{"id":40520,"date":"2021-03-09T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/?p=40520"},"modified":"2024-10-28T07:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:05:56","slug":"consumer-alert-aquarium-moss-balls-may-contain-invasive-zebra-mussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/consumer-alert-aquarium-moss-balls-may-contain-invasive-zebra-mussels\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Alert: Aquarium Moss Balls May Contain Invasive Zebra Mussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Submitted by:<\/strong> Tim Doxey, Treasurer, Chair of Awards, SOS\/Clean Water Liaison, Media Outreach, Awards, and Budget committees; <\/em><em><strong>Source Credit:<\/strong> ncwildlife.org<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has created an informational webpage dedicated to what to do if you have purchased aquatic moss balls in the past month. \u00a0DESTROY! DON&#8217;T DUMP! \u00a0Zebra mussels have been CONFIRMED in moss balls sold at retailers in North Carolina, including PetSmart and Petco. Check out the Zebra Mussel Alert &amp; FAQs.<\/p>\n<p>If you have purchased moss balls in the past month, please follow the instructions below about how to properly destroy them and clean your aquariums. Known packaging reads &#8216;Marimo Moss Ball Plant Grab &amp; Go&#8217; and &#8216;Mini Marimo Moss Balls&#8217;,\u00a0but there are likely more brands that contain the mussels. An overabundance of caution is suggested if you&#8217;ve purchases ANY moss balls recently.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Submitted by:<\/strong> Tim Doxey, Treasurer, Chair of Awards, SOS\/Clean Water Liaison, Media Outreach, Awards, and Budget committees; <\/em><em><strong>Source Credit:<\/strong> ncwildlife.org<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has created an informational webpage dedicated to what to do if you have purchased aquatic moss balls in the past month. \u00a0DESTROY! DON&#8217;T DUMP!  \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/consumer-alert-aquarium-moss-balls-may-contain-invasive-zebra-mussels\/\"> Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-wildlife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Consumer Alert: Aquarium Moss Balls May Contain Invasive Zebra Mussels - S-N IWLA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/consumer-alert-aquarium-moss-balls-may-contain-invasive-zebra-mussels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Consumer Alert: Aquarium Moss Balls May Contain Invasive Zebra Mussels - S-N IWLA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Submitted by: Tim Doxey, Treasurer, Chair of Awards, SOS\/Clean Water Liaison, Media Outreach, Awards, and Budget committees; Source Credit: ncwildlife.org The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has created an informational webpage dedicated to what to do if you have purchased aquatic moss balls in the past month. \u00a0DESTROY! 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