Japanese Marimo Ball? Food?

cro117 · Post by **cro117** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:01 pm

hi, i ordered a japanese marimo ball on aquabids. it has not yet come but i had some questions. when i purchesed it i was told that it was an algae. will this make a good food source for chrrys, tigers, and red fronts? if so how fast will they comsume it, should i let it grow a bit before introducing the shrimp?

Lotus · Post by **Lotus** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:16 pm

I've never seen my amanos eating my marimo balls, although they do seem to enjoy preening it, removing detritus from it, etc. Mine are both in tanks with amanos, and still intact after more than 6 months.

Bradimus · Post by **Bradimus** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:34 pm

cro117 wrote:hi, i ordered a japanese marimo ball on aquabids.

Is Aquabid back up?

cro117 wrote: when i purchesed it i was told that it was an algae.

It is algae.

will this make a good food source for chrrys, tigers, and red fronts?

It will be a good food source, but not in the way you are thinking. It is likely that the algae is to hard for your shrimp to eat. However, they will relish the microbes that live in and on the ball.

retardo · Post by **retardo** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:01 pm

ditto. amanos and other shrimp don't eat any algae from marimo balls. it's a taste that isn't to their liking. i have one in my tank and the only thing that gets removed from the ball itself is any fish food that the fish missed.

Post by **Mustafa** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:11 pm

retardo wrote:ditto. amanos and other shrimp don't eat any algae from marimo balls. it's a taste that isn't to their liking. i have one in my tank and the only thing that gets removed from the ball itself is any fish food that the fish missed.

Although I don't own a Marimo Ball, I bet you that THIS shrimp will most likely eat the algae on a marimo ball. There has not been a single type of hair or string algae that these guys have not eaten in my tanks so far, even the very tough types, which you can barely tear apart with your fingers. These guys even eat Java Moss, which even many specialized plant eaters leave alone.

Mustafa

abc · Post by **abc** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:16 am

Marimo balls are fun, and the algae shrimp will pick at it, but certainly not eat the balls themselves. I have 1 in my 10g and the shrimp like picking particles off of it but it's growing and not shrinking!

abc

Ljung · Post by **Ljung** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:11 am

me too.... have 5 marimo balls in my tank.... using them as ground cover....

my shrimps sometimes just like to hang around on top, but never reduce the size

louieknucks · Post by **louieknucks** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:25 am

I had to buy mine off ebay since Aquabid went down (and still is).

cro117 · Post by **cro117** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:31 am

sorry, let me clarfify; aquabids is still down as far as i can tell. i purchessed this just before aquabids went down and the sender is just taking his time.

hope i didn't get anyones hopes up.

louieknucks · Post by **louieknucks** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:55 am

No problem. I check there at least ten times a day to try and get my fix. I just can't quit cold turkey!

kingkano · Post by **kingkano** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:20 pm

My redclaws didnt eat my marimo ball

Maybe I was lucky lol.

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:24 pm

Mine leave the marimo ball alone, but occasionally they do sit on top of it.

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