what is the best thing about keeping marimo? kinda intersting

Oh man, spent days to read from page 1 till the end to understand the marimo. Probably shall try to keep.

This post has been edited by OhNooy: Jan 14 2013, 09:16 PM

My marimo


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How much for a Marimo in average?

These guys are hard to keep in long term if you don't have proper aquarium.

Mine around 1.5 years already.

Most of them already lost the fresh green look.

I put them in those plastic display box covered. Changed water every 1-2 weeks, wash them everytime. Put abit of salt, gave some sunlight, sometimes turn on aircon.

Don't have the luxury to put them in fridge.

When they turn brownish green on some part i trim it become fresh green. Then few months lose the green again.

So if want long lasting better invest in a proper aquarium. They need the CO2 & constant filtering & lighting is better.

Hi guys!
Have just trucked through all 133 pages of the thread (well... not just, more like over the past two weeks) and am waiting for a few marimos from leeyung, so hopefully I'll be joining you soon with photos etc!

I didn't know got this thread. My brother had 2 in a glass bottle with water filled and cap, my brother rare it but he has not been touching it for a year. Here is it after I changed the water, my aunt bought it from Japan itself and carry back here =) that time, Malaysia still doesn't have this thing yet

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i split my giant marimo into half and it lay flat....so i tear it into 2 and roll it into 2 medium marimos....
at 1st the giant marimo looks a bit apart in the middle...when i washed it the middle part will loosen up...so i try to tear it and it came off easily....
now it doesn't look round....how to make it round???

i used rubber band to tie and hold it into round shape...is it ok like that???

No! If it has any tension it's going to squeeze the marimo flat. Use string instead, much gentler.

I have 1 Giant and 3 nano! put me into list too!

picture:

Here's my marimo, my sis name it Animo~
Played with it by placing it in different places.
I noticed that it has small patch of "fur" scraped off, had me worried.


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Long time no Post here!

UPDATE my marimo since Last year August!

WARNING : ALL PHOTOS taken by ME..Don't use for commercial use, thank you (coz I have the photo files^^)

my Super Giants! and Giants.... the hair is getting Long and Longer


my Nano Marimos!! looks spiky now


This post has been edited by Azure_Fox: Mar 6 2013, 12:19 AM

wah!!!!
SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
TELL ME THE SECRET
mine not so fluffy ady....

I just put them with my Betta Fishes^_^
washed them 1 a week
and ligthing them 8-10 hours a day

look at the fresh green of them, floating after u bathed them... fuwa fuwa fuwa XD

maybe u need more lighting... use desk lamp for that...
don't give sunlight!!!! thats why ur marimo lose the green

where can i buy one?

A RECOMMENDED SELLER ~
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1563280

This post has been edited by D.LeGoz: Mar 21 2013, 09:20 AM

Add me in! Just got 2 giants and 2 nanos from Lee Yun, gonna give 1 of each as a present and only keep 1 of each with me!

One question thou, closed or open top, which is better?
Don't have any other aquatic creatures with my Marimos.