Its my first attempt in trying to create a biosphere and i have absolutely *no* idea on how to make one.. i have made a bit of research in the past week and i...
You can probably buy a sea-monkey kit on E-Bay (www.ebay.com).<br><br>Barring that, you might want to try making a biosphere out of your local resources. If...
Thank you very much :) I was thinking of buying a couple of aquarium plants and trying to cultivate them in a glass globe or something like that for the ...
The snails are fine... I got them at a local aquarium store.<br><br>But now - the 3rd (ex) biosphere is dead! I wonder what the trouble was. I was using some ...
Hi. I've joined this group today.<br><br>A brief intro. I have been interested in biospheres since I bought a small commercial one a few years ago. It ...
I tried to buy the Seamonkey kit here, but it isn't sold here either. But in an aquarium shop I could buy a tube with dried Artemia eggs, which is the latin...
Hi,<br><br>This has been a long term interest of mine so I was very glad to find this group.<br><br>A prof from my undergrad college had a closed 10 gallon ...
Book recommendation<br><br>Out of Control by Kevin Kelly<br>This book talks some about closed systems such as the commercial Ecosphere and Biosphere 2. There...
I finally managed to set up a sort of sphere .. i have one *final* problem though.. all the water is so filthy u can hardly see whats going on inside.. it just...
I love this. As a kid I used to take a few frog eggs home (my mom was not thrilled) and host them till they jump away in the garden. Then I got into aquariums....
Hey Zarko<br><br>Welcome to the list! This group is almost 2 years old now, and for the first 1.5 years, it languished in relative obscurity. However, in the...
I think a relatively large air space could work because it acts like a buffer. When there is a sudden increase in light intensity, the plants will produces ...
I agree, Robin.<br>Since you mentioned a buffer, that made me think of another purely hydraulic reason why the air space is beneficial. Liquids cannot be ...
OK, I'm starting the latest.<br><br>It is in one of those large juice containers (128 oz?). I left ~20% of the volume as air, and I have it filled with water...
i've been planning to start my paludarium soon, but it seems the free tank i'll be getting won't be big enough for it. i'm trying to think of a setup that can...
i know it's probably off-topic and all, but zerkodude mentioned something about fish in biospheres being a bad idea unless there was enough of an air gap or...
Well my biosphere.. strange but true is actually still alive.. i didnt use any kits though, and the algae im using is not that green slime at the bottom you're...
I'm curious about your plan to change the salinity of the water after the algae takes hold. I would think a sudden and dramatic change to the salinity would...
5 liters - wow, that's big.<br><br>The snail reproduction is interesting. I would think that if you left the lid on, the snails and the algae would reach some ...
Where did you get these snails, venere? They sound really interesting! And what is their (scientific) name?<br><br>And I agree with Dave that you should try to...
Well, my jar is capped, i let it open for the first 2 weeks and then i closed it, sealing it with the air tight lid :) <br>Yes, snails are hermaphrodite, so i...
Venere,<br>You GOTTA get us some pictures of this sphere! Also, does anyone have similar containers that they use? Or have you guys found anything similar at...
yes- please post photos of your biosphere - sounds very promising. I started my first one 4 wks ago with a bunch of goo from a local stream bed. I put it on...
>> [how the heck does a snail reproduce, anyway... are they hermaphrodites? I forget!]<br><br>Most of the snails I'm familiar with are hermaphrodites ...
Wow, the pace really picked up since the last time I visited!<br>I learned from your experience that even if we put in a single snail, it was probably "hanging...
If I'm not mistaken, someone asked about snail-eating fish - look up Botias; I used to have two Botia Modesta specimens that ate most snails in my aquarium, ...
Check out this link: <a href=http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~sbarclay/online.htm target=new>http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~sbarclay/online.htm</a><br><br>It has...
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