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same phenotype (result), completely different way of doing the selection... because genetics are always fun

its been a while since i havent been on this forum... greets ...
 
here some new pictures, not much of it

all submerged, different size. 

Fissidens Tanjung
 
When i first saw this species i imediately thought of grandifrons. But thisone is a tropical one, and even nicer.
Lovely, about 35 mm long. Slightly larger than Amaria Taruja, and bright green !!
Enjoy your day!  

This species is about same size like Fissidens nobilis. Coming from jungle environment.

i do not have direct contact to the biotope of fissidens fazal. (the most other species of fissidens i know directly from nature). 
 
about all fissidens species live in small areas (sometimes tiny). in such cases not the entire world (like co2 emisions ) is guilty, but the local developmet of certain places. Up untill now i saw several species completely distroyed in natural habitat, and ireversable changes that lead to extinguishing species or subspecies.
 
Fissidens are in the world of mosses from the most seldom to be found (remote areas, local microhabitats and so on). regular people do not know to see these small plants and do not know to value them. sometimes it is a waterfall, a small pond, channel or forest. and by human development such small habitats can and are often completely modified in such a manner that the mosses, especially fissidens will not live there anymore.
 
it is a sad but generalised situation. the main influences that lead to loss of fissidens habitat are deforestation, hydropower plant construction and rural development.
 
also regarding fissidens maybe it is ok to mention that such areas can be in jungle or in places with really large predators (tigers, crocodiles, bears). up untill now i have met 3 times bears (not small ones)  when i was on the way to see for spectacular mosses (mainly fissidens).  friends of mine have similar experience regarding other large predators.
 

Lately i was asked to send out the entire colection. and this brought me to the point of starting to see how many species i do have. As lately i got also some new mosses from friends from several regions and also managed to find some new species for the hobby, counting them all brought me to about 80 species. From these only about 15 are the classical ones (live mini taiwan, peacock, pilo, cameroon, duriae and so on) and all the other ones i got from different other sources. si they are really many (only to count a few i would say now there are more than 30 fissidens, 10 fontinalis, 5 pellias and so on). i will work also on scientifical ID of these, but this will sure take very long time. the last images are new fissidens which i am not 100 % sure about species. And the nice news is several other Fissidens are on the way here (some more new species). Contact me if you have any questions.

Very nice telescopic view!

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Fissidens Tanjung
 
When i first saw this species i imediately thought of grandifrons. But thisone is a tropical one, and even nicer.
Lovely, about 35 mm long. Slightly larger than Amaria Taruja, and bright green !!
Enjoy your day!  

So this is the facies of Fissidens virudulus ssp incurvus "Edithae". Close to Miroshaki but about 2-3 mm higher. This is how the stones developed in the last 6 months being permanently submerged.

This species comes from small waterfalls and lives naturally almost in complete darkness. So it is very easy to keep, has not high light requirements, it is also very darkgreen.

Amaria Taruya in Turkey

fissidens arrived nice and well in norway....nice picture
 
"Fissidens rivularis just arrived. 
Attached to a stone from the spot the moss was located"

hope you like this image too

Fissidens Edithae, smaller and at least that dense as Miroshaki
 

Fissidens Edithae, smaller and at least that dense as Miroshaki
 

all submerged, different size. 

update

the water parameters at me are 6,5 pH, 275 microsiemens conductivity, i add sometimes co2, but not regularly... i have really low tech tanks. personally i use and consider best concept for mosses T5 with 6500 K, but i am sure that most LED or other light will do.
 
i do not use fertilisers lately, but if i would use i would work with dennerle or easy life products, i consider them the most reliable for my niche of plants.

11 Species of fissidens on this image in comparition... some are not determined now that is why i wil not write directly on the image. here the main species from left to right:
Fissidens fox
Fissidens idukki
Fissidens osmundoides (probably)
Fissidens sp
Fissidens rufulus (very seldom/ new to the hobby)
Fissidens rivularis Amaria Taruya (very seldom, there are very few that are keeping it)
Fissidens incurvus
Fissidens bhgamandala
Fissidens fazal
Fisidens sp (will determine it soon)
Fissidens sp (also wil determine it soon, probably bryoides)
i hope you like them all. simply ask if you find some of these interesting and you want to have them. Fissidens invurvus, rivularis and rufulus are really seldom. None of the above species comes from Poland, these have completely different origin.

well i moved to germany now (small shrimp paradise). the fissidens moved with me, but i admit that at least 4-5 species of fissidens are for the moment lost in my collection. but everything will get nicer and nicer.. and dhl is a much better delivery company that what i have worked with in the last years.

well i moved to germany now (small shrimp paradise). the fissidens moved with me, but i admit that at least 4-5 species of fissidens are for the moment lost in my collection. but everything will get nicer and nicer.. and dhl is a much better delivery company that what i have worked with in the last years.

11 Species of fissidens on this image in comparition... some are not determined now that is why i wil not write directly on the image. here the main species from left to right:
Fissidens fox
Fissidens idukki
Fissidens osmundoides (probably)
Fissidens sp
Fissidens rufulus (very seldom/ new to the hobby)
Fissidens rivularis Amaria Taruya (very seldom, there are very few that are keeping it)
Fissidens incurvus
Fissidens bhgamandala
Fissidens fazal
Fisidens sp (will determine it soon)
Fissidens sp (also wil determine it soon, probably bryoides)
i hope you like them all. simply ask if you find some of these interesting and you want to have them. Fissidens invurvus, rivularis and rufulus are really seldom. None of the above species comes from Poland, these have completely different origin.

this is the smallest fissidens that i got from tropical region. each lives in submerged conditions on lateritic soils.