I'm planning to make a biosphere. Here are the details.
Biosphere:
Justification:
My plan is to see if I can successfully make a world of my own. I will then observe the inhabitants and keep a journal with daily, weekly, or monthly entries.
Budget and activities:
This biosphere requires some additional supplies; one is an amano alga eating shrimp. This shrimp is native to Korea and Japan and its diet consists of common green algae. This makes it highly suitable for biospheres. A similar shrimp called a ghost shrimp is claimed to eat algae, but this is a popular urban legend. An amano shrimp is can be found at a smaller fish store which will order it for you. These shrimp are commonly one dollar each.
Another essential ingredient is pond scum. This contains plankton such as amphipods, copepods, daphnia, and Ostracods. Another benefit of the pond scum is added scavengers such as snails and planarians. Finally predators such as hydra are introduced.
Some plants that should be added are elodea and duckweed. If the elodea in the aquarium is sufficient, then no purchase is required.
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