I think I've documented my sealed jar system with aquatic weed and
crustaceans about 3/16" long. I think it survived about 6 years until
I moved to a different house and it didn't get the right amount of light.
bill keiser


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> I've been a member for a while but never posted before, I don't
> feel like typing much at the moment but I do have a quick question.
> What is the longest any of your biospheres have been able to sustain
> macroscopic animal life?
> My oldest is going on 15 months on the 3rd of October. It has at
> least two species of colonial algae(who knows how many microscopic
> species), only one species of vascular plant(have not taken the time
> to identify, and a strong population of daphnia.
> It's only one quart, (probably the cause of it's low biodiversity)
> but hopefully my larger biospheres life as long with greater
biodiversity.
> To sum things up, I wasn't sure whether to think of 15 months as
> extraordinarily old for a population of macroscopic animals or not. I
> would appreciate the feedback.
>