In the mid-1980s, zebra mussels spread quickly throughout the Great Lakes and were in midwestern lakes within a few years. zebra mussels can anchor to hard surfaces and do not live as deep in lakes as quagga mussels. Quagga mussels also spread fast throughout the Great Lakes and, in fact, can outcompeted zebra mussels. Most of the invasive mussels currently in Lake Michigan are quagga mussels. Like the zebra mussels, the quagga mussels also prefer temperatures that are more like lakes Michigan, Huron and Erie than Superior.