Few pics from a recent trip into the hills behind Coffs to collect some mosses. Enjoy.

Could be a freshwater sponge but need to collect a new sample to confirm under a microscope.

Mini pellia

Subwassertang

Edited May 12, 201412 yr by fishmosy

Edited May 12, 201412 yr by fishmosy

A cool looking filamentous algae

Nice pics dude, should come down one day for a tag along, some of those plants are incredibly cool, love the mini pelia!

Awesome pics mate

Thanks for sharing...looked like you had a great day.....awesome. Interesting to see whether they would flourish in a tank condition....:-) yes, love the mini pellia

I have a few of them in my 'Serious CBS tank' now for a couple of weeks and they have started growing well. Only one I am waiting to see is the 'fern' from the last picture in the second post as they can take a while to die if thats how they are going to go.

Love your finds, some interesting stuff out there we just need to get out there and look!!

Wow they look awesome! I would love to do this one day, I just have no idea where to start

Looks like a great place to have a spent a day! Just like K9932 I wouldnt know where to begin looking for something similar

Any freshwater creek, preferably surrounded by rainforest, will have lots of interesting plants and animals (assuming no/little pollution). Just gotta get out there and have a look.

do most mosses and stuff die in an aquarium or is there alot of success with most of them ? 

Edited May 13, 201412 yr by OzShrimp

I find if it is within 100mm or so from the surface of the water, the moss will likely do well in an aquarium. Likewise its almost certain it will do well if its underwater (although this obviously depends on water parameters such as pH ect). If its in an area that is likely to flood (i.e. > 0.1 metres but < 3 metres in height from surface of creek), the success rate is much more hit and miss. These mosses definitely survive being underwater for short periods in the wild but most begin to die and rot away in an aquarium after several weeks.

I haven't been able to find a fern that wont rot away in an aquarium despite some being collected literally half submerged.

Basically you just have to try and cross your fingers. I'm certain CO2 would help survival rates though but I like hardy mosses, so I give it a miss.

Edited May 14, 201412 yr by fishmosy

Some more pics of some moss finds.

Mini pellia underwater.

A pretty cool hornwort.

Love all the pics but that last one is an especially great shot. I'm almost inspired to go off on a bushwalk. Almost.

Edited August 12, 201411 yr by Bettarazzi

Love all the pics but that last one is an especially great shot. I'm almost inspired to go off on a bushwalk. Almost.

Thanks mate. You should, its amazing how easy it is to find mosses when you start looking. Literally within 10 metres of where I park the car, there are at least 8 types of mosses.

That Hornwort looks very cool dude!

Love all the pics but that last one is an especially great shot. I'm almost inspired to go off on a bushwalk. Almost.

Razzi should organise a Vic field trip to go find some sweet ass plants ;)

Me clambering over rocks in the middle of nowhere... hmm... how much does it cost taxpayers when they have to winch me out by helicopter?

wow great post. LOVE IT! so natural and inspired...Thanks for sharing!

Me clambering over rocks in the middle of nowhere... hmm... how much does it cost taxpayers when they have to winch me out by helicopter?

You'd be no worse at it than me.

Could be a new tv show "fish nerds try to climb rocks"

Lol, I'd pay to see that!

I should make a short video about how easy it is to find mosses. Yes you can go all bushtucker man and follow little streams high into the hills, but theres no point really when you can find many species within 10 metres of where you park the car. Its raining this weekend and the weather forecast looks like next weekend will be wet too, so it may have to wait a little while.

Very cool dude, I can't wait to see that vid!