Set: medium eyelash ball + small jar

A kelp (Latin: Cladophora aegagropila) is an aquatic plant that is composed of thousands of individual algal filaments that stick together. It grows to a round shape, but is often rather conical or otherwise imperfect.

In the wild, they multiply rapidly. Each algae ball can drop about 10 small clumps of algae during the year, from which new algae slowly but surely grow. They live to such an advanced age that there are ciliates on the planet that are over 100 years old.

All ciliates grow very slowly, approximately 0.5 cm on average per year. However, the larger the ciliated sphere, the slower the growth rate. Very old cilia can reach large sizes.

Care for eyelashes

Algae are one of the the least demanding plants on the planet. It is known that algae can live in extreme conditions, and this can also be said of algae balls. If you don't let the water in their house dry out, growing them is a breeze. Usually, nothing will happen to them even if you forget to change the water regularly.

If simple rules are followed, they can handle even several weeks of transport. We place the water-soaked seaweed in zip-lock bags that seal perfectly and do not let any moisture out. This way we can guarantee 100% assurance of safe delivery plant.

They can live happily in the water at a temperature of 1 - 25 °C, but even temperatures well above 25 °C survive complete freezing without consequences. However, the higher the temperature of the water, the faster microorganisms multiply in it, causing the water to spoil sooner and need to be replaced with fresh water.

So the algae only need to live regularly changed water (once every 1-2 weeks) and low light. This makes them ideal plants to grow in any home or office.

If you want to treat them to a little luxury, you can use the ciliates at every water change gently squeeze (massage) in a basin of water. Not only will you flush the dirt out of the cilia, but you will also give them some of the love they need to live.