to which they'd say "having no tape leaves the glued bit visible". which translates to ugliness

After adding water, and plants.. nobody will take note of the transparent glue. hv a 2 ft tank with black tape, and another 3ft without.
For me black looks sleek and cool.
3 ft with added plants and such already look invisible to me ^^

yeah that's the thing. i have an ocd somewhat when it comes to smeared/smudgy/unclean edge jobs in general lol :P

and i was planning to keep my marimos in a 6x6x6" cube at most. it's like the smaller it is the harder it is to make it clean.

even acrylic.

The smaller the tank the harder to maintain the parameter.
It might heat up very fast or cool down very fast.
Will give any flora and fauna a shock some even till death.
Small tank also means regular water change which is a bother for some. i prefer at least 1ft cube

i'm sure a 1/2' tank would be a welcomed change than the current coffee pot i've been keeping my marimos in. :D

This post has been edited by olivur: Sep 2 2011, 12:03 PM

I need some quick help out here.. My marimo turning brown..

I place it into my new setup planted tank.

the only way i know is just put little bit of salt in a container, melt it in water then place ur marimo(s) in there and keep it in the fridge at the place we keep vege/ fruits. Keep monitor the improvement of ur marimo on and off and change the water every week if possible. Repeat above steps until you feel it recover...

hope it helps...

salt as in aqua salt.
Give them cool spa in fridge for treatment.
Your marimo is sick.
What medication have you added in your new tank previously?

I am sorry to say that but I felt that these marimos looks like already dead . Btw how is your setup of tank? temperature, and position? (exposed to any sunlight?) and also where did you buy them?

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Added on September 2, 2011, 1:46 pmNot necessary to use aqua salt, table salt will do

This post has been edited by leeyung: Sep 2 2011, 01:46 PM

Maybe he added those anti algae med? But i thought algae very strong? If not planted tank no need sae to control d.

How long is it? Looks very very "dry up"

Tell us your tank's measurement, water temperature, medications etc

You are correct too, anti algae med may caused the marimos like that too. 2 possibilities I think, anti algae med or sun light. As marimo owners over here, I think most of us know that if marimo in normal tank (pipe water or anti chlorine water), it should be hardly die if do not get under direct sunlight, weoili more info for your tank setup please

aiks.. cannot recover anymore... so sad

aiks..

May be some anti algae solution for the old tank. I got the tank from my friend.. I placed in after a few days of water changing..

The water temp is around 27-30 degree. No direct sunlight. That's why I have to use lighting. I bought them long time ago forgotten when and where. Keep them till like that..

Thank you guys.. Will use some salt and fridge treatment AKA cold spa treatment for them.

from the picture, I thinks so, because it looks like already withered

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Added on September 2, 2011, 2:08 pmTry your best, the right hand side one still have slightly change for recovery as I still saw some green color over there, but the left one..... I asked where you purchase because wanted to know the species of it, if same family species then the treatment would work effectively

This post has been edited by leeyung: Sep 2 2011, 02:08 PM

From the picture, i see abit of green left.
Maybe is time to get a super giant+ regular giant too~~
if you say frm old tank, meaning you did not clean your tank properly.

genielee_83: ya.. may be didn't clean it properly. Is it alright to use Flourish Excel in the Marimo container?

leeyung: Sorry I really can't recall. I all the while been keeping them in a small guppy tank till that tank break. Just wondering how many Marimo species are there?

Edited: i don't understand excel at all.

This post has been edited by genielee_83: Sep 2 2011, 02:39 PM

I referring to this Seachem Flourish Excel .

that's fert.

Alright but it does kill off some of those algae in my tank. .