Out of curiosity,can i put marimos in the pond ? Has anyone tried that before?

i just placed an order for some marimos and now looking for their 'home'. Saw groupon offer for USB Mini Aquarium, should I take the offer? But I oso found some simple rounded glassess for them (and cheaper, since they are from the RM5 shop) Which one would be more suitable? Simple with no filter set up or the one powered with filter system?

This is the USB Mini Aquarium link http://www.groupon.my/deals/national-deal/...eting/716025232

Marimos keeper-to-be

Must avoid if the pond will have direct sun light as it will kill the marimos

No really worth for this USB mini Aquarium as with that price, you can get a larger size of tank together with good water filter

leeyung, i know marimos are type of algea, but will they grow fast if i put any aquatic ferts in the water?
anyone have tried this?

just got a 12cm large marimo from japan... here are all my large marimos in a 5gallon tank.

Cladophora grow rate is pretty low, personally tried it before with all the ways and fertilizer, non of them return significant result, therefore I will advise dont waste your money to get fertilizer for marimos, especially those so called "marimo food" no significant effect on boosting the growing rate. Best will be using coral sand more than enough as coral sand do control and stabilize the water PH level

Just checking, is it normal for the water to turn abit milky green when you squeeze them hard in a cup of water once a week?

Regarding fake Marimos, other than normal moss in a pingpong ball, styrofoam, I found out Japan are selling artificial marimo's that looks like real ones, difference is it's made of wheat & ceramic, so just wondering how exactly can we tell the real thing from fake?

Will fake marimo bubble after you clean them up?
Will real marimo continue to bubble in water or just for a while?
Will they turn brownish or loose color?
Will they stink slightly after 1 week of not squeezing & smells like plant after cleaning?
Will they float after squeezing/cleaning and sink after half a day or so?
Will real one feel bouncy when you squeeze them or will they split apart?

I got curious so i used a satay to poke tru the middle to check one of the not so healthy ones and even though it's bouncy when you squeeze it the inside core seems to be fluffy, but takes abit of strength to poke tru the whole body.

Also i notice some of the forumer's marimo tend to have rather long "furs".

On top of all answers above, I as a marimo seller for many years, there is a member pop me a question today, how to differentiate grade A or grade B on your marimo, I felt this is pretty funny as some sellers attempt to create their own Grading System to grade their marimos, these grading are created by their own as gimmick to attract buyers and at the same time low down others reputations. IMHO, there is no such Grade A B C D etc bla bla bla, if Crystal Shrimp then got Grade CRS etc la, a big nono to marimo, no such grading system unless named by ownself

I have heard that marimo grow slower than it is in a very high current area, is that true? because i have my big marimo right below the water outlet of the filter.

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Added on April 10, 2012, 5:00 amalso is it okay to use LED light for marimo?
I have a led light with 3Watt x 8 6500K LEDs
photoperiod is 7hours everyday.

This post has been edited by alexxa_xd: Apr 10 2012, 07:53 AM

hi guys.. just owe 2 giant 2 nano from leeyung~

Hi, can i check how u are able to get it froom japan and how much ?? they are soo beautiful ..... i luv it

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Added on April 10, 2012, 3:39 pmHi, can i check how u are able to get it froom japan and how much ?? they are soo beautiful ..... i luv it



This post has been edited by marimoooo: Apr 10 2012, 03:39 PM

^ hahaha what a huge marimo!

No problem for spectrum below 6.5K if your marimos is origin Cladophora species

haha bro, you meant "owned" is it? Nice to hear that btw!

My marimos from leeyung! They are now in my fish tank with my angel, danios, kribs and pleco.



I am sure more will be added.

Is the fish tank light that I am using ok for the marimos? I usually only turn them on for 2-3 hours at night.

the pac man is so cutie

That's the carpet marimo. It is indeed very cute cos it happens to be balancing on a rock and rotating with the water current. Been doing that for a few hours already.

Haha, nice setup bro, no problem for your light source, for your carpet, I think will be great if you use a stone put on top of it (where the carpet's top is facing down from your photo ) let it saturate at bottom then only take out the stone, bcuz if the water flow is too strong, may make ur carpet into pieces

cute rite

Yeah, carpet is pretty cute

This post has been edited by leeyung: Apr 11 2012, 09:01 PM

i am a new marimo owner....bought before i found this thread...but been planning to make purchase with lee yung soon...

A colleague saw my Marimo and asked why I have a dead hamster in the bottle.

haha, your colleague very humour, no matter how i imagine, it doesnt look like a hamster ler