I'm planning something similar, but bare bottom (moss covered) with other water feeding plants, including Wandering Jew on the outside. It'll receive indirect sunlight as well, negating the need for any artificial lighting. Initially, it was going to be a large faunarium but I'm really liking the look of the glass jar.
Sounds good mate, so the emergent plants roots will be in the jar to filter it? Moss covered bottoms can work well, my other jars almost 200 days old now, putting an update up this month and its moss carpets growing in well.
@@GlassBoxDiaries Yes, it's roots will be submerged in the jar, similar to how porthos is used but on a smaller scale. It'll all be situated in an empty corner of the kitchen counter next to the window so will act as a houseplant decoration as well.
@@stevegee8010 Sounds good mate, should work a treat. I had Pothos in my 40 gallon back at the start of this year but it was too good and my submerged plants started to melt due to a lack of nutrients so I had to remove it 🤣
@GlassBoxDiaries I've got some shrimp in my big tank but your realy twisting my arm to get a jar or small tank rack of shrimp tanks .. as I do love watching shrimp skip about
@@GupPi_3.14 The same thing happened with a lot of my friends, they got one tank or jar and now they have a lot more 🤣. I just love watching my shrimp cracking on in their tanks.
@@AkbarZeb-p6f In the UK its only £13 so around $17. I'm guessing someone in the states imported a bunch of them and has set the price high for some reason. Go with the cheapest one you can find that's a decent size. I think you can get huge pickle jars in the USA really cheap where you just eat the pickles then wash the jar and use that.
@@AkbarZeb-p6f Updated the link tool, people in Europe should be linked to the regular jars I use on their local Amazon, people in USA and Canada should be linked to the Anchor Hocking one now.
I have another one thats around 200 days old now, started it with 5 yellow neocaridina and theres around 30 in there now. This one has more plants so more surface area for beneficial bactera to grow for feeding so I would guess it can support even more than that.
Theres really not much initial nutrients in Fluval Stratum but its CEC lets it take it in from shrimp waste so hoping the colony grows large enough to keep everything running for more than a year.
@GlassBoxDiaries ok tks, i want to build one for a long time but i do not want to redo it in 1 year because plants no longer grow and i do not want to be slave of tablets. thanks for sharing your video!
I'm planning something similar, but bare bottom (moss covered) with other water feeding plants, including Wandering Jew on the outside. It'll receive indirect sunlight as well, negating the need for any artificial lighting. Initially, it was going to be a large faunarium but I'm really liking the look of the glass jar.
Sounds good mate, so the emergent plants roots will be in the jar to filter it? Moss covered bottoms can work well, my other jars almost 200 days old now, putting an update up this month and its moss carpets growing in well.
@@GlassBoxDiaries Yes, it's roots will be submerged in the jar, similar to how porthos is used but on a smaller scale.
It'll all be situated in an empty corner of the kitchen counter next to the window so will act as a houseplant decoration as well.
@@stevegee8010 Sounds good mate, should work a treat. I had Pothos in my 40 gallon back at the start of this year but it was too good and my submerged plants started to melt due to a lack of nutrients so I had to remove it 🤣
Nice
Cheers mate :)
@GlassBoxDiaries I've got some shrimp in my big tank but your realy twisting my arm to get a jar or small tank rack of shrimp tanks .. as I do love watching shrimp skip about
@@GupPi_3.14 The same thing happened with a lot of my friends, they got one tank or jar and now they have a lot more 🤣. I just love watching my shrimp cracking on in their tanks.
@GlassBoxDiaries forgott to say if you ever want to try guppie grass give me a shout lol no cost
@@GupPi_3.14 Cheers mate, I will keep it in mind :)
Great video Shaun, I look forward to seeing the progress of this jar. Is it possible for you to add a specific Amazon link to the jar you used?
Cheers mate, its this one but price and stock change all the time - glassboxdiaries.com/shrimpjar
@@GlassBoxDiaries Thanks
@@GlassBoxDiaries But why is that $123 vs one of the same size from Anchor Hocking only $30?... -.-
@@AkbarZeb-p6f In the UK its only £13 so around $17. I'm guessing someone in the states imported a bunch of them and has set the price high for some reason.
Go with the cheapest one you can find that's a decent size.
I think you can get huge pickle jars in the USA really cheap where you just eat the pickles then wash the jar and use that.
@@AkbarZeb-p6f Updated the link tool, people in Europe should be linked to the regular jars I use on their local Amazon, people in USA and Canada should be linked to the Anchor Hocking one now.
what's the maximum numbers of shrimp that can fit in the jar?
I have another one thats around 200 days old now, started it with 5 yellow neocaridina and theres around 30 in there now. This one has more plants so more surface area for beneficial bactera to grow for feeding so I would guess it can support even more than that.
Great video. Do you think this is better than Walstad?
Cheers mate, they both have their advantages and disadvantages, personally I prefer the Walstad method.
how long are you expecting the soil nutrients last in the jar? 1 year?
Theres really not much initial nutrients in Fluval Stratum but its CEC lets it take it in from shrimp waste so hoping the colony grows large enough to keep everything running for more than a year.
@GlassBoxDiaries ok tks, i want to build one for a long time but i do not want to redo it in 1 year because plants no longer grow and i do not want to be slave of tablets. thanks for sharing your video!
@@alexherrera3918 No worries mate :)