How to Propagate Aquarium Moss FAST!!! (My Best Method)

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Жыл бұрын

I have been propagating Java Moss for several years. Over that time I have continually refined my methods to grow as much moss as fast as possible. In this how to video you will see my preferred method for propagating aquarium moss. This method has not changed in some time now and I don't see it changing anytime soon. Propagating Java Moss or other aquarium mosses is a rewarding process and saves you lots of time and money so you can focus on making more aquascapes or make some money by selling your crop.
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@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

I have a new website. If you want to help support the channel consider purchasing some of my aquarium plants 🌱 aquariumplantlab.com

@nospoon4799 Жыл бұрын

Hi I ma in the uK so cant really buy plants from there. A like and sub will have to be enough for now. Thanks for the tips.

@Handygrrl Ай бұрын

Are u in western WA? Can I pick up an order?

@AquariumPlantLab Ай бұрын

Yes, I am located on the south end of Whidbey island. I only do pickups near here. Shipping locally typically takes one or two days and is quite easy on the plants 🌱

@alenaxp Жыл бұрын

Beautiful, I really love those containers!

@retro6652 Жыл бұрын

Wow, huge thanks to you and the YT algorithm! I just purchased some java moss in hopes to grow it and your video got recommended out of the blue without me ever searching the topic! Gonna try this for sure!

@GoodLifeAquatics Жыл бұрын

Wow, I love this option! Thanks for sharing with all of us. 😊

@thelowprofile9767 7 күн бұрын

Pretty straightforward. Subscribed.

@MHF22 Жыл бұрын

That's crazy! This video popped up on my feed. I brought 70G of java moss literally yesterday from you. Great quality! Will be buying again.

@ArchangelHornet 4 ай бұрын

wowww... straight to the point and thanks for sharing this!

@JTCT371 3 ай бұрын

As a first time planter, nearly glued my fingers to a rock along with my Java Moss....thankfully its a forgiving moss, and is beginning to spread, slowly, No CO2......what a beautiful addition to any aquarium, does well with light or low light. This will be moss I use in future projects....the idea of it overtaking all of the hardscape is exciting.

@HaloToday Жыл бұрын

I really love how you show your methods on cultivating these aquatic plants even though you sell them as well. Love how open you are and I am currently setting up a 40 gallon planted tank and I will definitely be a future customer once I'm ready for plants. Keep up the great work!

@onlyfinsnyctest Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to try this!!

@muffineateromnomnomnom Ай бұрын

great explanation, gave me enough confidence i think im just gonna buy the stuff

@ofcv1238 5 ай бұрын

Great before & 1 month comparison. Well done video

@randalkire220 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Very useful.

@garynoonan7373 10 ай бұрын

Thanks. Fantastic method.

@LupeFN Жыл бұрын

I love how every time there's a new update on how to propagate moss, it's always something that's different from your experimenting. Great work!

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

I’m always tinkering 😊

@geoffreylind4907 Жыл бұрын

@@AquariumPlantLab fasi,nating many thanks

@MichaelEugenio Жыл бұрын

Excellent video . This was perfect timing .I’m starting a project like this for my new paludarium so I can have lots of moss for the water part

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Good luck 😉

@Mystrishv Жыл бұрын

That’s crazy! Looks amazing with all of that growth.

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Right! I want my whole house carpeted in it 😂

@Mystrishv Жыл бұрын

@@AquariumPlantLab Definitely makes me want to try Java moss, again lol

@PotooBurd 8 ай бұрын

Great job!

@miniguppy Жыл бұрын

BEST VIDEO And i literally mean it . Finally found something on the topic

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 glad you liked this one :)

@coolaj86 6 ай бұрын

It's really helpful to have the context of the previous video "How to Propagate Java Moss!!! - Improved Experiment (Setup)" to understand the evolution of the project and the choices made.

@bryanhaller6012 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video my man. I'm a new subscriber. Thanks for honest, clear, facts! Everybody needs more java moss.. lol- Appreciate the videos!!

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the sub! :)

@GloryBe007 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all you do, Will!

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 😉

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh thank you so much for the super thanks! And the reviews on the website! You made my day 😃 🌱 🙏

@johnstone5055 Жыл бұрын

Im blown away by this, i sell a few plants ie Subwassatang, Weeping Moss, Flame moss and i grow them all in my Shrimp tanks. Im blown away by this !

@TomTeysen Жыл бұрын

Great video, greatly appreciated! I will try this out with willow moss! Greets from Belgium

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Good luck :)

@markfranklin8831 Жыл бұрын

Very well explained thanks for sharing 💯✌️👍

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 😉

@Merichguy2 Жыл бұрын

Great video Will. I've been growing Java Moss since April of this year using some of your past videos and have had a fairly decent growth rate. However, after watching this particular video I'm going to be making some adjustments and suspect I'll have some explosive growth. Thanks again for all your videos.

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Rich! I’m glad you enjoyed this one. If I was to boil it down to the three most important parts I would say lots of drainage, high humidity, and maxigro ferts. I’m sure other ferts would work too but I can attest to maxigro. I’ve found those components to be the key with moss. Good luck with your grow and keep me updated 😃 🌱

@ahmedihusaan6560 Жыл бұрын

Well done lad👍🏼

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@muffineateromnomnomnom Ай бұрын

Your website looks legit, i think i might choose it over amazon

@Zpike13 Жыл бұрын

Having a set up like this is actually a dream of mine

@KimCardenInStereo Жыл бұрын

I love your videos. I'm curious about the lights you have

@newtopokemon 7 ай бұрын

great vid thank you

@CrowntailHalfmoon Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir for sharing. 👍👍👍👍 Could you share weekly updates on the java moss growth progress? Keep up the excellent work.

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Thank you! That is an interesting idea! Could be fun 🌱

@desfishgeek8119 Жыл бұрын

I am going to give you an idea for the loss of humidity on your dome lids. There is a silicone tape, made by loktite (sp?) you can find in box stores or hardware stores... I use this product for many things in my fishroom, as it is very universal and has a flexing but not breaking tendency. I would take a strip of this tape and run it along the top of the black trays, slightly stretching it as i run it along the edge, (the slight stretching gives it a bit more adhesion) all four edges and i think the dome will sit on that tray with a bit more of a seal between the dome top and tray... worth a try....cheers, nice vids...

@FlaviuZaquaScaper Жыл бұрын

Definitely liked and subscribed! Great info there! Have you ever tried this method for carpeting plants like hc, glosso, monte carlo?

@tracymiller4102 3 ай бұрын

I like the idea of growing my own aquarium plants, great video. I'm sad that you don't ship to Alaska.

@JhunDumsTVXj Жыл бұрын

Wow amazing

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

😃

@sjaquariums4638 Жыл бұрын

Love the video! Do you ever have difficulty converting the moss to an aquarium? E.g do you have a heap of die off?

@Spaghettiboy359 10 ай бұрын

I've been trying this with some trays that are used for sprouting microgreens, they are pretty much identical to this setup but at a smaller scale if space is an issue

@georgecharlton6253 Жыл бұрын

Love this video I been looking for this maxi Grow but I'm in the UK is there anything I could use

@musicmanryann 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff! Do you think this would work for liverworts like Riccardia?

@chillpanda6749 Жыл бұрын

That looks awesome! What fertilizer do you use?

@dancer14280 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you! Have you tried this method with any other types of moss? I'd be interested to know whether it would work with my coral moss- that stuff was freakin expensive!! :/

@tristanfavreau8825 Жыл бұрын

Hey, I jus found your content recently and have been binging it. I have a few questions though. Can all moss adapt to living underwater? Can all moss be grown hydroponically like this? How would you grow terrestrial moss opposed to aquatic moss if that's a thing? Thanks in advance!

@brenocastrolira8706 Жыл бұрын

Fantástic

@BobBombadil Жыл бұрын

It would be cool to see how you harvest the moss out of the trays once it is ready

@seangere9698 Жыл бұрын

Yeah the best way is to just start in a corner with a spakle knife, the kind used to do drywall or patch holes in drywall, and slowly scrape it up while folding it back over itself and roll it up softly. Then once done unroll it on an appropriate sized cutting board then cut it to size and the shape you need to attach it to something or to package it up for sale. When done use any of the leftover bits to reseed the next propagation box for the next grow cycle.

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

It’s easy to harvest. It pulls off the trays easily and can be portioned out or used in your tank. A quick rinse in fresh water is a good idea to remove algae and any ferts or debris that may be in the moss. 🌱

@aristology6912 8 ай бұрын

@@AquariumPlantLabfresh water meaning distilled? Or just like tap water

@harryfp1494 8 ай бұрын

@@aristology6912tap is fine

@traviscornett1963 7 ай бұрын

@aristology6912 Tap is totally fine.

@2-trueman918 Жыл бұрын

Now that’s a video

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

😃 🌱 🎥

@eBayakuamana Жыл бұрын

We recently started growing aquarium plants, and this video helps us a lot. If you give them 24hrs LED light, would they even grow faster? or no difference from 12hrs?

@abrahamfranciscogalvanroja8816 Жыл бұрын

Very good video! Make one of how to grow mini Bolbitis please.

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

I grow mini bolbitis like how I grow anubias and java fern. Checkout my videos on those topics :)

@abrahamfranciscogalvanroja8816 Жыл бұрын

@@AquariumPlantLab thanks

@yeduram6544 Жыл бұрын

hi, very good informative video, love from India 🇮🇳❤

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@ZeroCarbonKiDunya9988 8 ай бұрын

❤nice

@aaronk4310 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

😃

@aaronk4310 Жыл бұрын

Trying to buy moss but you site is down. Need a price for 3 full trays.

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

@@aaronk4310 site is back up 🌱 but I am not stocking moss at the moment unfortunately. Been running into stocking issues with it

@aaronk4310 Жыл бұрын

@@AquariumPlantLab I understand I guess I will have to attempt to propagate it using your method if it works I'll make a video with a link to your plant page. I do a lot of aquascaping and plan to work with MD tanks and George farmer so in the future I'm going to be getting alot of plants from you.

@davemorris1341 Жыл бұрын

Do you have any videos showing how much die off can be expected once we put this in our aquariums?

@seangere9698 Жыл бұрын

You should have minimal die back with Java moss. Unlike most aquatic plants and even Mosses that experience die off or melting Java Moss doesn't fallow this rule much. I have grown it in water, out of water, and in half submerged A.K,A in waterfalls and in places where the moss starts growing in water but ends up growing to the point as to where part of it is now out of the water. I have moved some that grew out of the water and moved it into tanks filled with water and the other way around and have seen little to no die off or melting. same goes for the ones that are half and half. I've moved some to full submersion and to full land and have seen little to no die off or melting. I would be more worried about it being eaten then die off and or melting.

@ryan94kenji Жыл бұрын

Do we have the drain the water that builds uo under the tray at all?

@ArchangelHornet 3 ай бұрын

how long can you keep the fertilizer with water mixed? do you make them everyday?

@moehayami4531 Жыл бұрын

Hello. I have a question. I want to cultivate moss. And I tried the way you did. (I couldn’t get the same products as yours in my country) and My moss turned brown…what is the possibly reasons for that? Thank you for sharing your video😍 my bf and I love to see your videos!

@FoliageTerrascapes Жыл бұрын

Great video! 😁 do you use maxigrow at full strength?

@AquariumPlantLab Жыл бұрын

I go with 1/8th teaspoon per ~50 ounces water. I believe their instructions state full strength is 1-2 teaspoons per gallon. So I go with a pretty diluted mix. 👍

@Taffy116 Жыл бұрын

how do you harvest the moss? do you attach the moss to little squares of mesh? just in a plastic ziplock bag?

@himikebye Жыл бұрын

What type of lightning setup do you have? What type of light do you need to emit to create adequate lighting for Java moss to grow well?

@muammerkayatekin7148 Жыл бұрын

I need to this plastic box. Can you share link?

@twogramman8941 Жыл бұрын

Ever tried this method with aquaponic type sprinklers on the bottom? just curious

@ronaldbehr Жыл бұрын

What grow light spec are you using I.e watts and color temp ?

@fabri15ification43 Жыл бұрын

Stunning, question here: Do you think it can work with direct solar light instead led lighting?

@Noah-ye9zz 8 ай бұрын

same question

@akvaristugur9479 5 ай бұрын

Merhabalar dostum çok güzel işler yapıyorsun bize bu güzellikleri gösterdiğin için teşekkür ederim dostum kanalınıza desteğe geldim 🙋👌👍👏

@kohweikin2639 Жыл бұрын

Hi,may I ask ,what is that power and how to mix it.

@melpaolobueno1267 Жыл бұрын

Will this work with other species like flame, weeping and fissidens?

@kathleenday1334 10 ай бұрын

do you open the vents at night for co2 exchange?

@todosmekieren Жыл бұрын

I have my moss in a clear plastic tupper, close to led lights like your set up, they have holes for ventilation, but it got that grey mold, i read somewhere it is becuase of the heat, whats your take?

@Aquabuff01 Жыл бұрын

Do we have to leave the space for the aur exchange ?

@kaanosfer879 2 ай бұрын

Can drained water from potted plants be used as a fertilizer for this?

@Nakamamas 7 ай бұрын

Can I drop right in aquarium or do you need to transition to submerged growth?

@dragzy8992 Жыл бұрын

How big of Portion/clump? Do you send when you sell it. Thx

@FlockensNekroparlor Жыл бұрын

Do you have a submerged method?

@MF-xp9tq Жыл бұрын

Is this method of propagation good for moss for terrariums? Thank you!

@TigressPhoenix 10 ай бұрын

Does this method also work for Christmas Moss?

@adittyakundu460 3 ай бұрын

Can it grow on gardensoil in a casket?

@irwindiaz5660 Жыл бұрын

What brand is the maxi-gro fertilizer?

@mavventura1133 Жыл бұрын

You ever try this with fissidens or weeping moss?

@TomsMods 5 ай бұрын

how much does one of those trays weight after 30 days?

@thedreadwolf1172 Жыл бұрын

Do you think this method would work with Subwassertang?

@chrismercado4717 Жыл бұрын

Since you are using this fertilizer maxigro for aquatic plants for propagate. Is the plant doesn't affect the fish or would die or wash the plants first?

@sombrs44 5 ай бұрын

How well does the moss do when transfered to being submerged in water

@richardvanderpool5916 Жыл бұрын

Will this work with weeping and Pilo moss also?

@dontplatypusme Жыл бұрын

Where did you get your spray bottle from?

@thedreamer6620 Жыл бұрын

That lid have holes for air circulation? If i setup one like this shall i make holes or keep it air tight?

@honeymonster256 Жыл бұрын

How high do you hang your lights above the Moss & your other plants??

@audio1484 4 ай бұрын

Can you specify what kind of LED light ? Like does the moss need full spectrum light or what kind? Also a great video keep the content coming.

@AquariumPlantLab 4 ай бұрын

I always use full spectrum lights. Make sure they are designed for growing plants as such lights produce photosynthetically active radiation which is needed for plant growth.

@TangoKittyOmicron Жыл бұрын

Hi, I was wondering about how many tissue cups would a harvested tray fill, and how many tissue cups did it take to plant it? I really like this idea and I'm thinking about trying it, but I needed to "pitch" the idea to The Husband, if you get my meaning! lol

@elizabethludtke3633 Жыл бұрын

Does it grow into the mesh? How do you get it out of the growing trays

@MichaelKoh 5 ай бұрын

Should I cut up Christmas moss into tiny pieces like you did with Java moss to grow them?

@noreenazrinaabdulmanan 4 ай бұрын

will it melt once you submerge it before it adapts to submersed form?

@dragon6irl Жыл бұрын

What if you do notice some algae growth? Do you just have to trash any moss it grows on?

@ill-fatedgamer 5 ай бұрын

When the moss is grown out could I then take just the tray its growing on and put it in a bare bottom tank? or would it just float of of the tray?

@soapscum57 6 ай бұрын

Have you run into issues with mold like this?

@mwarwick3876 Жыл бұрын

Couldn't you put a strip of the stick-on door sill foam around the inside lip of the dome to help keep more humidity inside?

@st8pl8guy Жыл бұрын

After the 1 month of growth, can that be cut up in eight 5x5 small Java Moss carpets?

@muffineateromnomnomnom Ай бұрын

i have a question. my plan is to buy a whole bunch of mini glass containers, and fill them with tap water (they have a lid). i was going to order the moss, cut it up into little clumps, and throw a piece into each of the containers with water. would this work? can the moss be completely submerged? should i put pebbles in the containers, and then moss on top? does the moss sink? will the moss find a way to attach itself to stuff, if i dont superglue it? if i buy a grow light, how many hours a day do i leave it on? can it grow under blacklight? can it grow in a room with the window curtains closed? would appreciate any answers, thanks.