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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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

My redclaws didnt eat my marimo ball Maybe I was lucky lol.

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