Red Moss - Caloglossa cf. beccarii

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Red Moss - Caloglossa cf. beccarii

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Has anyone kept this plant/algae before? I should be getting some soon from a guy on TPT, as I heard it can outcompete BBA, which is my #1 algae problem in my tanks. I'm still trying to decide if I like the look of it or not, but it's something new. ;-)
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I'd have to see it in person I think. The looks remind me of the color of dying BBA.
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I don't know about you, but that's a very pleasing color when I see it in my tanks!
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I have seen it for sale online and read a little about it. Some people say it's not easy to keep it alive maybe because it is not fully aquatic. But that's just what some people say.
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Very much like the non-aquatic sedge Carex comans bronze, keeping the bronze coloration might be tricky but having a dead looking plant growing in your tank would be fun to try. Maybe some of those people just though it was dead.
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According to a store in Spain that sells this, it is an algae that grows like a moss. If this is true, you could flood the GWAPA market in the spring.
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If that's true, he could flood the GWAPA market in February.
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