I've made about 6 attempts and one of them had decent activity before dying after about a week.
I get a layer of dirt/muck, then put a bunch of plants from the water's edge and one or two sticks or pieces of bark, and fill about 80% to the brim with water. Am I missing anything obvious to you? I just want to enjoy watching some little critters.
This is my most recent attempt and I used a buttload of moss and it's probably the ugliest, deadest one yet. I just want to figure out how to do this right. I'm in the PNW just south of Seattle.
by WolfMany2752
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From the help i received for mine :
– dont put that much plants in the jarr, the correct way is to put very little plants and let them grow by themselves.
– wood in water will decompose emitting a lot of CO2, that will build up in a sealed jarr and change the gas balance in the jarr.
– dont seal the jarr for a few weeks, the jarr needs to cycle before being sealed