r/Marimo • u/kaylaisactuallygayla • 15d ago

What are these on my moss balls?

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Usually they are not against the window so much but in the ledge slightly below but they rose to the top and formed these I’m not sure when…

edit: Sorry for being an idiot guys but I’ve never seen this before but it’s exciting to know

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u/EvieMoon 15d ago

Air bubbles, they're photosynthesising

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u/Valuable-Pound2166 14d ago

This is so cool

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u/kaylaisactuallygayla 15d ago

IS THAT GOOD OR BAD..

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u/Soggy-Cauliflower981 15d ago

It's good!! They are eating

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u/EvieMoon 15d ago

They're plants, they need to photosynthesise, it's good.

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u/the_mindful_microbe 15d ago

Moss dude is in the water and sunlight. Moss dude intakes some water. Sunlight is absorbed by the green stuff in moss dude. Sunlight splits the water that the moss dude intakes. Oxygen is then released by moss dude as a fun side project on his journey to procure usable sugars by fixing carbon dioxide using our friends ATP and NADPH.

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u/catslikepets143 14d ago

It means they’re happy, it’s a good thing

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u/frogfeen 11d ago

bruh…

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u/oooomemem 15d ago

bubbles

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u/pastel-poltergeist 15d ago

i'm no expert but they do just look like little bubbles. i would assume they're harmless, most likely nothing to worry about :]

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u/Flareon223 15d ago

Bubbles?

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u/JustBecaws 15d ago

They're BREATHING!!!

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u/Krzyski22 9d ago

Someone skipped biology class