Ecosphere fully enclosed aquarium
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Closest youll get is macro algea + red mangroves. With a VERY small bio load with a shrimp or two I think youll be fine with maybe a wc every 2 weeks? Good experiment to try!
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Technically it is not because there is energy input in the form of light...but I tend to agree with the not so impressed crowd...no thanks...
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My ecology professor said she tried a freshwater one, lasted 30 days.
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I received the small round one as a gift in February 2008. I keep it on my desk at work. It started with 5 shrimp. One died in the first month or so; the rest are still alive today. Maintenance is basically nothing - there is a magnet on the inside and you put another magnet on the outside to "scrub" the algae off if the glass. I do it once every 6 weeks or so.
I think the most important factors are steady heat and steady light. I think this is why it works so well at the office, since there is not much fluctuation and the patterns are very regular.
It's cool and a good conversation piece, but they are expensive little contraptions. If your shrimp die, it's very expensive to have the unit "restocked."
To mr bigglesworth: I mean this in the nicest way. You seem like a tinkerer and I think you would be tempted to tinker with this. Just a fair warning that these things are fragile little ecosystems and if the balance is thrown off, all of the shrimp will probably die. I worry sometimes when I'm cleaning it that I'm raising the temperature too much by handling it...
In all, I think it's a cool thing, and I'm glad I have one.
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I think the most important factors are steady heat and steady light. I think this is why it works so well at the office, since there is not much fluctuation and the patterns are very regular.
It's cool and a good conversation piece, but they are expensive little contraptions. If your shrimp die, it's very expensive to have the unit "restocked."
To mr bigglesworth: I mean this in the nicest way. You seem like a tinkerer and I think you would be tempted to tinker with this. Just a fair warning that these things are fragile little ecosystems and if the balance is thrown off, all of the shrimp will probably die. I worry sometimes when I'm cleaning it that I'm raising the temperature too much by handling it...
In all, I think it's a cool thing, and I'm glad I have one.
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I was gifted one. Introduced me to fishkeeping. They were active seemed healthy. Sparsely decorated. Mine lived for over a year n died in a heat wave.
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Tupac is alive! Ah
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