you'd have to ask them to be sure. but i don't see why not.

looking into culturing live foods for my fish tank (which spawned out of
biospheres, ironically) has made me wanna start up new spheres, so i may
give it another go.

On 1/21/07, darren_bergen <Dbergen@...> wrote:
>
> Would the rubber gasket be safe for the marine life?
>
> --- In
homemadebiospheres@yahoogroups.com<homemadebiospheres%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Logic316 <logic316@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jon,
> > One important feature I'd recommend for any bio-container (which
> you see
> > done in all the commercially-made ecospheres) is to leave plenty of
> air
> > above the waterline. This acts as a buffer zone for gas exchange
> and
> > helps prevent excess pressure from building up in there. Leaving at
> > least 1/5 of the container empty to provide such air space should
> be a
> > reasonable amount. The containers I like to use for this hobby are
> > plastic soda bottles. Cheap, but they do the job. If you want a
> > container that looks nicer, you could try buying a do-it-yourself
> glass
> > snowglobe kit from a store like
> > http://www.inhermajestysservice.com/snowglobcrea.html
> >
> > - Logic316
> >
> > > Posted by: "jsodos" jsodos@... jsodos
> > > Date: Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:33 pm ((PST))
> > >
> > > Hey, I just joined and want to try to start one. Clearly the
> only way
> > > I'll learn is to do some experimenting. I think I'm going to
> start
> > > from that pdf from the site with the virtual ecosystem. Any
> > > suggestions would be greatly appreciated. For example, a starter
> > > "recipe" would be great.
> > >
> > > peace
> > > jon
>


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