I was truly excited about these little marimo balls from Japan. Based on the information I get, the growth of these green marimo is only 5mm per year. And the greatest thing about the marimo is that it can live up to 200 years!!! How surprisingly long this marimo can live. I got these marimos of a very fair price though. In the aquatic shop I came across, the pricing of each little marimo is RM 20.00. These marimos are obtained online from ebay which 5 of the small balls cost 1 US dollar and plus RM 18.00 for the postage. Thus, altogether the marimos cost RM 20 ++. I got the glass from 'SuperSave' which cost me RM 2.50. And the small rock underneath I collected from the beach.
And for a lazy person like myself, marimo is truly a very very very easy plant to take care of. It requires only a little ceiling light, changing of water every once a week or once every 2 weeks or the most 4 weeks, no carbon dioxide injection is required for healthy growth and of course a lot of love. It says to add some salt to the water if the marimo turns yellowish. I truly hope that would not happen to my little green fury marimos.
The greenish square cube is star moss, also one kind of aquatic plant. And of course easy to rear like the marimo. I was most curious of how the star moss would grow like. Waiting.......
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