MAKE it at Home: Table-Top Biosphere - KQED QUEST

[iluvj00]

you need some light on that set

[yorj32]

can substitute aquarium water than pond water?

[king4wheel]

can you use a cleaner shrimp? instead of the pond scum

[Pieishman]

no pond scum has millions of little creatures and plants like snails shrimp cepholopods and orthropods. There are lots of small plants in it to so just useing shrimp would suck

[dinoanimal15]

and wat was the other animal beside snails and fresh water shimp?

[Pieishman]

pond snails shrimp, cepholopods, orthropods, various fresh water crustatians, small plants algae duck weed ect.

[dinoanimal15]

and wat kind of plant as well

[TheReefTank]

i believe any aquarium plant would do but the guy was using hornwort.. you can find those easily at your local petstore such as petsmart. hornwort is probably easier to keep than the other plants the store have to sell

[dinoanimal15]

thx but in the makemagazine wats that plant?

[Everythingaquarium]

@dinoanimal15 hornwort

[dinoanimal15]

u can u give me more info on how to like wat kind of branch and stuff i mean do i need chimcals to help it

[KuroJenny]

Depents on your water. Often regular tap water has chlor and sometimes fluorid in it, (to keep it clean, its very very little, way less than in a swimming pool) Some put declorizer in it (to get the PH etc stable) but if you live on the country side and people are warning the city dudes not to drink the water than you can just put in the jar. I have water from a old well in mine. Mine is also 4 times bigger than that guys. So, it depents. You could ofcourse try it with tap and see what happends