Since I heard that mossballs, being rather compact and hard to penetrate, I figured I give it a shot. Although the delivery from the ebay seller took a little while( 4 weeks from Germany, of all places!), he did add 2 additional plants to the original 2, so I have 4 of those now....


And no, the dojo wasn't included!

They look great! Are they goldfish proof?

So far, so good, yes! No nibble marks, no reducing in size, nothing. They look as pretty as on the first day, and I have them for a week now.....

i always wanted one, maby for my tropical tank
they look wonderful, at first i though you were talkiung about the dojo

Alexander, when they grow bigger, I divide a few and form them in new balls, and I can send you some.....

Oh really!? that would be great!

Very cool!

Ranchugirl-

I have 4 Marimo Moss Balls in my pond. I have had them for several months now and they are doing great! I have very little algae in my pond. They are fun to watch roll around and the fish love them. I have one big male lionhead that pushes then around like a toy!

Jeanne

Yeah, thats what I noticed as well the fish doing - playing soccer with them! Its amazing how big they are getting, and uniformly shaped if they get the chance to roll around. And whats even more surprising, they really are not being eaten!

A friend of mine has a few mossballs in her guppy tank and she says her fry adore them.

Oh I love those. Is the only place to get them is online?

I would love to have those. They are just so cute. Are they expensive?
I think the fish would love to play with those.

hmmm......I just happened to win an auction on e-bay a few days ago for three of them This guy is in Germany!!! Does that mean I'll be waiting 4 weeks too? Anyway Laurie,that's where I ordered them.There was a couple different auctions going on.Mine ended for 5.00 and I thinkthree something for shipping? I thought pretty reasonable considering how much plants are at lfs & the fact that noone ever had these.You may be able to even get them cheaper.I just chose an auction that was ending soon and paid that price.

Ok, now what auction, where is it at? Maybe I'll do that. I don't think I have seen any of these things at the lfs.
And now I want a couple.

Thanks Andrea, I would have to fall in love with something far away.

Ok I did a search on ebay and only 1 seller, and he wants $15 dollars for them, they're are 3 and he throws in some type of water lilly. Isn't this to much. The article says they are between 1-2 inches.

How big are your mossballs?

I am so wanting these things, I can't see straight!!

Sorry just have to say Ranchu:

you have balls now

Ususally he puts auctions under different titles-Could be under Home & Gardens/Fish/Live plants,etc Here is link to my sale,and if you look on the right when the screen comes up you'll see view seller's other items,and that will show you all his auctionsE-bay Moss Balls

<_< I couldn't pull it up with that link!!! Keeps saying server is busy or broken! My item # was4313336403 if you put that in search,it should pull my sale up.

And of course koko to the rescue.......Fixed it Devs.


The link works guys.

You are "THE BOMB"!!!!! I'm old,is that still okay to say?

Thanks, Sharon and Koko. And of course Andrea, whom without you would not know what plants I want for my tank.

Just back from Petsmart and of course no mossballs, so looks like we'll be bidding on some tonight.
I couldn't bring myself to bring a plant home, they had some nice anarchis (spell?) at least that's what I think it was. They had all kinds of snails in with all the plants, and I don't want snails (no offense to anyone), just not what I want. There was big snails and then very tiny baby ones, some so small you can't really see them.
So I just couldn't chance bringing something home to later have snail babies arise in my tank.

I know I know you can sterilize the plants, but baby steps guys, I'm just starting out on adding the plants.

Please be patient with me.
Sharon, you'll remember all that went into getting the betta. So you'll understand.

Hey guys I'm bidding on moss balls on ebay. I'm so excited. I lost the first ones I bid on. I so hope I get them this time. 9 hours to go!!!! Yahooo.

Thanks Andrea, now I have another addiction: ebay.

I have never even been on there until today.

Really? Oh boy, I spend way too much time there (and sometimes money). The mossballs and other plants pop up when typing in "goldfish" or "koi" in the search engine, forgot which ones, and the seller I got them from was W-P-V. The balls have around 2 inches in diameter.
Koko, you just couldn't help yourself, could you now!....

Nope sorry hun, It was wide open for me.........


Ranchu has Balls now boys

Excuse me, lady, aren't you supposed to be IN BED instead of having fun with my balls?..... :duck

But hun I just couldnt resist the're so green and furry

what the?.............

green? fuzzy? um, im not even going there.

ill bet my comet would lay one of those things to waste within a day or two.

maybe ill try to get some. they really do look pretty cool!