I'm in the planning stages of starting a dirted 3G jar from work.
I'm thinking of putting in Rotala and Hornwort for starting plants, with Filter mulm for nutrients.
Basic layout, Few stems of each plant, Hornwort floating, Rotala Planted
into about 1 1/2-2 1/2 inches of Plain old soil, As in I would literally be using a shovel to grab stuff outside, and capping it with a thin layer of some extra pool filter sand I've got, maybe 3/4's of an inch to a full inch sand cap.
I've been toying with the idea of using Ghost shrimp in it, since it would be my First attempt at both the Walstad method, and a dirted, plant oriented tank.
Oh and lighting will be window sill, with maybe 3-4 hours a day of low par CFL 13W.
I will defintly be posting pictures. I plan on doing a rack using table bussing totes. Each tote would have a species of shrimp or fish and deli cups with plants to grow out in. But 1 species of plant and animal per tote.
Then in a year we plan on buying a house I will be able to add more racks.
I want to focus on things like Celestial Pear Danios, Gertrude Rainbowfish, RCS, Neocardian color var., and Rareish plants.
Ok, So I've come to the decision that Financially it's not prudent to start a new setup, let alone 3.
So I think that in the not too distant future I'll probably start buying individual components for the setup.
Till then, I'm thinking that I'll try and visualize happy, healthy plants, and shrimp for these jars.
Early Mental image, 2-3 Rotala Rotundifolia stems, 1 or 2 Cryptocoryne Parva and some loose stems of Hornwort. Thinking rotala in the middle, crypts around it and hornwort on top.
Maybe some air stones for agitation and slight water movement.
ive thought about doing a betta tank with something unusual, like one of the the giant sams club bear shaped animal cracker jugs =P so something like this will be interesting to see. cant wait to see it progress!
Setup 2 jars last night, with the 1 I've constantly had running and another planned for tomorrow. All of them have different substrates, levels, plants.
And that's not even counting the 2 with just duckweed haha.
I'll try and get some pics up tomorrow, I have to start getting better about Photologging my attempts.
Me too, sadly I've only got my crappy phone to do so with, I'm thinking tomorrow, when the light hits them right I'll take a ton of Pics, and hope that a handful come out nice.
I'm currently at 6 jars, and one of those I made yesterday for a friend.
These are handy for windowsill plant growouts, as long as fauna less, but ok for certain Shrimp if under more temp and light regulations.
Just giving this a Bump, Since it took so long to get photos I think people lost interest.
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