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 Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:58 pm
I have an old fashioned fish bowl (It's not completely rouned, it's flat on the front and back and then the sides are round) and a filter can't fit on it.
I've been using it to keep change in, but it's just taking up space.
I need some ideas... I was thinking about keeping live plants in it and just having a small aquatic garden... But I'd have to get a light, wouldn't I?
Any ideas what I should do with it?
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:31 pm
No fish. But if you want an aquatic garden, you could potentially just put it by a window. Well planted, you shouldn't get algae but it's always a possibility. Java Moss and Fern will survive in ambient light, and Java Fern might grow even, but the leaves will be smaller and lighter colored and any growth will be low. I haven't noticed java moss to grow unless it's under lights.
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:54 pm
I would go for the aquatic mini garden, add the ferns, and some round marimo to give it some different shapes to look at. And maybe add a snail or two, for a mini ecosytem, the snails will provide waste products that plants love and the plants will give them food and oxygen. Just don't forget to cover the top so the snails don't get away.
Or have a bowl of marimo, they do just fine by a window. And they're round, green and squishy, real fun to play with.
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:48 pm
I wouldn't put any kind of fish in it o.o
when I was little we had frogs in it, and then I raised sea monkeys in it lol
I think I might go for the aquatic garden thing.
what kind of substrate should I use?
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:55 pm
They sell substrates that are specifically for heavily planted tanks. I think they're a little more expensive, but where it's a small bowl, you wouldn't need a lot of it. Something like EcoComplete. You can also google Takashi Amano for ideas, he's a very popular underwater gardener. I've seen a lot of his nano work and it's pretty awesome.
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