manticore Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 hi there, i am posting here picture with a moss i had in a tank for about 5 months now. it developed interesting with very bright green tipps and brown also more inside. i really like it much, it is kind of fluffy. sorry for picture quality, the white lines in the pictures are Lemna minor roots MableBile, RyeGuy411 and Edwardnah 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Do you know what kind it is? And you're sure it's not dying on the inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticore Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 it is a species from amblystegiaceae, probably calliergon cordifolium (not perfectly sure), red coloration in tissue is comon in this family of mosses and they live always in close relation to water. in my opinion it is tissue coloration, the leaves do not fall down, the moss grows vigurously, it just changes color. Lyana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticore Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 really thank you for the question, even if my opinion is already written i will make also a test, taking out strictly brown fragments and will see how/if they will develop new bright green tipps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Would that be proof though? I've had dying moss come back from brown and they developed green tips and shoots from the brown as well. I have no idea how otherwise you would test your hypotheses though. mayphly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticore Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 second way of testing is to send it to a friend in different environment and se how it develops there. anyway, if a moss should be dead that it would not have alive tissue to build up new tipps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Call the brown dormant then if you'd like (I personally consider it dying when browning) , but it is not unusual for moss to go brown and then come back again in the right conditions. At least it has for me. Maybe H4N can weigh in here? Lyana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 I have green tips growing from my brown peacock moss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 I've posted pics in the past of some of my moss (fontinalis) with new life growing from a dead fronds. Some ferns are also known to do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticore Posted July 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 i moved a part of the moss in another environment, will see how it develops. to me what i see here is coloration of alive tissue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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