Day 11

All of them got a haircut... Look much better now yay
If they start turning yellow. Then splitting was a bad idea.

Marimo :) day 12

I transferred the sickly ones to the bigger tank

Day 10

I trimmed the marimo on the bottom left corner... I cut off most of the yellow bits... See if this helps.. :)

Day 9

My marimo "lab"

Right next to my hello kitty collection. Haha! :) I'm a sucker for cute things

F&N soda water

I'm trying out soda water to revive my half dead marimo.
Hope it helps a bit

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

Wild Marimo in Lake Akan, Japan

Sitting in the sun

Sickly Marimo day 8

So I brought my sickly marimo down to sit in the sun this morning.
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

Instagram marimo

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

The yellow marimos (stole this pic from a forum) look really sick compared to my sick ones

These are my sick marimo. I'll take pics of them after their sun tanning tomorrow

Marimo in my hand

I clean the marimo either by placing it under a running tap or lightly squishing it in a trough of water. Singapore tap water is safe for marimo.

This marimo looks dark green and healthy :)

yellow marimo Day 7

These are the small ones that i split from a big marimo...
The colour difference is really obvious. 
I'm just hoping they're not dead and still can be revived. 

I've put in a pinch of salt, put in a couple of ice cubes... just have to wait i guess. 

The 2 little marimo

These are the two marimo i bought from a store in orchard central. i changed the container they provided cause it was small. It cost me SGD $12.90 for 2 small ones with a small container. 

Splitting marimo

I recently bought 2 small marimo from a gift shop at orchard central... 
They are so so cute but so expensive. so i was thinking... is there a way i can "breed" them so I can give them as gifts for christmas and what not... 


apparently you can.... 
i found this video on youtube that shows you how you can do it... 
My two little marimo were too small... I went to the 24 hour aquarium shop to try my luck... 
POLYART AQUARIUM
Blk 328, Clementi Avenue 2, #01-194, Singapore 120328
Tel: 67754773
(Opens 24 hours daily)
THEY SELL MARIMO!!!
3 for $10
I bought 3 big ones. 
I created this blog to post daily pictures of them..
I think they're dying cause they're turning brown... Added a pinch of salt to the water yesterday cause that's what wikipedia says to do.
Hope they survive. :s


Click how to split the marimo 



HUGE ONES!!!


split one of them into 4 smaller marimo...