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FEMTO AQUARIUM # 6
- The field in a glass

                     A field with a dolmen
This time, I've been thinking of a Danish farmer's field with an ancient burial dolmen.  It should appear light and sunny, and you can imagine the lark, sinning above. It might just be a Copepod you see though, and a couple of black sheep grazing (looking suspicious much alike Black Coco shrimps). The entire landscape is made up by formed Marimo algae. Read more under the photos .
°C:  20-25
pH:  8,4-8,6
PPM:  150-160
µS:  0,2-0,4
µE/M2/s:  90-120
Litre:  0,78

THE ANIMALS


Cyclops spp
, some Copepod


Two Neocaridina davidi
, Black Coco
THE PLANTS

Cladophora aegagropila, Marimo Ball
THE MATERIAL

A cognac glass; 0,575 L


A bit of pebble to sink the algae


The lit is 1 mm thick, oval glass


Four small stones, glued together

                                                  THE THOUGHTS
This is a real simple construction, but still resample the farmers fields and the ancient burial mount with a dolmen, so often encountered in the Danish landscape. Plenty of light, but the open expanses might not be experienced fully...
                                                        THE BUILD
The algae is sown on to a piece of black cloth with pebble in-between.  The four stones are glued together to form the dolmen. The stones resample quit well the boulders, used for  dolmen, in a country without bedrock.
The second hand cognac glass was €1,50, the lit €1, the Marimo algae shared with one other aquariums around €4. The two Black Coco shrimps €5, and the shared background, shelf and LED light €5: A total of €16,50.
After well over a year, it is still thriving. I have to remove quite some Marimo Algae every third month or so, but when the "fields are harvested", it look great again. I have not changed the water yet.

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