Floating Marimo Moss Ball Gardening

 

Floating Marimo Moss Ball Gardening

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Dropped in the water, Marimo moss balls sink to the bottom.

That's where Marimo balls roll around driven by water currents and whatever other forces applied to them.

Marimo balls get shaped and broken on parts by all those movements.

You may notice some dirt naturally accumulates on the Marimo moss balls.

I use fishing line and a bottle cork to make floating Marimo moss balls in this example.

 There are a couple of other ways to make floating Marimo balls as shown in my previous video.

Tie a Marimo ball to the fishing line.

Any simple knot will do.

I am making a chain of half a dozen small-size Marimo moss balls.

Make sure to leave about 1 inch of space between each Marimo ball.

That should be enough space for Marimo balls to grow.

Tie the end of the fishing line to the bottle cork.

Trim off the ends of the fishing line.

Let's put the chain of Marimo moss balls in the aquarium.

The bottle cork stays afloat, making the whole chain of Marimo moss balls float in the water.

The fishing line is barely visible in the water.

All looks nice.

My Eastern newts like to hang out on floating Marimo balls.

Once in a season, I pull Marimo moss balls out of the aquarium to clean them up.

Simply squeeze the water out of each Marimo ball.

Here you can see Blue Star Endlers fish nibble on Marimo balls.

It takes about one year for slow-growing Marimo balls to double in size.

I already moved half of the original Marimo balls into other aquariums.

I usually split Marimo balls grown over 2 inches in diameter into parts.

Let's make another chain of floating Marimo balls.

This time I cut the cork in half.

Poke a hole in each cork wide enough to pull the fishing line through.

Pull the fishing line through the hole of one cork and tie it.

Okay, now let's pull Marimo balls out of the aquarium.

Marimo balls often serve as hidden places for tiny aquatic critters, snails, and even for small fish.

Here you can see a snail and a fish get caught.

Let's drop them back into the aquarium.

Carefully untie all Marimo balls - there could be some more fish tangled in them.

Now I can split each Marimo ball into two or three parts.

Squeeze the dirty water out of the Marimo balls.

And roll them up into a shape of a ball.

I am going to tie Marimo balls on one string the same way I did previously.

There will be only one difference.

Both ends of the fishing line are secured with bottle corks.

Notice how much dirt I squeezed out of the Marimo balls.

Let's drop the string of Marimo balls into the aquarium.

Floating Marimo moss balls are very simple to take care of, as you can see.

And they look nice in any aquarium.

Have fun and happy aquariums :)