Starter jar · medium
Riverbank jar
wet jar with aquatic moss
mediumSealedJar
A medium sealed wet jar with aquatic moss in a jar of 8.7 L, with 4 plants and 2 mosses.
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The container
- Glass
- Jar, 20 cm across, 30 cm tall, 8.7 L
- Note
- a tall jar kept soaking; java fern and anubias on wood
- Lid
- Sealed
Layers, bottom to top
- Aquarium gravel, 3 cm (0.87 L)
- Aquasoil, 4 cm (1.16 L)
Stones and wood
- Bogwood, about 12 cm
- 2 x White river stones, about 5 cm
Plants
Moss
- Java moss, about 30% cover
- Weeping moss, about 20% cover
Cleanup crew
Water and light
- Water at build
- 450 ml, distilled or rain
- Watering
- mist only when no morning condensation
- Light
- 4,000 lux, 10 h a day
- Light source
- small LED over the lid
How to make it
- Pour the layers, bottom to top: Aquarium gravel (3 cm), Aquasoil (4 cm).
- Set the hardscape: Bogwood, 2 x White river stones.
- Plant Anubias nana, Java fern, Dwarf sweet flag, Pennywort.
- Lay the moss: Java moss over about 30% of the ground, Weeping moss over about 20% of the ground.
- Add the cleanup crew: 60 Silver springtail.
- Water with 450 ml (distilled or rain).
- Close the lid and give it 4,000 lux, 10 h a day: small LED over the lid.