brotha
Marks Shrimp Tanks hi Mark, where can I find the small suckered and the canvas stuff?
+George Liston I got them on eBay along time ago .just search for plastic canvas and you should find some 😃
***** ok thanks and thank you for the quick reply.
Remember to show the moss wall later when it’s matured, please.
This is going to be very interesting to see how the moss comes in through the layers there.
It already has ,this video is about 2 weeks old and I am seeing some growth :)
@@MarksShrimpTanks in what video we can see some result after a view weeks growing?
Yea same do we see end results? Thanks
Nice mark. A tip with that is to let it sit on the floor of the tank for a week or two before putting it on the wall. It makes the process much faster and gets more even.
+xSean145 thank you .fantastic tip
Love this idea!! I've been wanting to do this but thought it was impossible lol
That is the most clearest and cleanest water that I’ve seen in my entire life.
its the soil, the clay absorbs all the tannins.
I'm looking forward to see the end result.
Great video. Hopefully I'll be able to pull this off in my future shrimp tank
Thank you
Looks like a cool idea, I definitely need to try it in a future setup!
I chose a super slow growing moss so mine did take a while to fill in.
Looks great. You can also glue the mos with superglue, works great and the Shrips do not bother.
I might try that in the next one :)
This was a really helpful tutorial. Thank you!
You are welcome!
You're shrimp are beautiful! 😍
That's awesome I am excited to see the moss wall progress
Me to,thats the first time I have ever made one so it will be interesting to see how it does.
Yeah for sure I hope it all works out 😀
This is one of the best ideas for putting together one of these moss walls I've seen.
How has it's growth been?
Its been doing ok ,you can see it in Todays video :)
Do you have an updated video on this moss wall? I know this was from years ago but I was thinking about making one for the back of my 10 gal and 20 gal. I wanted to see how yours turned out ☺️
it probably somewhere in the shrimp room updates around that time, it did grow but filled with duckweed so I removed it eventually.
i have stenosis of the spine along with ruptured discs and spurs....so i feel your pain Mark...rest that back please!!!!
+Dwain Kitchel my back is done for Dwain
What a whip stitch 😍
Build a wall of moss and make the shrimp pay for it !
if i may add a small tip: if you took the time and lay that moss is threads, not clumps, you would get faster growth rate and much more aesthetically pleasing effect.
love these kind of do-it-yourself projects :-)!
+ForeverYDK thank you 😃
Congrats on +7k subscribers Mark, great video!!
Thank you Royal ,remember and join my facebook group Aquarium Shrimp Keeping if you havnt already ,we are going to let hobbiest post there own TH-cam videos once a day :) That will give you more exposure :)
Yeah all over it thank you Mark!😄🦐
Great video thank you for making it I think I'm going to be doing that soon
+Tyler Jackson thank you for watching 😆
I had an excess of java moss so put in in my small garden pond, it grew like crazy, I thought it would die come the winter, the pond got a layer of ice on it but the next spring the java moss was fine and started growing again!!!!
Oh thats good to know,thank you :)
Might put some in my container pond
ooohh something to do on my day off
Tnx for this video =) How do this moss wall look today? =)
Any update on miss wall you made. How does it look today
you may need to cover the out side of the tank so the moss will grow in the right direction i have done the same thing as you and found it likes to grow in between the glass and mesh and not in the tank where i like it to be i am using flame moss for my wall
Where did you buy those nets to use as backgrounds?
Can you post a video of the wall now? Thx.
I will make sure I cover it in my next update :)
You're a dab hand with the needle Mark! :-)
I edited out the parts that didnt go to well :D
Thank u sir and keep going 🌹
So how did it turn out? Is there an update vid.
Could this be done with Christmas moss?
The way you say tedious and TDS I'd the same and for some reason it's cracking me up😂
Silly question, where did you find the tiny suction cups? I've been looking everywhere (locally and online) and the smallest I can find are about the size of a penny (or a 1 krone coin) and they're white or clear which yellows and looks terrible. Love the channel, wonderful vids and camera work, Happy shrimp keeping!
hello Jacey ,these one I got on ebay but they arent very good :D
Good
good aquarium
Is there a new video with an update on the moss wall please? I made a moss wall with phoenix moss this morning and I'd like to get an idea of how it will look (hopefully soon). Great video BTW 👍
No this tank was redone twice since this video, the moss grew really really well but so did the duckweed in it.
Please add the link to the moss wall update video in the description so future viewers can easily access the update video through the description
There is none, I think I did do some update videos around that time for the entire room you can see its grown in but I cant remember what videos.
cool
unbelievable
What is?
Hi
I am from qatar. I like all your tubes
U r 👍🏻
My question is what is the ideal temperature for shrimps in degrees centigrade
Thank u
Hello Amer 22-24c :)
Hey Mark, do you think we can use subwassertang to do a wall?
I think so yeap .
Hi Mark. This is interesting. Have you posted any updates on this in the 2 years since you made it?
No, It did grow very well but was filling up with duckweed which looked bad so I removed it.
What would you type in online to get the mesh stuff. Cant find anything like it. I was going to use a car radiator grill but fancy that stuff now haha
Hello Mate, try googling "plastic canvas" 👍
@@MarksShrimpTanks cheers mate, now to try and get enough to do my new 4ft without breaking the bank haha
I need java moss and duckweed so bad but it's so hard to find at pet stores in South Africa lol
Can you please make a video on how you fertilize your plants, your take on co2 levels and how you keep algae under control?
I dont use CO2 or Ferts ,I think I am for the most part algae free because I use RO water .
Ok, thanks :)
But how do your plants survive? From where do they get their nutrients?
The active substrates I use will have some nutrients in them .
Actually java moss can grow anywhere even without substrates. It gets nutrients from the water through its stems and leaves.
Hello marks. I love all of shrimp and i want to make a new tank with only shrimp on it. Should i buy TDS meter for my tank? how about PH meter?
If you are using tapwater a ph/gh/kh test kit would be better for you and you have to use a dechlorinator
Im using Rain water for now, is it okay? My RCS dead everyday so sad. ohh, Btw, show me your stardust shrimp update hehe.
Rain water doesnt have any minerals in it so thats probably why your shrimp are dying
You should do a video on seed shrimp and how to control them
I cant control them lol ,I donr mind them anyways :D
Ahhhh knitting with mark
I know right lol
I'm woundering where you get the mesh from. Is it avilable in Norway or do you order it from ebay?
yes it was from ebay its called plastic canvas :)
what is the mesh? is it for something else? Or is it bought in aquarium store?
its called plastic canvas you can buy it on ebay.
I have a divider with holes can I use that as a canves?
Yeah I would for sure :)
Thank you. I wasnt too sure if I could but thank you so much :) cant wait to get started
Marks shrimp tank is it possible for java moss naturally grow on to the side of the tank because my java moss is growin very dense and now son of e strands are coming to try to get on my glass
yes it can attach itself to things even my subwassertang attaches itself to the glass :D
i have tryd this with myggnetting, but it didnt grow. maby it was to small holl.. sorry for the norwgian word, but i dont know in english :/ hope it will work to you, meby i will try again then..
Can you use monofilament?
Yes you can use mono :)
How long did it take for the moss to come through and fill in?
not even a week, I removed this after a while because it literally got filled up with duckweed.
Hey mark quick question will amano shrimp eat neocaridina baby shrimp
Not sure .
This should be interesting!
THANK U Dank Tanks :)
hey mark have you got any of those flees spare that I could pay shipping for in Glasgow trying to make a little ecosystem
Its still winter here so I cant ship any living things yet.
At the end of the video I saw a red and white shrimp with the black shrimp. Are you not meant to keep different colour shrimp separated to prevent hybrid colours?
I am not selectively breeding those ones so they can stay together :)
ah ok, so its ok if they choose to breed?
Otherwise would you also recommend separating shrimp by colour for shrimp keepers?
I hope to start soon :)
What make is that tank with the silver trim?
Hello Simon, My aplogies for the late reply, the tank make is Aquastabil I think.
Update video? What does it look like now after 6 years
Is there an updated video to how this turned out over time?
no I did have it updated once but I cant remember which video it was, I did remove it though because it was just constanly getting filled with duckweed
If a moss wall was built as you did, would this spread all around the tank or just stay on the wall.
It probably would stay on the wall but I do have some moss thats stuck on the glass so it would probably be possible to do over a long time
8:22 is that pelia moss?
Maybe take a hair dryer to the mesh.and bend or melt it into some interesting crevices and ledges? Cover that with moss for more of a 3-D effect?
good idea :)
no update on it ?
Where did you get those tiny suction cups?
ebay years ago ,if you search for them you will probably get thousands of results back
Where can I find some of that lattuce-like wall stuff?
Ebay is where I bough it ,its called plastic canvas.
This wall would be just over a year old now, how is it looking? Similar moss walls I have made have died for some reason so I am curious how this one did.
I moved it after about 6 months because it just got full of duckweed and looked bad .
Hows the moss wall growing in? Just made one for my tank. Hoping it goes wild
You will see it today ,its grown about 1cm in a month ..which is slow ,my Java moss has grow 3 times as fast.😬
Hi mark, maybe you can help me.. i got some crystal reds and blacks. but they dont seen to be peeling there skin.. what can i do?
Regular water changes will make them molt more frequently ..just remember to try and match temperature and you will be ok .
Weekly waterchanges about 15%, and the temperture is 25c
You just have to be patient my friend ,they will molt .
Thnx mark!
+m Jade you are very welcome 😃
Did you ever do a follow up on this moss wall?
No, I did grow it out but was forever getting filled with duckweed and it looked a mess so I removed it.
@@MarksShrimpTanks did it look a mess because of the duckweed or just in general didn't look how you wanted it too? I am asking because I have come across forums where people have said with it being sandwiched between the mesh screens the moss just didn't fill out and looked bad. Some sewed the moss onto polystyrene boards, they claimed that it looked better but did not post any pictures. I like how the moss grew out in your skewers video, but like the idea have having a full wall of it...
the moss itself was fine but because I had power filters in that tank it turned into a duckweed collectoer.
Is there an update on the result of that wall?
Yes it was removed a long time ago because it just filled up with duckweed unfortunately
hey Mark! are all your lights LED?
No some are still T8s and GU10 leds but I am slowly changing over to security light LEDS :)
Well, how did it turn out?
Its grown about 3cm in most places but there are still some bald areas its growing as best as it can for a none Co2 tank.
Staples might be easier?
Staples will rust
Mark, I'm using regular wood moss tied to a piece of driftwood and my goldfish love nibbling on it. I've had it in there about 2 months now, its Do it and growing great. Think I may try some in my shrimp. What are pintos?
Pintos are just a different type of Shrimp :)
Oh ok. Hope you can get some so you can show. How you feeling today? Hope the therapy done some good.
Therapy was good ,The physio says I am getting a dislocated faucet joint in my back which is part of the spine ,The joints are meant to sit on each other but when they dislocate they side by side ..its the reason I cant straighten up when it happens..I have a picture of it happening on one of my facebook albums if you look there ,those pictures are old so you can tell even though its uncomfortable I have gotten used to it .
Thank you for asking :)
Mark, I too have faucet joint syndrome, so
I understand your pain.
don't know if you've tried it before but my neo's absolutely swarm new life spectrum small fish food
I havnt tried it out yet but I will look out for it :)
Hi Mark. Do you think nerite snails will eat my java moss?
Probably not but I have noticed they eat all algae include that hard to remove green spot algae ..I have had them before and they really need hard water.
thank you :)
Tried doing this but the moss seems to be dying what should I do?
There could be a million answers to that my friend because I dont know your waters content, look for things like is there enough light ? do you do enough water changes ?
Those white tubes in the tank are PVC?
They are .
Is there a follow up vid ?
no there isnt, it grew well and then got full of duckweed so I removed it.
How did it turn out?
It grew nice enough, you can see it still in some of my older videos.. eventually though it got full of duck weed and I removed it.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Nice, Think I'm going to make one this weekend. And the duckweed problem is real. I'm battling that in a tank of mine right now. Just when you think you got it all out, BOOM! its back.
why do i need to double layer it ? any reason ?
it holds the moss together, you could go single layer and use thread to hold all the moss to the frame
You said you''d update a year ago? I sure'd like to see what it turned out like! Can you update and show us. ...unless it all died. lol
the wall is no longer with us, it did fill in very well but it absolutely got stuffed full of duckweed so I removed it.
Is there an update on how this looks??
Nope I no longer have it in the tank it was filling up with duckweed
What species the anubias in there? I'm from Indonesia
no idea with plants my friend
Marks Shrimp Tanks bacot lo anying, thanks
Cool :)
Thank you Sir :)
So how'd it turn out? I'm not feeling like I should go thru 187 Comments to maybe find out. Right?
is there a update?
No unfortunately it started to get filled with duckweed and look bad so I removed it.
All good bro
Stuff happens
@@MarksShrimpTanks You should have removed the duckweed!!!
Will Shrimp baby go into the mesh and get trapped and die?
yes possible, I got tons of duckweed trapped in it after a few months and it just looked a mess so I removed it.
@@MarksShrimpTanks ok thanks 😊
I have 5 herniated 3 ruptured disks so I sympathize.
Ruptured disks are the worst pain level 0-10 instantly if you move the wrong way .
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THANK U Sofi :)
Never made an update ??
I didnt, it grew fine but then got full of duckweed so I removed it, saying that moss is very easy to grow, If you want a tip on growing it make it the dominant plant in the tank with the most mass, I do this in aløl my shrimp tanks now. Try watching from this point in this video th-cam.com/video/FCpME6FxVCU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1XHGGO4LYPBOIl45&t=223
get well soon
My back is sore but better today ,thank you :)
16th veiwer pretty good ehh? i think also first comment
Did you say a Woss Mall ??? lol !
Im kidding by the way ;) I tried a woss mall in one of my tanks but the moss didnt grow well at all....but it didnt grow well anywhere in the tank. Im thinking I need new lights in that tank..hrmmmm.....
Im kidding by the way ;) I tried a woss mall in one of my tanks but the moss didnt grow well at all....but it didnt grow well anywhere in the tank. Im thinking I need new lights in that tank..hrmmmm.....
Yeah this video is now 2 weeks old for me and my moss wall is growing ,its like a stubble on a mam lol
Dont you think the moss can't grow out of the mesh because its sandwiched like that?
+Sub1117 it's growing already 😃