#jar ecosystem

[crowscadence]

If you think about it tumblr is like one of those sealed ecosystems in a jar. We’re one of these

[hyperfixation-floodgate]

SNAIL HOUSES!

Discovered that my original snail house was getting gross because the little "contained" ecosystem really needs to be sealed to work. And glass jars were on sale at hobby lobby.

I'm very proud of them, I just hope the snails will provide enough nutrients for the plants without me putting legit planting soil in there, just natural river sand and gravel. I love the Amazon micro sword in there, and apparently so do the snails!

One jar just has a few ramshorns, and the other literally only has a baby ramshorn and whatever happened to be in the bits of gravel I scooped from the old tank. So, probably enough to start a small army, I just can't see them all yet.

Probably going to do one for my bladder snail army in the future.... Maybe eventually a banishment coliseum with a single assassin snail for the overflow > >;;; But we'll also have kuhli loaches to feed.

[sleepy-sluggo]

Mushroom in a jar, what will he do?

[recycledcactus]

“when are you gonna make a podcast”

“uh... april 4th goodbye” [leaves]

please tell me more about your jar ecosystem mr soot. i miss you, mr soot

[sleepy-sluggo]

I put dirt and dying moss in a jar a few months ago and now there’s a hairy bittercress growing in it

[starpupii]

I made a jar ecosystem :3

[hyperfixation-floodgate]

The tiny jararrium has been upgraded! The residents are now in a setup that actually has soil in the bottom more like the Walstad method, and I can't wait for the guppy grass and hornwort to fill out.

A circle of salvinia minima around a feeding ring let it have both floating plants and light from above through the clear lid. The move covered everything in brown algae debris, but the inhabitants cleaned it up pretty quick! And there are BABIES

I've counted at least 7 different species in there just that I can see without a microscope, which is amazing to me. They all came from a sample of nearby gunky lake water.

[video id: Inside a planted jar aquarium, a tiny shrimp creature crawls on a plant and then swims off in a jittery, flailing way.]

[dexterdaybreaker]

Help bestie I have become obsessed with jar ecosystems