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Quick Facts
Difficulty:
Moderate

Light Needs:
Medium
Type: Unknown
Brackish: Yes

Placement
Foreground


Algae balls
Cladophora aegagrophila

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Family: Cladophoraceae
Also known as:
  [ Common ] Marimo balls
  [ Scientific ]
Region: Europe, Eastern Asia

Care
Undemanding plant that will do better in higher light, though will survive with lower light. When pearling plants will float. Once the plant gets bigger it will become hollow inside. Has a tendancy to collect debris. Squeeze and rinse in used tank water as you would a filter sponge to clean. Propagation by splitting or spores.


Additional Resources:

Images:

Larger Image		 Pearling Marimo ball
Credit: Pyrowolf

An interesting close-up shot that shows even these little guys can get happy and pearl up a storm!


Larger Image		 Algae ball
Credit: Dino


Larger Image		 Algae balls
Credit: Curt Dunaway

An army of Algae balls


Articles:

Cladophora balls- The Krib
A candid rundown of some information on cladophora from Tom Barr and Karen Randall about Cladophora in early 2001.

Link: http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Algae/cladophora.html


Links:

Tropica Watercolor - by Tropica
A link to one of the classic Tropica watercolors of Cladophora aegagropila.
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