Have you seen beautiful moss grown in the aquarium tank above? It is probably one of the best hobby which combines science as well as art – you needs to know both before you could design and create the top-class plant aquarium tank with the moss and even other variety of aquarium plants.

Anyway, I am going to skip these steps:
1. Setup the aquarium tank for aquatic moss planting
2. Select the aquatic moss which is suitable for your design

When you have gotten the materials (moss and drift wood or log, as well as the fishing line), you are ready to start. Fishing line is preferred over cotton thread, it is because some cotton thread disintegrate too fast before the moss could even hold tight to the driftwood or log. It really depends on the aquarium environment that you have for the plant, but fishing line is generally able to do a better job here:

Step #1:
Reserve an extra portion of at least 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7 cm) at the starting end, and make a round on one end of the driftwood before you tied a knot.

Step #2:
Place the aquatic moss slightly below the first loop of line that you have tied on the driftwood. Secure the moss with the fishing thread. use it to make another loop, slightly below the first loop (to form a spiral shape if you could imagine – do not cut the line during the process).

The thickness of the moss does not necessary to be thicker than 1/2 inch (0.5 cm) – but if you have plenty of them, why not? Keep in mind that if you packed too many of these moss under the thread, those moss at the inner layer will not be able to grow as significant (not light is applied to them).

Step #3:
Repeat Step #2 with more and more moss, until you have covered the driftwood with mos. For each loop you make (to secure more moss), the line loop should be gradually moving to the other end of the driftwood.

It could be quite hard to do this alone. You might wish to get help from your family members. Or, if you are good at knitting, you could hold the driftwood with a hand, and use a finger to hold a small bit of newly placed moss, before you use another hand to pull tight the line.

Step #4:
Make a knot again. Do not cut the fishing line.

Step #5:
Make loops again with the line, gradually towards the end (starting point) where you started.

Step #6:
Tied a knot with the extra portion that you have reserved at the beginning (step #1)

Step #7:
Cut away the extra lines. The driftwood with moss is now really to be places into your aquarium tank.

Step #8:
Be patience, and wait for 4 to 6 weeks. The moss will be able to grow nicely given the right condition in the aquarium tank!