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Association of Zoos and Aquariums announces 2025 SAFE Grant recipients totaling $434,429.One of the grant recipients, Star Power, focuses on helping sunflower sea stars, which are facing ...
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Highly invasive and destructive freshwater mussels are threatening to make their way to the Pacific Northwest through decorative aquarium moss balls. Earlier this month, a wholesale aquarium company ...
Non-living zebra mussels were found in moss balls shipped to an aquarium product retailer in Boise. Credit: isaac - stock.adobe.com Author: Bonner County Daily Bee Published: 11:38 AM PDT August ...
Non-living zebra mussels were found in aquarium products shipped to a store in Boise. All products have been voluntarily surrendered to ISDA for proper disposal.
Marimo moss balls are fuzzy, orb-shaped algae native to Japan and northern Europe that can grow to the size of a tennis ball. People typically use them as decorations in aquariums. They were once ...
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture says aquarium owners should inspect Marimo moss aquarium balls after fast-spreading zebra mussels were found in neighboring Washington state. Zebra ...
Java moss has a rapid growth rate, although it usually doesn’t grow larger than the size of an aquarium. It has multiple uses in aquariums, although it is primarily used for aquascaping and ornamental ...
Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) were found on the product Marimo moss balls (Aegagropila linnaei) which was shipped to a wholesale aquarium company in Renton, Wash.
According to WDWF, the last incident involving moss balls infested with zebra mussels occurred 2021. The incident “rapidly became an internationally scoped response and ultimately led to federal ...
13. Propagate your Java Moss: Once it grows well, you can propagate Java Moss by simply dividing the moss into smaller clumps and attaching them to other surfaces in the tank. By following these 13 ...