Marimo ball causing cladophora algae outbreaks

I have 5 moss balls in my 75. There are 2 spots where I have what I believe to be clado growing in on some driftwood. These 2 spots have not spread much at all and are not a problem in there... yet. I have dosed excel for staghorn algae in the same area as this stuff (poured it right on) the staghorn is gone but the clado stayed the same. If I didn't actually like the way it looks or if it started growing out of control I'd dose it directly to see what happens. I cleaned out the tank last night and noticed some pieces of moss ball just hanging out at the bottom of the tank but it was easily removed since it wasn't attached to anything. I wonder if it's the same stuff. Seems like it. I've had these same balls in other tanks for a time but have nothing for clado in either of those.

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<Never had a Marimo ball, never will, unless I manage to "train" the clado that is perpetually trying to evict my mosses from my drift wood. It also gets into my Myrio, Bacopas - anywhere that it will be a PITA to pick out - there it is.

PS - anyone want to trade a 2L bottle of Excel for some clado infested moss?
 
Fordtrannyman said:
I've never seen a floating Marimo Ball.>>?????<<
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I think that it just needs to be squeezed. See they are hollow and I bet that he squeezed the water out of it before putting it into that glass.

O and petco sells java moss collected to a styrofoam ball as moss balls, and of course they float, but not true marimo moss balls either.

I find this thread as an awwww. I have like 3-4 in each tank and I have never had this problem. Just lucky I guess or something is eatin it.
 
I got curious about this and have come to find that there are several kinds of clado. It could be that you have 2 kinds in there.

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Doubtful that the marimo ball can cause a clado outbreak. Even though they be from the same genus doesn't mean they will attract or grow into a similar species.

The surface area of the marimo balls are ideal for algae however, since they're very sponge-like and can trap nutrients for algae.
 
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