moss ball question

Here is what happens in my tank

Fire Eels and Dempsey's Love it.

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Yep. thats pretty much what happened in my. Oscars take it in their mouth and another oscar pulls on it. Fun to whatch how that 5 dollars ball is ripped in peaces and scattered all over the tank. LOL
 
yea it cost 5 dollars here also.


if its java moss then i guess i should brake it up and let it creep around
 
I just bought one today and I love it. It has the attached thread and sinker. The man in the store said it's filled with a tiny styrofoam ball and that makes it float. He said his has grown quite large. My fish seem to like it a lot.

Kayla
10 G 2 Emerald Green Corys, Guppies, 2 Algae eaters
 
Real moss balls are the marimo type and they will generally cost more. Ones with strings attached with styrofoam stuff is a man-made moss ball. The components of a marimo and those moss balls you find in large chains (like petco) are completely different.
 
I bought one of those "fake" moss balls from Petco a while ago. It of course started to fall apart, so i spread it out and anchored it to my gravel with a rock. Is it java moss, and will it eventually root to my gravel?
 
i have what i think is java moss, it came in a ball. it attaches to rocks really quick, but ive never had it on gravel before
 
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