Nice tank! Only 1 Marimo?

It's a little bit noisy though...but I should not complain as it's the cheapest I could find.
Well it still works in reducing the temperature.

hehe, let her get one first, surely, the only one marimo will later poison her to get more.
6 months ago, i got 2 of them, then add more, then add more lol...
now ,just realized theyre selling those super jumbo xxl marimo thinking of having thta one with lots of carpet marimos la

cheapest? that thing cost about 40++ right? but worth it for the marimo sake

Yes, 40++. That's the cheapest I could find ler unless DIY.

Hi everyone, Im new here, got my Super Giant marimo from lee yung last week & others from my friend.

Here is picture to share. My 1 super giant marimo, 2 giant marimo, 2 nano marimo & 1 carpet marimo...

Lee Yung, please add me in the list.

Hey all, here's my little Marimo - Laramie

This post has been edited by mrstwotails: Apr 16 2012, 11:30 AM

I think my office Marimo is pregnant la. It felt like a lump.

mine also got like that too.. but nvr split maybe need a year to split?

Congratz

Marimo multiply through division & propagation Since growth rate of marimo pretty low, therefore same for multiplying

i wonder how those farms breed them eh? they must use some kind of advance algae-cloning device ?

i have 4 as of now only not seen in photos...owh n 1 carpet...dat time some undergo fridge spa...

somehow thinking of diy-ing the fan...

currently using 5 diy fans lol to keep the temperature steady between 26-28 C

Please teach how you DIY the fan.
The one I bought is now keeping the tank's temperature at 26 C.

Yeah plz teach...if not i upah u do laa...hee

me too, i really want to know how those farm get them to grow, or maybe they just take the marimo from the nature?(e.g. russia)

heard nowadays, they got marimo farms which imports them from germany, thats y some marimo are sold cheaper than genuine hokkaido ones..
any comments on this?

Actually price range should not be used as a standard to differentiate a genuine marimo and a so called fake German marimos. Take for example, some seller who sells a Giant marimo at RM40 and another seller who sells at RM80 each. Sometimes seller have to consider their profit range due to certain constraints, like shop rental, advertisement and etc. So, taking into account of this, they set their margin very high and sometimes people thought expensive things is genuine.

If you ask me, I, as the first pioneer Marimo seller in LYN, the best way to differentiate a genuine marimo and a fake one is not by the looks and definitely not by the price, but is by the texture of the marimo. For instance, I have some buyers who showed me some photos from Facebook and Cari saying that there is a new Marimo seller who said German marimo and Hokkaido marimo can be judged by the ‘fur’.

Seriously, if you think twice, if long fur = German, and short fur = Hokkaido, how about those who trim the long fur bcome short fur, from German change species become Hokkaido? This is the trick played by some sellers to paint black other sellers marimos genuineness.

Not only that, Marimos are natural living creature which lives in the deep level of Hokkaido for many years. Marimos are able to grow naturally without needing any nutrients to boast their growth as what they need are clean water and sufficient sunlight. Just like any other plants, these are the basic needs for them to make food.

Seriously they DO NOT need any ‘Vitamins’ or liquid which claims to kill germs in water and stable the ph level. These are just gimmicks from the seller to earn money. Actually the vitamins is the same with those used for aquariums, just different packaging and claimed from ‘Japan’ and they are selling RM40 per bottle. The same nutrients for aquariums can be found in fish shop for RM5 or so on.

Recently I also notice some sellers who tend to copycat people’s quote in Lowyat and treat it as their own sayings. If the seller is really a genuine marimo seller and has a good judgement on Marimos, why do he/she need to copy my quote and paste bulat bulat in his/her facebook? A big question mark to me

So, back to conclusion, buyers must know how to judge themselves about this ‘trick’ on genuineness and fakeness. Like my case, I have been selling marimo as 1st pioneer marimo seller in lowyat since several years ago and the price range doesn’t fluctuate much as I tend to sell the marimo at reasonable price yet quality assured as genuine marimos. Just look at my feedbacks at my personal selling thread, unlike others claiming false info saying others marimos are fake etc then say himself/herself one as genuine, painting other competitors doesnt reflect their genuineness. The best way to know genuine or not is to judge the seller's customers feedback. Just my 2 cents. I hope our Marimo sharing club can grow healthily with more and more Marimo lovers

i am interested in knowing how the farms grow marimo... and I dont understand why people call german marimo as fake marimo. They are the same species as the marimo in japan. What is is different is the growing environment. And most of the large marimos are from german or russia. Even if you go to Hokkaido, those large marimos they have for sale are also from russia (They claimed that those are nature marimo from russia)

hurm, good point, and i cant deny it.
well, like you said, need to trust the seller and their customer feedback's since
i dont know how to differentiate between Japanese marimo and European ones.
and nvr been to Hokkaido before to see for myself for the russian marimo's claim but ive seen myself one shop selling lake balls in UK claimed getting from scandinavian countries lake and they sell it for £30 each..damn bloody expensive hehe and their colour are really dark green but fresh
different growing environment i guess?

they are the same species but just different growing environment. I have bought few marimo from the same store, and i put them into 2 different tanks, put 2marimos in a tank with guppy fish and strong sunlight, and the other 2 marimos in a shrimp low light tank. After a half year the two marimos in the high light and strong nutrients have dark green colour and long fur, the one in low light tank looks very fresh green and short fur.

This post has been edited by alexxa_xd: Apr 23 2012, 05:03 AM

I think Marimos are so addictive... or is it just me? My Marimo family is continuously growing & I love how they look in my tank!


This post has been edited by fishman: Apr 22 2012, 12:42 AM