If they start turning yellow. Then splitting was a bad idea.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Day 11
All of them got a haircut... Look much better now yay
If they start turning yellow. Then splitting was a bad idea.
If they start turning yellow. Then splitting was a bad idea.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Day 10
I trimmed the marimo on the bottom left corner... I cut off most of the yellow bits... See if this helps.. :)
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Marimo Research
So I did some research and came across a marimo research paper.
Marimos are asexual which means they have no gender and they don't reproduce sexually.
Reference: Akiko Soejima, Natsuko Yamazaki, Takako Nishino, Isamu Wakana. (2009). Genetic variation and structure of the endangered freshwater benthic alga Marimo, Aegagropila linnaei (Ulvophyceae) in Japanese lakes. Aquatic Ecology 43, 359-370.
They kind of just split... So those other random marimo websites are true.
So the marimo that i split is likely to survive.
Many people write on the internet that marimo do not need much light because they live in deep lakes. I don't think this is largely true. According to a research article, "Wild" marimo thrive in shallow lakes. which allows sunlight to penetrate through (Christian Boedeker, Anja Eggert, Anne Immers, Erik Smets, 2010).
Reference: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bio.2010.60.3.5
Marimos are asexual which means they have no gender and they don't reproduce sexually.
Reference: Akiko Soejima, Natsuko Yamazaki, Takako Nishino, Isamu Wakana. (2009). Genetic variation and structure of the endangered freshwater benthic alga Marimo, Aegagropila linnaei (Ulvophyceae) in Japanese lakes. Aquatic Ecology 43, 359-370.
They kind of just split... So those other random marimo websites are true.
So the marimo that i split is likely to survive.
Many people write on the internet that marimo do not need much light because they live in deep lakes. I don't think this is largely true. According to a research article, "Wild" marimo thrive in shallow lakes. which allows sunlight to penetrate through (Christian Boedeker, Anja Eggert, Anne Immers, Erik Smets, 2010).
Reference: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bio.2010.60.3.5
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| Wild Marimo in Lake Akan, Japan |
Sitting in the sun
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| Sickly Marimo day 8 |
Hope they get better soon.
I added two cubes of ice to the water.
I put two healthy marimo in. You can really see the colour difference. :s
Sick marimo
Sick marimo note:
I will put my sick marimo in the sun for about an hour tomorrow morning. that's what a website says. direct sunlight. The website says for 2 days but I don't think they can survive Singapore's type of direct sunlight... They might just turn to ash.
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/general-aquarium-plants-discussions/80957-sick-marimo-balls-help.html
I will put my sick marimo in the sun for about an hour tomorrow morning. that's what a website says. direct sunlight. The website says for 2 days but I don't think they can survive Singapore's type of direct sunlight... They might just turn to ash.
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/general-aquarium-plants-discussions/80957-sick-marimo-balls-help.html
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| The yellow marimos (stole this pic from a forum) look really sick compared to my sick ones |
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| These are my sick marimo. I'll take pics of them after their sun tanning tomorrow |
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