Weeping Moss

Plant Profile

Common Names: Weeping Moss, Taxiphyllum Ferriei 'Weeping'

If your scape is looking a bit static, don't fret! Weeping Moss is highly sought after for its distinct, downward-hanging growth habit that creates a stunning, cascading effect as it matures. While it makes a beautiful carpet on the substrate, its true calling is being wrapped around elevated driftwood branches or vertically stacked rocks to recreate a living green canopy or waterfall.

Key Features & Benefits

• Features drooping fronds naturally hang downward, creating a soft, trailing waterfall aesthetic that brings instant motion to your tank.
  
• The dense, curtain-like canopy creates a highly secure, shaded sanctuary where shy fish and delicate dwarf shrimp can forage out of the spotlight.

Care & Planting Instructions: 

• Place moss directly onto your substrate to start a cascading carpet or tie/glue the moss to elevated driftwood branches to maximize its weeping, downward hang.
• Keep your water parameters stable and avoid making rapid, drastic changes to your aquarium chemistry to protect the delicate fronds from melting.
• Trim the trailing ends occasionally with sharp aquascaping shears to keep the canopy looking manicured and to promote even thicker, bushier cascading growth.
• Provide clean weekly water changes and low to medium lighting; adding CO2 is not strictly necessary, but it will make the moss weep much faster and denser.
• Propagate your weeping canopy down the road by simply cutting off sections of new growth and securing them to other elevated hardscape surfaces.

Quick Facts

Listed information should be treated as general guidelines only. Team Buce Plant encourages you to do thorough research to ensure healthy growth!

• Family Name: Hypnaceae
• Origin: China and Japan
• Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate
• Lighting Needs: Low to Medium
• Temperature Range: 72 to 82° Fahrenheit
• pH Range: 6.0 to 7.5
• Care: Easy
• Co2: Not necessary
• Propagation: Cut, rip, or separate moss clumps