This is one of the more unusual birthday gifts I received this year:
A glass jar with rocks, a bit of sea fan and something in a bag. First we put the rocks and fan in the jar and filled with tap water:
Here’s the weird thing in the bag:
It’s a ‘marimo’, a type of algae native to certain lakes around the world that grows into ball shapes. He was to live in our jar!
After a quick washing:
We put him in the jar:
Where he floated! The sheet that came with him said this was due to the water ph and oxygen content, and marimo would change his depth depending on such things.
After about a week though, he has settled on the bottom like he would in a lake:
Marimo needs almost no maintenance, prefers low light (no direct sunlight!) and can apparently live (and grow) for decades. The perfect plant for a cat household!