following was brought up on GL. This has been about the busiest period ever on GL and stuff is passing through and off the front pages quite fast. I don't ever remembering clicking on "everything" and scrolling 4-5 pages to see if I've caught up on all the recent comments.
http://www.guppylog.com/story/2006/8/10/171233/219
http://www.guppylog.com/story/2006/8/9/13312/03464
I don't know if it will help, but you can also go to the Google Search in the upper right corner, click on www.guppylog.com and search for Java Moss, Java moss sources, and/or buying Java moss.
You will notice in that I continue to promote the idea of attending local club auctions. I still feel that short of becoming good friends with an aquatic gardener, fish club auctions - especially at the end where people are singing, "The Girls All Look Prettier "Bout Quitting Time" (and prices are way lower) - are among the best places to look for plants and other gear.
You could mention what part of the world (province, country, state, metropolitan area...) you hale from and we could make a few suggestions. As much a go-getter as you are, you probably would get answers more quickly by Googling your region and Aquarium Clubs, Aquarium Societies, Guppy Clubs, Aquatic Gardening Society or fish club auctions. Things slow down in late summer and go absolutely crazy in early September-October. I think I could catch 7 to 10 such events in the first three weeks! "It ain't agonna happen."
In one of those "I think I've died and gone to heaven moments" I dropped by a guy's place and among other wonders was a 125-gallon tank with a basic CO2 unit on it. The modest CO2 cylinder was the first hint of CO2 injection. The plants were the big hint.
The lighting was very good (and he didn't have to heat the basement much). The CO2 injection gizmo was set in the powerhead stream, which was aimed slightly down so the CO2 wasn't immediately bubbled out.
He had 8"/20 cm high carpets of two kinds of Cryptocoryns and a lot of Java moss growing off of a couple of log piles, up and OUT OF THE TANK a couple of inches! The Java moss was pearling (releasing oxygen bubbles as a result of photosynthesis) and that is always a good sign. He had a small school of featherfin rainbows (Iriatherina werneri and some king's tetras (I. kerryi). There had been just a couple pairs of the king's tetras placed in there. They were then 40 individuals schooling around. Just breathtaking!
I had never seen Java moss treated so well. Talk about your "natural breeding set-up"! I thought to myself, "If it wasn't for the electric bills, I could send the kids to college on the extras from that one tank." ;)
All the best!
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