Mini moss balls appear after six years!

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Mini moss balls appear after six years!

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In 2019, I set up another aquarium for my Opae ula. I added a mini moss ball from Petshrimp.com. Unfortunately, that moss ball disappeared over time, or so I thought. A few days ago, I found a couple of tiny moss balls, apparently doing well!
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Super cool! I really wonder how it somehow managed to persist for 6 years after it apparently died without you noticing it
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Re: Mini moss balls appear after six years!

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That's great! The mossball probably disappeared behind some rock or decoration...possibly shrank and/or split into pieces...and voila...you have new mossballs years later. From the size of them I'd guess they are at least a year or two old already. This is truly an amazing plant! :)
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