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    Don't know why but I think these things are pretty cool... kinda reminds me of Gremlins and Gizmo

    700g Mini-Monster tank

  • #2
    yep.. they are.. i have about 8.. 4 of them are like the size of grapefruits!

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    • #3
      Wow . . . you got balls.
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      • #4
        I hate them. Have fun with the clado outbreak later.

        Mark
        What are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.

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        • #5
          I am waiting on mine to come in. I ordered them a few weeks ago. I heard they take a long time to grow

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          • #6
            grow some balls!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by wesleydnunder View Post
              Have fun with the clado outbreak later.
              What is clado?
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              • #8
                Originally posted by algarciajr View Post
                What is clado?
                Cladophora is the algae that the balls are made of. It eventually colonizes other areas of the tank and is a Royal PITA to get rid of once it does. NIMT

                Mark
                What are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.

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                • #9
                  sweet balls you got there!
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                  • #10
                    I love them balls! *snicker*

                    No, seriously- they are pretty neat. I love how they were discovered in Iceland, but have ended up with folklore status in Japan- there is a story of star-crossed lovers whose hearts turned to marimo, and supposedly if you take good care of one, your wishes will come true, and...there's even a Marimo character or two, complete with merchandising of course!
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                    • #11
                      Any good deals on these moss balls out there?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by wesleydnunder View Post
                        Cladophora is the algae that the balls are made of. It eventually colonizes other areas of the tank and is a Royal PITA to get rid of once it does. NIMT

                        Mark
                        +1 to this, i hate the things except in shrimp tanks now. i think high light makes them disintegrate, my hand picked cool patterned ironwood is now a blanket of green fuzz and the stuff is constantly getting caught around plant stems in the substrate. the ancistrus keep it mowed on the wood so it kinda short and it looks okay but the constant vacuuming of the substrate is REALLY annoying. once this stuff roots its impossible to get rid of and most things wont eat it.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by wesleydnunder View Post
                          Cladophora is the algae that the balls are made of. It eventually colonizes other areas of the tank and is a Royal PITA to get rid of once it does. NIMT

                          Mark
                          Funny you mention this Mark, I did some searching on this cause I was worried about dosing and injecting the tank and how these would do in the presence. There was no talk about outbreaks, releasing spores or anything, only mention that was brought up over several discussions was that the marimo balls out compete the tanks other algae problems! In my tank i had some ferns with serious clado and recently the stuff was losing color and easily brushed off.
                          700g Mini-Monster tank

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by rmalford View Post
                            Any good deals on these moss balls out there?

                            Petsmart, it's on sale with all the other stuff, instead of 9 it's 6.
                            700g Mini-Monster tank

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                            • #15
                              Q has small green balls.

                              So I'm still surprised Excel isn't making them brown out. I watched it happen several times around in a friend's tank. Hm. They look good tho!
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