Pickle jar aquarium

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Its been over a month since I've touched this! Definitely in need of a big trim and water change 20201003_193210.jpg20201003_193217.jpg
 

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Well I did it! It has been over 40 days since I couched it and it was looking like thisDSC07269.JPG
Snails doing good and shrimp too but I hardly ever saw the shrimp because there was so much moss so I got started cutting the moss and hygro but then the elastic band around the rock holding the java moss broke so I just took as much moss out as I could, moss is too messy and takes over, it was blocking a load of light. Anyway, took it out, replaced with some young p.helferi cuttings which will look awesome once grown in. Also added a little anubias petite and 2 small cuttings of h.japan.
Ill update again once it grows in a little bit
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Been having some issues with it since that big trim. Cloudy water and plants not growing much. At first I thought maybe the nutrients had run out but that didn't make sense because the shrimp and snails are still pooing so after having to do water changes and bow even adding an airstone in and still getting cloudy water I think it is due to temperature. We are close to winter now so I think the plants may have gone dormant. Should I add a little nano heater in there over winter?
 
After weeks of preperation i finally set up my walstad method pickle jar aquarium. ATM it's still a bit cloudy and the plants aren't very dense yet but i think it will hrow in nicely and get quite dense, especially the moss. Once fully established i might add a few shrimplets. It has about 1" of soil, 2" sand, sloped towards back and then a thin layer of pea pebbles at the back. The background plants are hygro polysperma so they will grow nice and tall, foreground has marsilia hirsuta and a java fern plantlet. And of course java moss.
Tomorrow ill do a full water change and add salvinia minima and a peace lily.
Let me know what you think and any advice appreciated.
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looks like a tiny mushroom. pretty cool
 

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I think one of those micro betta heaters would be perfect for this. I'd be interested in seeing the pics of the cloudy water and an update when you do the next maintenance for educational purposes of course
 
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I think one of those micro betta heaters would be perfect for this. I'd be interested in seeing the pics of the cloudy water and an update when you do the next maintenance for educational purposes of course
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Yep! I already have the heater so it has been added in now, temp is at 26°C which is warmer than it has ever been. The water is cloudy now so ill get a photo for u tomorrow
 
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I really love these pickle jars so I have decided to make another one and ill just keep it all together in this thread. Same jar and the same light just arrived. Im going to be using that aquatic soil they give you in pond shops and this one is going to be a gift for my grandmother. The plan is the stone that she gave me right in the middle however it is quite a small stone so that will make this difficult. I'll try to elevate it. In the foreground ill try and make an anubias petite carpet at the lidground I will have p.helferi and as a background plant I'm using s.repens!
Cant wait to get this one started!
 

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My water doesn't smell. If u have a balanced system it will be healthy and smell fine. BTW the cloudy water has gone away!
 
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First pictures in a while! Finally have it all sorted out again! And there is the new jar aswell... just set up recently so looking very bald atm. Im not a fan of the hardscape in the new one but its for my grandmother and she wanted to use that stone... ill see what the plants can do. Really happy that the OG jar is back doing good, what do u think of it? New videos of these coming soon aswell.
 
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First pictures in a while! Finally have it all sorted out again! And there is the new jar aswell... just set up recently so looking very bald atm. Im not a fan of the hardscape in the new one but its for my grandmother and she wanted to use that stone... ill see what the plants can do. Really happy that the OG jar is back doing good, what do u think of it? New videos of these coming soon aswell.
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Is AquaViva doing the next video for you too? He does a really good job!

Hahaha. The jars are looking really good! I hope your Grandma likes it! I may try one some day. I haven't found a jar that I want yet. I don't know if I could eat a whole gallon of pickles myself.
 
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Very happy with it atm. Plants all doing good, shrimp and snails looking great. Feeding some spinach today, will make another video soon.
 
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Timelapse of all the snails aand shrimp in the jar eating some spinach
 
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The walstad came to an end, so it was time for a redo, heres a sneak peek at the hardscape!
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I have a large pickle jar coming. What is the substrate in this one?
 
I've been wanting to set up a pickle jar aquarium (or just a small 3.5g or whatever) recently, just because I'm not really in the mood to keep actual fish tanks anymore. But I still think it would be super cute to have one like this, so I can still have a mini aquarium without having to do the work. Anyway, what are your tips for starting one? How do I keep the cycle stable without a filter? What are some good plants? Etc. Tysm
 
Oh my gosh! This is seriously one of the best threads I have seen on fishlore! And it's been running for over a year!!! Supper awesome! SnookusFish your are amazing! I was sad to see it come to a end, but I cant wait for a update with the new one! Good luck and thanks for sharing!
 
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I've been wanting to set up a pickle jar aquarium (or just a small 3.5g or whatever) recently, just because I'm not really in the mood to keep actual fish tanks anymore. But I still think it would be super cute to have one like this, so I can still have a mini aquarium without having to do the work. Anyway, what are your tips for starting one? How do I keep the cycle stable without a filter? What are some good plants? Etc. Tysm
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No.1 tip is just do it, its easy and cheap so there's no harm trying and if it fails its easy to restart or take down. U want to leave it for weeks with just plants until u see good plant growth and algae growing on surfaces, then u want to just add a couple of snails and a lot of weeks later you can think about shrimp. Marsilea does great for me as well as java moss. Faat growing stem plants are a good choice too and floating plants are important.
Oh my gosh! This is seriously one of the best threads I have seen on fishlore! And it's been running for over a year!!! Supper awesome! SnookusFish your are amazing! I was sad to see it come to a end, but I cant wait for a update with the new one! Good luck and thanks for sharing!
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Thanks so much! I was sad to end it too but it was pretty much done and the new scape looks far cooler imo, I hope u stick around!
 
Will do! I might even think about trying one out! For something so simple, it is so cool! Keep us posted and good luck!
 
No.1 tip is just do it, its easy and cheap so there's no harm trying and if it fails its easy to restart or take down. U want to leave it for weeks with just plants until u see good plant growth and algae growing on surfaces, then u want to just add a couple of snails and a lot of weeks later you can think about shrimp. Marsilea does great for me as well as java moss. Faat growing stem plants are a good choice too and floating plants are important.

Thanks so much! I was sad to end it too but it was pretty much done and the new scape looks far cooler imo, I hope u stick around!
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By what do you mean done? Everything died?
 

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By what do you mean done? Everything died?
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The soil runs out of nutrients after a while and it had been close to a year so the plants had stopped growing so I re did it. Nothing died
 
I love it! Reminds me of those really addictive terrarium building YouTube channels...

This is what the hobby does to a person. They gain the ability to stare at a jar of plants for hours on end and have fun doing it! :happy:
 
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Really happy with this new scape, few more weeks and ill be getting shrimp in there. Hopefully the carpet is full by then too
 

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