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title: Riverbank jar: a wet jar with aquatic moss terrarium recipe
description: A medium sealed wet jar with aquatic moss in a jar of 8.7 L, with 4 plants and 2 mosses. a tall jar kept soaking; java fern and anubias on wood Every layer,...
url: https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/wet-jar/
---

Starter jar · medium

# Riverbank jar
wet jar with aquatic moss

medium · Sealed · Jar

A medium sealed wet jar with aquatic moss in a jar of 8.7 L, with 4 plants and 2 mosses.

[Open this jar in the simulator](https://glassjar.garden/?starter=wet_jar)

## 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](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/aquarium-gravel/), 3 cm (0.87 L)
- [Aquasoil](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/aquasoil/), 4 cm (1.16 L)

## Stones and wood

- [Bogwood](https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/bogwood/), about 12 cm
- 2 x [White river stones](https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/white-river-stone/), about 5 cm

## Plants

- [Anubias nana](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/anubias-barteri-nana/)
- [Java fern](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/microsorum-pteropus/)
- [Dwarf sweet flag](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/acorus-gramineus-pusillus/)
- [Pennywort](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/hydrocotyle-tripartita/)

## Moss

- [Java moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/taxiphyllum-barbieri/), about 30% cover
- [Weeping moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/vesicularia-ferriei/), about 20% cover

## Cleanup crew

- 60 [Silver springtail](https://glassjar.garden/guide/critters/sinella-curviseta/)

## 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.

[Open this jar in the simulator](https://glassjar.garden/?starter=wet_jar)

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