What to do with a moss ball...

[laurenrocksth]

Can you break up a moss ball and attach it to driftwood or is it best just left hanging out on the ground?

 

[msjinkzd]

i think most people leave them hanging out on the ground. I have seen a few people break them up as well though.

 

[Hooked Newbie]

Same here. In order to maintain the ball shape, you'll need to roll it periodically.

 

[bluekrissyspike]

i broke up one of my moss balls and it looks like crud now. i haven't attatched it to anything although i have been thinking of it since i saw someone who had done it and it looked pretty cool. i like them better when they are round though. if you are gonna do that i'd look for some deformed ones and see if i could get them at a discount.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

what is it? is it moss ball as in java moss or marimo balls. they sell both under the same name.

 

[DAVIDFBT]

If it's marimo, it won't attach to wood and will take about a year to become round again.

 

[Riiz]

what is it? is it moss ball as in java moss or marimo balls. they sell both under the same name.

The ones from petco are just java moss on a ball.

 

[zerojoe0917]

i did it.....it look pretty good, but it will take forever for it to grow...

 

[sed03f]

I accidently sucked up my marimo ball and it ripped. tons of dusty water came out the center. it was a funny shape, so I broke it up in pieces. some pieces actually grew back together. but they are slowly growing and forming a ball again.

I attached some javamoss on a piece of drift wood, and its growing now, slowly

 

[CaitxSith]

Most of the time, the center of Marimo balls are mud and debris.

The debris caught by marimo balls is pretty much an all-you-can-eat buffet for shrimp. Also, the some fish sleep on it, since it's fluffy-ish.