Moss Ball Question??

[DoN_WoN]

My friend Smartdog126 has this moss ball, it been in his 10 gallon tank for about 4 months, and for some reason everything in his tank died, and there was mosquito larva in the tank, and the moss ball turned this weird color and when i picked it up it was all saggy and like deflated. we put it under direct light in a jar for 4 days and nothing!!

Is it dead?? we just put it in his biocube with the best light-2 36 watt 10,000k lights today to see if that helps,

heres two pictures, the first pic you can see the really green moss ball and behind it is the saggy one

please help!

[drunkenmastera]

this same thing happen with mine, i don't know wat happen.....
i just threw mine away.

[zpromoter]

looks as if it might have died, I would just get rid of it before it spreads other disease if thats what actually happened.

I thought moss balls were supposed to float???

[petluvr]

Never seen one like that I would suppose it should be taken out of the tank. Try to put it in a glass vase or something in a window seal where it will get strong light and maybe that will perk it up.
zpromoter-These are not the "moss balls" you see at the big-box stores these are not even moss at all they are cladophora algae and will float when pearling but not always.

[jamesstill84]

Mine sink after they absorb water. I've read that they will occasionally float though.

[BettaFishMommy]

i would pull the ball apart to see if the inside is still green and healthy. if so you could attach pieces of the still green parts to wood and the moss may grow to cover the wood instead of being a ball.

[f|sH gUy]

i would pull the ball apart to see if the inside is still green and healthy. if so you could attach pieces of the still green parts to wood and the moss may grow to cover the wood instead of being a ball.

I agree with BettaFishMommy try to take it apart but not in the tank and see if its green inside because maybe just the outside is dead.

[dundadundun]

I agree with BettaFishMommy try to take it apart but not in the tank and see if its green inside because maybe just the outside is dead.
maybe during a water change in a bucket would be best no?

[BettaFishMommy]

yep, put it in a bucket of tank water and roll it between your hands first to see if the outer dead part will just come off, that way you might just be able to preserve it as a ball. if not, rip it apart into as big of healthy green sections as you can and tie it loosely to some wood. it should eventually grow on the wood if conditions are right.

[smartdog126]

yeah thats my moss ball i put it in my 29 gallon biocube (stronger light) and its starting to green up a little bit.

[BettaFishMommy]

i would still make sure that all the brown/dying areas are removed from the ball, so that the healthy portion is not affected.

[DoN_WoN]

i would still make sure that all the brown/dying areas are removed from the ball, so that the healthy portion is not affected.
RIP Mr. Moss Ball, he died, i took him out and let him rest in the intercoastal =(

[mak3mydae]

Moss balls only float because they pearl to get more light suposedly. perhaps the mossball you got wasnt actually a morimo ball and wasnt aquatic and thus died, killing everything else?

[DoN_WoN]

Moss balls only float because they pearl to get more light suposedly. perhaps the mossball you got wasnt actually a morimo ball and wasnt aquatic and thus died, killing everything else?
Good point, but I think it was real, along with that one we bought 2 more and they are nice and green and still growing