Do you have moss balls in your aquarium? Please inspect the plants for invasive zebra mussels! Last month, several states reported the presence of both live and dead zebra mussels at pet store retailers nationwide. | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife

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How do mussels attach themselves onto rocks? 🤔 Byssal threads are strong, stretchy, and silky fibres that mussels and other bivalves use to attach themselves onto surfaces, such as rocks in the intertidal zone! 🌊 As waves crash against the shore, these threads allow flexibility yet stay strongly attached to the rocks. Mussels can grow up to about 100 of these threads from a gland in their foot! California mussels are Marine bivalves with thick shells growing up to about 5in long. They are ofte