I am making ecospheres with my class in a few days. I've done them successfully before in Dasani water bottles, but they are not pretty. This time I am using...
check the archives, everyone asks for em. the bright red ones i'm assuming? there's links posted, and the archives aren't many so it'd be quick. hope that...
I'd recommend daphnia magna, some waterplants, and a snail or two... Note, this is a freshwater sphere, not saltwater as you've done before. The red shrimp in...
That Virtual Ecosphere is a cool simulation, but the initial results didn't exactly do wonders for my self-esteem, LOL: "Try Again! You have killed more than...
... anyone know where I can get the microscopic shrimp that are in ... Microscopic? I hope you're not an English teacher! Check EBay. Search for life*...
From: Logic316 <logic316@...> ... And I had a bad experience with seahorse.com... search the archives if you want details. -- May no harm befall you, ...
Well, Hawaiian red shrimp are exotic animals, and have been known to live for up to 20 years in a properly maintained aquarium. They are exceptionally hardy,...
I believe that's actually the potential lifespan of an individual Hawaiian red shrimp (also known as "Volcanic red shrimp"). Here's where I got my information:...
Actually, at aquatic-store.com you get a batch of 15 shrimp for $25. That comes out to $1.67 each, not too bad. Something seems to be wrong with their shopping...
Say, while we're on this topic, does anybody in this group know exactly what species of algae is used in those commercially-available biospheres? I tried...
It has been several months since Luthien and I have sent out an AEON update. We've missed the communication but have been laying low and focusing on our lives...
Several years ago, I set up a salt water vernal pool. It is a 5 gallon pickle jar and has some gravel, lava rock, salt water (obviously ;), and brine shrimp. ...
I'm new to this, and havent made one myself, but I'd love to and I'm into growing things in water already! I've always been interested in biosphers since I...
I saw these at wal-mart when i was searching for shit to build these on. They at first glance appeared to be sea monkies, but arent. They are like large brine...
... trilobytes. They do - and they are voracious! I had 5 swimming around in a jar once, and they were playing their own little game of Survivor. The next day...
Hi, Just joined because I started a biosphere project in Biology and wanted to see what ideas others had. Our group's has lots of elodea, two zebra fish, some...
Greetings all, I'm excited to discover this group's existence. I'm a writer doing a magazine piece about a closed ecological systems ("microcosms"), and ...
I'd say the only ingredients you can buy from an aquarium shop that are suitable for making a freshwater microcosm are gravel and (maybe) aquatic plants. The...
what are you talking about? you can do plenty with aquarium supplies, including guppies. i have some pictures of the ones i had and plenty of posts regarding...
... 1) What's the longest time you've had a guppy survive inside a completely sealed bottle? 2) How big was the bottle? ... Store-bought ecospheres, for...
Thanks so much for the responses. They will help me write my piece. Steve and Logic316, the advice I've gotten ( from one academic and one producer of...
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