In February 2021, a pet shop in Washington state sounded the alarm on a small mollusk found on a marimo moss ball-the popular, velvety green balls of algae that are often sold in plant shops, pet shops, and aquarium shops around the world. It turns out this seemingly insignificant bivalve was the invasive zebra mussel, which has already transformed much of the waterways in the United States.
Rick Boatner of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Service got the memo and began inspecting marimo moss balls in his state and found that they were also infected. It turns out a distributor in the Ukraine had sold infected moss balls and the zebra mussels have now been found in 46 states.
If you've purchased marimo moss balls after February 1, 2021, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending to destroy and properly dispose of your marimo moss balls to ensure they do not contaminate waterways.
For more information on this, please visit the US FWS site at: www.fws.gov/fi...
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