And what I briefly saw the other day that I thought was a turtle was actually a crab! It liked the cracker I gave it and I removed the lighter from the water. Poor crab. 🦀
by lizatethecigarettes
And what I briefly saw the other day that I thought was a turtle was actually a crab! It liked the cracker I gave it and I removed the lighter from the water. Poor crab. 🦀
by lizatethecigarettes
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I used fresh water this time, not ocean water
Cant tell but make sure your plants are found growing on their own fully underwater, not just near the waters edge. And add a little bit of mud 🙂 and you can wait a couple days to cap it to help it get started
Finding a crab is amazing! I’ve never seen a wild one before.
As for the ecosphere it’s hard to see while it’s stirred up but I usually aim for the bottom 1/4 – 1/3 of the jar to be soil from the pond, then I take bits of water grass that I can easily remove while keeping the root intact and plant that in the jar, I also like adding a pretty rock if I can find one. Then I fill the jar almost to the top with the pond water, leaving 1-2 inches of air.
The soil is where most of the creepy crawlies are going to be like worms and snails (even if they’re still only eggs), who then eat the algae and tiny organisms in the water, and the plants will filter the water and produce oxygen for the worms and snails
Ditto on the extra soil/mud.