Contaminated Marimo Moss Balls in US

[JRS]

Invasive Zebra Mussels Reported in Marimo Moss Balls - AMAZONAS Magazine

Stopping the spread of the invasive zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, may no longer just be a concern for boaters and fishermen. The culprit? Marimo moss balls...

www.reef2rainforest.com

 

[Jhn]

Zebra mussels are a pita, they are in the Chesapeake Bay and it’s tributaries. Actually spread out into places I’ve never seen them in before a couple years ago due to excessive rain. They grow on everything that is stationary in the water, drop a rope in the water for a week covered in zebra mussels, boat props, choking out native barnacles, that normally grow. That rain lowered the salinity enough in the bay for them to survive, fortunately it only lasted that summer then they died off and didn’t come back at least not until we get excessive spring rains.

 

[JamieB]

I read that not long ago. I don’t do moss balls, but if I did, I’d burn it!