Starter jar · easy
Moss bottle
bottle of moss
easySealedBottle
An easy sealed bottle of moss in a bottle of 2.2 L, with 1 plant and 3 mosses.
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The container
- Glass
- Bottle, 14 cm across, 24 cm tall, 2.2 L
- Note
- a corked glass bottle; built with long tweezers
- Lid
- Sealed
Layers, bottom to top
- Aquarium gravel, 1.5 cm (0.17 L)
- ABG mix, 3 cm (0.35 L)
Plants
Moss
- Common feather-moss, about 35% cover
- Fox-tail feather-moss, about 25% cover
- Common smoothcap, about 15% cover
Cleanup crew
Water and light
- Water at build
- 105 ml, distilled or rain
- Watering
- mist only when no morning condensation
- Light
- 2,500 lux, 10 h a day
- Light source
- north window
How to make it
- Pour the layers, bottom to top: Aquarium gravel (1.5 cm), ABG mix (3 cm).
- Plant Baby tears pilea.
- Lay the moss: Common feather-moss over about 35% of the ground, Fox-tail feather-moss over about 25% of the ground, Common smoothcap over about 15% of the ground.
- Add the cleanup crew: 30 Temperate white springtail.
- Water with 105 ml (distilled or rain).
- Close the lid and give it 2,500 lux, 10 h a day: north window.