Anyone tried Marimo balls in brackish tank

BubblePUffer · Post by **BubblePUffer** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:47 am

Hi,

Just wondering, anyone tried this plant in a brackish tank..

Thanks

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:49 pm

I have had it for about 2-3 months and is doing great.

Post by **RTR** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:11 pm

Interesting, that algae has BW and SW relatives. Keep us posted.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:29 pm

Would that absorb the nutrients causing the long hair algae in my F8's tank?

Post by **RTR** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:21 pm

If it survives it should, but grooming it will be tricky. I have never tried to keep Marimo balls (it is a Cladophora alga) without Amano shrimp - they groom it almost constantly - it must collect as much fine debris and algae as a sponge filter intake would.

I can see it now, a veggie filter of Marimo balls and Amanos - that would be so elegant. Upkeep: squeeze gently and turn over weekly (immediately prior to a water partial) please!

They do reproduce, but it is soo slow...

BubblePUffer · Post by **BubblePUffer** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:22 am

hmm how about combination of Marimo Balls and Nerite Snails.. since the Nerite snails love cleaning up algae in a tank .. that Marimo Balls look so cute.. my sister got one in her Amazon Tank for the Discus.. and I read somewhere that Marimo Balls will survive in BW .. I want to be sure so I will get one for my tank.. it cause $10Can for a size of a Tennis ball that I can get from a Local PJ's Pet store

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:46 am

Puffers eat snails.

BubblePUffer · Post by **BubblePUffer** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:16 am

I will get some Nerite Snails when they are in the store in a week or two... I think my puffer will not be interest eating snails as I can feel it. He/she ( I can't tell the gender) so friendly with all 3 mollies as well as the baby mollies that about a size of a Sesame seed that swimming around the tank.

Post by **RTR** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:32 am

Nerites can only clean flattish surfaces, certainly not a fuzzy globe of Cladophora. There are nerites in the tanks with my Marimo balls and the never go on them that I have seen.

JMHO, YMMV.

BubblePUffer · Post by **BubblePUffer** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:32 pm

hmm.. thanks for the info. I will get a Algae Ball for my Tank.. will the Ball survive if I just drop into BW tank.. or do I need to convert it slowly like a fish cause LFS put those Marimo/Algae Ball in a FW tank.

Post by **RTR** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:07 pm

Anthing alive should IMHO be converted slowly to radical changes in density or TDS.

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:00 pm

I just dropped it in the tank and its doing well now.

BubblePUffer · Post by **BubblePUffer** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:24 pm

I just bought 1 home today from PJ's Pet for $10CAN about a size of a tennis ball

BubblePUffer · Post by **BubblePUffer** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:05 am

Here is the pics of my Green Puffed Ball

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:28 pm

Cool!

What SG is your tank? You'll have to let us know how well it holds up in salt water. I want one, and the local petland has a small one in one of their tanks I'd love to pick up.

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Anyone tried Marimo balls in brackish tank

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