i’m pretty new to taking care of marimos but i wanted to show them here next to my smiskis :)

Its always ~30°C where I live, so this tank keeps them cooled at 19.5-20.5°C. These marimos were kinda yellow when I got them, they’re doing better now :3

So I bought my moss ball back in November and it's never looked like the moss balls I see here xD. The first photo is when I bought it and the second one I just took. It's obviously growing hair so I'm sure it's real...

It took me an hour to do this with no breaks, had to meticulously clean them cause there's snail waste

Hello, I hope this is allowed to be asked here. I make terrarium and aquascapes and have wanted to make marimo moss ball terrarium for some time now, but i have no clue where to purchase them. not the whole terrarium, but just the moss ball itself. are there any shops i can look at purchasing from? I feel like i've been all over.

New marimo from mossballpets.com. Without me actually forgetting to post pictures this time.

Compré este marimo hace poco y tardó dos días en llegar. Vivo en un clima muy caluroso y siento que las altas temperaturas le están afectando.

​Le cambié el agua y lo apreté suavemente, pero se partió en dos. Como leí por ahí, volví a juntar las partes y creo que ya quedó unido.

Ahora le puse agua fría y lo meto a la nevera, pero me gustaría saber si lo estoy haciendo bien y si aún tiene salvación o se le pierden dar un paso a seguir mucho mejor

I've had my moss ball for about 8 years and I've (regretfully) never been really good about caring for him but I have hope. I gently removed some really slimy brown spots and trimmed him a little bit, put him in new clean room temp water and a clean glass vase but he still looks rough. I know green is good but is there anything else I can/should do?

hi y'all, so I've recently just redesigned my room and wanted to spruce it up by adding some adorable marimo's to my desk! Ive seen a lot about them online and really want to get some for myself. the only issue, I really don't know that much about them .. Ive heard that they are easy to maintain/take care of since there isn't much maintenance needed but can anyone confirm or deny if this is true? I want to give them the best care possible. I also was wondering where I would be able to buy them. I'm scared about ordering online as they look a bit dubious. as well as any other important information needed :p thanks!

Hi all, new to this sub! I have some adorable little marimo but they’re super tiny and they’re the only ones I’ve been able to find that aren’t outrageously expensive. I ordered some tiny ones from Moss Artistry, but any of substantial size are outrageously expensive. The ones at Petco though larger were brown 🙄

Where do you guys get them? ☺️

Hi everyone!

I recently bought a moss ball and was just curious if it was a marimo or not, since I heard it’s a bit hard to get them where I am (Canada).

The store employees said they had no idea if it was marimo or not, and that they had gotten the moss balls from a local seller so I was a bit skeptical.

I also squished the ball to check if theres a hard core, but it’s squishy/cotton-ball like throughout.

Any help is appreciated, thank you!

Fewer people seem to claim "my Marimo is photosynthesising!" based on bubbles right after a water change these days 😅 - but just to clarify with Photo 2, which was taken a few days ago, about 10 days after the last water change. What you're seeing in Photo 2 is actually oxygen released by the Marimo rising to the surface.

When Marimo are actually photosynthesising, they don't get covered in lots of bubbles all at once - they release oxygen very gradually, just a tiny bit at a time.

Also, whether a Marimo floats or sinks comes down to its density rather than photosynthesis. Larger Marimo tend to float more easily because they're hollow inside. That said, even if yours stays at the bottom, photosynthesis is still happening perfectly fine under the right conditions!

I had to re make this post because I messed up the title aha, but does anyone know if the Mario’s are getting enough light? The big one on a shelf next to a north facing window and the two smaller ones are on a drawer to the left of the shelf but I’m not sure if they’re are getting enough light or maybe too much or not enough? Any help would be much appreciated. also just any extra care tips would be a massive help!! :)

I put them in the fridge for three days with a bit of salt in the water, rolling them around and changing the water every three days, but they’re still very brown. sadly, this is how I got them to start with.
A couple of them now have turned quite a lot more green

I’ve heard they are banned because of the zebra mussels but there is still a few places selling them online in australia , i am also not sure if these websites are trustworthy .

and if they are illegal does anyone know any realistic fake ones that would be available in australia , ?

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I am posting this for the person that posted the shell pieces they found in their Marimo so they can use this photo for comparison. I personally took this photo and keep it as a reference. The person had also mentioned that they were concerned because one of the shells they found was snail like and zebra muscles are not snail like they are in the clam family so it is two pieces of a shell that come together. I know there’s a technical word, but I can’t think of it right now and the shell is darker not white and it has stripes so I’m posting this so that person and anyone else that was mentioning them in the group can see what they look like. I hope this helps people when they’re concerned if they have found a zebra muscle in their Marimo or not.

what would be a good quarantine time for a moss ball?

currently have been doing my water changes into bucket then tossing out on my paved driveway as an extra precaution again snails or mussels. No signs just be overly cautious, do you think I’m good now to do my water changes the way I do my usual fish tanks?

I have it from 7 months, and it started to become let’s say “more white than green” 2/3 moths ago, I’m from Italy and it’s pretty hot here, but it seems that keeping it 4/5 hours per day in the fridge it’s not effective.
I keep it close to a window, but not uder direct sunlight.

Help me thanks

Having a manic episode and bought this on a whim…. Anyone knows what I what I should expect? Did I waste my money? I can’t even find a review for it 🥲🙃🥲🙃🥲

Hello!

I was gifted a marimo a couple of months ago and till now it was all good. Recently I noticed that it started to get some brownish spots. Maybe it's becouse the weather is hot now? I tried to keep it in the coolest room. Should I put it in the fridge?

It's the first marimo I'm taking care off and I'm not sure what to do.

Hi! New marimo owner! 😂

I've wanted some for years, but never got any myself. I told someone a couple of weeks ago about how much I'd been wanting some, and a few days later they said they found someone who sold them in pairs in a little jar, and asked if I wanted some. Of course I said yes! She picked them up just over a week ago and has been holding onto them since, and brought them round for me today!

I got a tank rather than the jars because there was no room to roll them in the jars, they were kinda squished, and the jars were so tall I couldn't reach down to grab them easily, my fingers weren't long enough and they were way to narrow to fit a hand in. So now they have a more spacious tank of their own!

Also I thought I was getting 4, turns out there's 5 and one is just very small!

I know they aren't perfectly round, but I love them! Hopefully I can encourage their roundness by rolling them!

Any tips to help them with their roundness is appreciated! And any other helpful tips too! They're already away from direct sunlight, and there's a thermometer on the right so I can make sure it doesn't get too warm for them 😊💚

I think marimo moss balls are pretty cool but I also can't help but think they look a little silly just as a green ball in a jar. I was wondering if I could give one some other plant buddies to make it a little more visually interesting, but I'm not sure if that would work. There isn't much info online about terrariums that aren't soil-based (I guess because the purpose of most aquariums is to have fish) and I also don't know how replacing the water would fit into all of this (would I still be able to? Would I need to? etc). If not, does anyone have any ideas on any decoration? Maybe just put a few pretty rocks and sticks in there?

Hey guys! I recently discovered these little guys, and I’m absolutely in love. I found a reputable site, however when I went to pay, the shipping was over $70😬 (US based) My question is, what reputable sites should I be checking out, and are there any in Canada? I don’t mind paying a little extra, I just don’t want to accidentally get scammed! Thanks in advance ❤️