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 Marimo, Japanese Moss Ball ♥♥♥, Share your ♥ towards this cute algae

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post Jun 12 2012, 09:58 PM

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QUOTE(Malformed @ Jun 12 2012, 09:56 PM)
I like to see the plants living well in the tank smile.gif The idea of keeping them alive is challenging.
marimo is a start i guess. it happened to me.
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post Jun 12 2012, 10:23 PM

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i really love my marimos lol, every week i patted them so they dont collect fish poo and tank dust, make them firm and ripe green
just wished they grow faster since they usually got eaten little by little by my ghost shrimps




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post Jun 12 2012, 10:47 PM

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always saw them nipping bit by bit using their tiny pincers.
cant see any drastic damage of course. but maybe their nipping made my marimo stays in shape i guess?


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post Jun 14 2012, 09:31 PM

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just got back today, cant find my yamotos lol..
marimos seems to look fine though. and those ghost shrimps love to play under it.

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post Aug 7 2012, 07:31 AM

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IMHO, you can only see the photosynthesis after-effect, O2 being released in the water if your water is fully saturated with O2 and CO2 gas.


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post Aug 7 2012, 11:28 PM

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QUOTE(ck.chunkeat @ Aug 7 2012, 10:49 PM)
hmm...hard for me to keep it cold...im putting my marimo in a bottle at the moment..quite hard for me to keep it below 28 degree..think the only way is to put in fridge or put ice cubes into the bottle...
theres alot of alternatives, using DIY DC or AC fans, using factory made cooling fans for aquariums, using chiller and last but not least, using air-cond.
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post Aug 15 2012, 09:02 PM

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QUOTE(Azure_Fox @ Aug 15 2012, 01:48 PM)
Hello, I'm getting ready for Leeyung's Nano Marimo that currently on the way to my home^^.So I have a few questions..thank you for Marimo fan for reading my questions, hehehe..

1. do Coral sand need to be washed frequently?
2. what kind of salt that we should use to treat Sick Marimo?
3. how to treat yellowish marimo? How long do I need to put yellowish marimo in the fridge? Do I need to quarantine marimo from any Light when they turn yellowish?
4. what is the Best Lamp for Marimo? (I need reference for the tank setup!)^^
5. what kind of Fish is the best to put together with Marimo? smile.gif
6. what tool do I need to use to balance/create best water condition for Marimo?
7. what kind of plant is the best to put together with Marimo? smile.gif

thank you so much~ I really want my marimos have the best treatment! >.<)b
I try my best smile.gif
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most of your questions have been answered by Leeyung's previously in the first page.
do try and read there, though you might find some answers maybe differ from person to person like question number 2,3,4,5,6 and 7.
biggrin.gif no offense though.

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post Aug 15 2012, 10:33 PM

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btw, i would like to share, some of my preffered faunas for my marimos are dwarf shrimps(RCS,fire red,etc),
dwarf crayfish(cpo), Otocinclus and platydoras and corydoras since most of them dont disturb the marimos and they will clean your marimo free of charge. tongue.gif

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post Aug 17 2012, 07:35 AM

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nice marimos and lil cute tanks.
some of them will afloat if there are still air trapped inside. eventually they will sink down tongue.gif
filter is an added bonus. since your tank is small/nano tank,
i suggest Hang over/HOB filter since your tank already small and do find ones that could fit and nicely hang itself on the tank.

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post Aug 17 2012, 12:07 PM

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usually HOB will provide the neccesary stuffs for first timer, including the media set(sponge floss) and activate carbon/charcoal
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post Aug 19 2012, 01:04 AM

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what i did was clean the gravel/sand/substrate the best i can,
install filter(active carbon doesnt really works IMO sad.gif ) and use RO water since
your setup havent got any faunas in it and lack of nutrients and minerals will make the water extra clear than using tap water.
if got extra cash to spare, chuck in seachem purigen in the filter(for xtra clearer water-good substitute for active carbon) and
use seachem equilibrium to re-establish the ideal mineral content back in the water.

but if youre unsure if youre gonna do with your cute marimos in the future, just rinse the gravel the best you can,
put filter and water, and wait till all the dust settle biggrin.gif
maybe a day or 2 might clear it up.

why did i do these steps? to give love and cherish to our pet marimos wub.gif , maybe i ought to get a few more from Leeyung but dunno when
where is he btw though? in Hokkaido? getting another big super duper jumbo marimo?

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post Aug 19 2012, 10:48 PM

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QUOTE(leeyung @ Aug 19 2012, 10:27 AM)
Eh bro, using RO water is not a good idea as it was too "clean" and less on mineral, it is just a pure H2O without any mineral, the water hardness is pretty low for RO water.
wakakaka, yeah outstation and less frequent online tongue.gif
haha, my bad.
btw, have fun bro and take care while working.
i thought you went to japan again to get those greatx5 grandfather marimo the size of a big ball biggrin.gif

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post Aug 25 2012, 02:14 PM

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QUOTE(Azure_Fox @ Aug 25 2012, 10:29 AM)
woah, I just research it, they said it kinda like Plankton, called Copepods. White small, thin like snow..and walking around the aquarium glasses +_+.
At first I kinda freak out, and so afraid that they might hurt marimos.. but after I know about it, I'm so relieved..hehehe.. they are completely harmless to your fish, and are actually a major source of food in natural freshwater environment smile.gif but I don't have fishes in my aquarium! so I have to clean my aquarium XD. Wow.. how is ur little Snails now..? XD did they grow big?
You might wanna prepare yourself on what else gonna be in your lil marimos tank in the future. Though they are harmless of course.
Copepods /cyclops blink.gif
Seed Shrimp/ Ostracoda hmm.gif
Daphnias blush.gif
Bloodworms - shocking.gif damn, this really freak me out bcos i never thought they are actually younglings from a certain flies
Nematodes unsure.gif eeew~
Nymphs mad.gif
Mosquito Larvae vmad.gif


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post Sep 1 2012, 03:26 PM

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it seems like those water jug also can be used to house marimos...

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post Sep 3 2012, 11:04 PM

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QUOTE(jess7 @ Sep 3 2012, 10:47 PM)
hey there momo peeps!
can anyone advise me where i can buy some crayfish and glass shrimps for my tank?
m currently living in sunway pjs9 and sitiawan smile.gif
if you are mixing them with your marimos, i dont recommend mixing them with crayfish,
they like to eat everything from my experience, even my hard bogwood sweat.gif
glass shrimps on the other will nibble bit by bits, but in my opinion,
they are eating those black/grey/brown stuffs you noticed when you are washing your marimos.
If you insisted on getting them however, cherry shrimps and CPO/dwarf crayfish is the best. Also, their colours really show some contrast between those greens~
just my 2 cent

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post Sep 8 2012, 10:05 AM

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Curious,
why the salt? smile.gif

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post Sep 22 2012, 07:14 PM

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QUOTE(Azure_Fox @ Sep 22 2012, 06:01 PM)
thank you for the reply biggrin.gif
in my country, the wheater is tropical forever  cry.gif  (yeah I want to see snow..snow...snow..sigh)
so thats why I often put my marimo in the fridge... rolleyes.gif
do Betta can survice in chlorine water?
do you have any pleco fish too with ur betta?
I'm thinking of small Peco (Otocinclus)
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I read that it's suitable for small aquarium because of its size..

I use Low Light Lamp level... is tall plant can be use with low light lamp? Because many tropical plants need high Light for their health..
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moss will do fine with low lights. but they will eventually outgrow your marimo..and in my cases,
envelope some part of the marimos and prevent them to get sufficient light.
but you can make the moss grow light carpet on the gravel, while you tie the marimo to make it looks floating using fishing wire ..lol..
ive always wanted to do that..but not enought space and budget haha


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post Sep 23 2012, 01:23 AM

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QUOTE(Azure_Fox @ Sep 22 2012, 08:04 PM)
Marimo become carpet., XD i cant see my round marimo being flattened щ(ºДºщ)
Looks like need so many effort and muney for that XD
Maybe am gonna buy betta fish first then >.<
many feedback that betta is not so hard to be taken care of?
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not turning that marimo into carpet..but the moss lol
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post Oct 28 2012, 11:01 PM

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fluffy marimos hehe
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post Nov 13 2012, 12:40 PM

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^ no offense, lol
but you just made caring marimo sounds soo difficult to me...dah macam planted tank


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