Low Tech Tank No-Tech 1 gallon office bowl

[HardeeParty]

You savage


Awesome setups

Don’t sweat it. I left him in the gallon jug of waste water and plopped him in the display tank at home. Living his best life.

 

[SkaleyAquatics]

The peat moss and soil substrate was loaded with critters so I’m still, weeks later, seeing new bugs emerge and get eaten. I imagine at some point they’ll run out and I’ll supplement the substrate some fresh soil and start anew.

start growing wingless fruit flies

 

[HardeeParty]

Thought I’d update this too. It’s about as low maintenance as it gets. I removed the co2 generator and stronger lights (needed them for other projects).

Bowl was doing okay until the plants went into shock from the rapid co2 loss so I performed a major trim and went back to basic plants.

I noticed they started to decline a week or two ago and they didn’t respond to fertilizer at all. After almost no diagnostic effort, I accidentally topped it off with dechlorinated tap water and the withering virtually stopped immediately. Until this point I have been using distilled water and adding a little calcium chloride, but it appears a little tap water introduces the Ca/Mg/trace elements it was lacking so I’ll continue that. I perform water changes maybe once a month, if that. My coworker stops by and feeds the shrimp every few days.





The cloche enclosure next to it is a Dendrophylax lindenii (Ghost orchid) with some native moss.



I got bit by the carnivorous plant bug and setup a few mini enclosures of random stuff. All planted in a peat moss/perlite mix with northern red sphagnum moss sent to me by an AGA friend up in Massachusetts.







Some aquarium plant trimmings I’m converting emersed. Limnophila hippuridoides and Bacopa innominata.



Some viola plants I’m growing out for my daughter, who is learning about plants in preschool.



The crazy corner in a traffic engineering office.

 

[Art]

That's my idea of an office. Love it. Especially your kids' painting.

 

[HardeeParty]

Someone protect me from myself

 

[Rob23]

Love these low tech setups. Looking forward to your next update.

 

[HardeeParty]

Figured I would post an updated on the last picture of wreckless lack of self control. Originally started this PEM1C wetland biotope of your typical Florida palustrine, non-tidal depression swamp in July. Everything is locally sourced.











The 1 gallon bowl is still there growing subwassertag for no obvious reason.

Prepping this nano tank for an emergent moss paludarium next.

 

[DutchMuch]

Absolutely beautiful!! How fun!!

 

[HardeeParty]

Update on the bowl. It’s amazing how crystal clear this is given it hasn’t been touched in over 6 months other than top off’s with distilled water.