Jar Aquarium?
I want to make something like an aquarium made of a jar. The only thing I want inside of it is plants, but I don't know what plants I could put inside or how to take care of them, since I have never had an aquarium with live plants inside. What plants do I put inside? How do I care for them?
The closest thing I have ever done to having something like this is a jar terrarium. I like jar terrariums, as well as making my own, but every time I make one, they get stinky and become unusable. That is why I want to create something like this.
Imagine if it had the perspective of the bottom of a river or creek. That would look really interesting! Could this be possible?
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The closest thing I have ever done to having something like this is a jar terrarium. I like jar terrariums, as well as making my own, but every time I make one, they get stinky and become unusable. That is why I want to create something like this.
Imagine if it had the perspective of the bottom of a river or creek. That would look really interesting! Could this be possible?
#terrarium #aquarium #happyplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantaddict #planttherapy #plantcorner #plantlove #iloveplants #newgrowth #planttlc #greggang #adhdplantlovers
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I know all about aquariums. Honestly to be honest with you it’ll look really bad. Like Uhm. To even have lighting in a jar would be complex basically impossible. How would you wire the electricity. And the water needs to constantly move. Dormant water after a couple days turns bad and kills everything and algae even with water movement. With no light it looks bad and sucks. To find mini plants would be extremely hard to do. Only roots would actually fit in a small jar. Then to talk about putting things inside. It’ll look like a children’s mess if he tried to fit everything inside some water and close a jar lid. Unless you find something bigger I don’t recommend. Which by something a small aquarium would do the trick. Hopefully I wasn’t rude just steering in the right direction ;) I know of only water plants but they are extremely expensive if you even try to buy them.
@Catplantaddict ok hear me out hear me out hear me out. I saw some lady PLOP MADAGASCAR LAce in a jar with lil guppies and everyone was happy! Oh and maybe snails to eat the algae. She vaccumed out the poop and left the lace at the bottom! Uhhh little to no light or maybe a grow light🤷 no help there but it’s totally possible!!
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@Kreoo i don’t think it has to be THAT complex. Lights like these exist, and if you opt for local aquatic plant farms it can be cheap.
@Catplantaddict you can get most easy plants. Anubias and Buce should be small and easy enough, plant them attached to rock. Use fast-growing stem plants like Ludwigia, Limnophila sessiliflora, Hygrophila [try corymbosa, 'Siamensis 53B', pinnatifida or difformis, polysperma and 'Sunset' if it's legal where you live], Pearlweed [Hemianthus/Micranthemum micranthemioides or glomeratus], Helanthium tenellum for a grassy one, Sagittaria subulata has the same effect but larger, Blyxa japonica if you have more light, Staurogyne repens, Cryptocoryne are great, and maybe small Echinodorus varieties like Harbich, Reni, Hadi Red Pearl or Ozelot Mini Narrow. Also use a THICK layer of aquasoil, or an inch organic compost under an inch of sand/gravel.
@Catplantaddict you can get most easy plants. Anubias and Buce should be small and easy enough, plant them attached to rock. Use fast-growing stem plants like Ludwigia, Limnophila sessiliflora, Hygrophila [try corymbosa, 'Siamensis 53B', pinnatifida or difformis, polysperma and 'Sunset' if it's legal where you live], Pearlweed [Hemianthus/Micranthemum micranthemioides or glomeratus], Helanthium tenellum for a grassy one, Sagittaria subulata has the same effect but larger, Blyxa japonica if you have more light, Staurogyne repens, Cryptocoryne are great, and maybe small Echinodorus varieties like Harbich, Reni, Hadi Red Pearl or Ozelot Mini Narrow. Also use a THICK layer of aquasoil, or an inch organic compost under an inch of sand/gravel.
@Prentyce Madagascar Lace Plant [Aponogeton madagascariensis] gets too large and is abit finicky. Other easier bulb plants like Aponogeton ulvaceus, Nymphoides [Banana Lily] and Nymphaea lotus/zenkeri hybrids are available tho [Nymphaea stellata stays smaller and is available in a red 'Rubra' form]
@Kreoo I have a bunch of jars, most of them are small (like 3 inches in diameter), but I have had a pickle jar that is something like 5 inches. Sadly, I already used it as a terrarium, and now it has gone bad. In the future, I'll try to find another jar like it. I can probably try a jar without a lid? I don't know. But I do have two actual aquariums since I had fish before. One is small and mostly horizontal, and the other is larger and tall.
@Prentyce Yes! Exactly what I was imagining!
@Araceae I'm not sure if I can get those plants, but I can try. I have a Mini Pet Mart nearby (I say nearby, but it's like 15 or more miles away), and I have gotten fish from there, so maybe I can find aquatic plants? I'm not sure.
@Prentyce Yes! Exactly what I was imagining!
@Araceae I'm not sure if I can get those plants, but I can try. I have a Mini Pet Mart nearby (I say nearby, but it's like 15 or more miles away), and I have gotten fish from there, so maybe I can find aquatic plants? I'm not sure.
@Catplantaddict i wouldn't do petmart [heard nightmares from that place]. Usually a google map search will give you plenty options. Try searching "aquarium store" or "aquascape"
I know it's a bit to late but I would (and today I WILL, lol I had that idea for like 5 months) do a jar wit some little couch of sphagnum as substrate fill it with rainwater and put there a carnivorous water utricularia! Like utricularia vulgaris or I personally will put an utricularia inflata to make an underwater carnivorous jungle