Hi I have a Bio project that I can work on over the course of the year. I have to do a Enclosed Ecosystem in a bottle with terrestrial and aquatic life. The given supplies are fresh water stuff but as a dedicated Reefer I'm going with a reef ecosystem. We will put the bottle under a shade with some sunlight. I'm planning on a somewhat pest theme with Xenia, macro Algae, posssibly a mangrove, and some other softies. Small snails, spaghetti worms, Copepods, and amphipods will be included. We don't have enough room in the large soda bottle for flow. Are there any corals, Anemone, that don't need flow? And any ideas on a show inhabitant such as some shrimp or mithrax crab? Thank you ahead of time
Biology Sealed Ecosystem Project
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the market on sealed reef research is very tight
some top leads are PJReefs, search his partially sealed jar systems out. Its possible to run a fully sealed sw system but the lid has to be cracked for refreshment occasionally for various reasons of tolerance that FW systems don't require.
clearly based off the old 90's sealed egg glass ecospheres some salty water and shrimp can be capped off with a little air at the top. the organisms you list further create a tolerance threshold where what you are wanting hasn't been done by those who have posted about true sealed sw systems. until new inventions are posted, true reef sealed setups must be vented and must be fed protein too. *you absolutely can build a reef system that runs sealed in between occasional ventings, doesn't evaporate. that's done and online including up to tabletop SPS corals. but they were vented at least weekly so far
If you have the rule you can't vent, that's new ground not posted for reference. if you lose one snail or one organism in a sealed system you aren't allowed to access it will crash, really tall order for reef organisms.
some top leads are PJReefs, search his partially sealed jar systems out. Its possible to run a fully sealed sw system but the lid has to be cracked for refreshment occasionally for various reasons of tolerance that FW systems don't require.
clearly based off the old 90's sealed egg glass ecospheres some salty water and shrimp can be capped off with a little air at the top. the organisms you list further create a tolerance threshold where what you are wanting hasn't been done by those who have posted about true sealed sw systems. until new inventions are posted, true reef sealed setups must be vented and must be fed protein too. *you absolutely can build a reef system that runs sealed in between occasional ventings, doesn't evaporate. that's done and online including up to tabletop SPS corals. but they were vented at least weekly so far
If you have the rule you can't vent, that's new ground not posted for reference. if you lose one snail or one organism in a sealed system you aren't allowed to access it will crash, really tall order for reef organisms.
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we should engineer it to work though and shock everyone and get a scholarship over it
lets compile whats avail and work one up. First of all, the Hawaiian opulae shrimp used to be hard to get, they're not now
if you'll do a zone focused around them, even sealed, you can pull it off. it will be strong brackish but not fully marine I wont tell if you wont
the coral part will not work, they require protein input over that year. if you supply some packed in protein, which those sealed ecospheres do not they provide miniscule salad plants and the shrimps slowly starve, then you have to vent the waste gasses from protein denaturation digestion.
that's the catch
can we do a setup around opulae, which are amazing and will breed over that year
and some reefy type rocks?
you can do a true sealed setup if you eliminate motile moving snails and crabs and corals. it will look like a reef and you can sell it as one technically its salty. google up the opulae I think its shrimpfarm that does them not sure. about 25 bucks for a few. strong and hardy as any shrimp on the planet
some plants can go in there. if you'll shine even light from cheap amazon 12 v led's it will work and be cheap steam punk setup. hack a wall wart 12v anything any mah w work fine, 12v dc output. there are so many
my electric drill charger got the hack the other day now it runs a vase lighting system.
lets compile whats avail and work one up. First of all, the Hawaiian opulae shrimp used to be hard to get, they're not now
if you'll do a zone focused around them, even sealed, you can pull it off. it will be strong brackish but not fully marine I wont tell if you wont
the coral part will not work, they require protein input over that year. if you supply some packed in protein, which those sealed ecospheres do not they provide miniscule salad plants and the shrimps slowly starve, then you have to vent the waste gasses from protein denaturation digestion.
that's the catch
can we do a setup around opulae, which are amazing and will breed over that year
and some reefy type rocks?you can do a true sealed setup if you eliminate motile moving snails and crabs and corals. it will look like a reef and you can sell it as one technically its salty. google up the opulae I think its shrimpfarm that does them not sure. about 25 bucks for a few. strong and hardy as any shrimp on the planet
some plants can go in there. if you'll shine even light from cheap amazon 12 v led's it will work and be cheap steam punk setup. hack a wall wart 12v anything any mah w work fine, 12v dc output. there are so many
my electric drill charger got the hack the other day now it runs a vase lighting system.
Was this a pun? Even if it wasn’t, thanks for the laugh!
I give you my word I was mouthing away at the time and did not think of that whatsoever heh heh
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Hmmm I'm thinking of just copepods and amphipods for the bio project but those super shrimp got me wanting a small ecosystem with a bit more expensive stuff for my room. Love those little biome in a jar on your thread!
Those life forms are hardy and a great choice
Freshwater can do the sealing you want too as a fun side project. On google a fellow in UK had a forty year sealed planted wet terrarium.
Freshwater can do the sealing you want too as a fun side project. On google a fellow in UK had a forty year sealed planted wet terrarium.
