So I did a thing. I have created a Walstad shrimp jar.
I followed her instructions here.
I tried to find as many of the plants she used as I could, but I could not find the exact ones. I used Rosette sword, bacopa, and dwarf hairgrass.
I added a piece of driftwood that has been in the fish tank a few months. It will provide biofilm and bacteria. I was going to add a piece of cholla wood, but there really wasn’t room once I added the hairgrass. The plants are more important.
Since I changed my mind on the jar, my light would not fit on the lip. I improvised a solution. Hopefully the Iron Sheik does not mind too much. 😉
Next I am going to plug the light into a Christmas light timer. I have not added any critters yet, but the water I used is water from the shrimp tank.
I had some extra hairgrass that I added to the shrimp tank and to Geppetto’s (betta) tank.
My neighbor has some bladder snails. Perhaps I will add one or two to this jar.
I also hope to add floating plants.