I started the 3.5 gallon bowl not quite a year ago. It is full of pretty plants and ramshorn snails. When I first set it up and I didn’t know what I was doing, I got 3 cherry shrimp. It was not cycled and the shrimp died in a week. Ramshorns, however, are indestructible and also fun desk pets. Behind the bowl is my Disappointing Lava terrarium. They got that name because the original 10 I got were brown. The looked wild caught.
The Hex Tank is now cycling. It has two wee Ramshorns that hitchhiked on one of the plants. I do not mind and have 6 more of them coming. Beside the Hex is a smaller terrarium into which I put 4 Not-So-Disappointing Lavas getting its daily misting. In another 3 weeks I’m getting maybe 5 Cherries and, fingers crossed, they won’t die.
No tech in the bowl and very low tech in the hex. Only a small sponge. That one is dirted and hoping my limited Walstad system will work.
P.S, The Disappointing Lavas also get a daily misting. I wouldn’t do them dirty like that. Which is a good thing because many of the babies are striking in color!
Now show me yours and tell me all about it.
