u/SaMxixAM23

Thought I'd share my little jar of wonder with you guys.

Here I have a jar that really has surprised me.

I started off with a betta fish in here. But after receiving a ton of hate and angry criticism from the betta community...i considered their comments and moved him to a bigger area. Wasn't not purposely trying to suffer him in a small space....

The jar however...being just the right size for my desk, kept its place.

I went on to planting a few plants: guppy grass, ludwigia(i assume) and a third short dwafted grass-like plant that i cant seem to remember.

In it I presently have a ton of rams horn snails( they multiplied quite quickly after i increased food for a week)

2 local guppies( they were babies when I added them to my experimental jar...now they are fully grown and quite fun to look at. They are less than an inch long (Trinidadian guppy)

Presently my jar is about 4 months old...from the start I had no deaths and I haven't changed water ever...i have topped it up 4 times so far.

There is no pump. No filter. Nothing mechanical.

Sand is my only substrate...

I am new to this but I am a bit knowledgeable.

My dwarf grass like plant hasn't been growing much...it was melting alot at first but now that I think of it I havent seen it melted

However it hasn't multiplied either.

I wondering if it's lacking nutrients?

I had recently soldered up some led lights from an old led bulb and made it into a mini lamp powered by a phone charger to see if it'll help with plant growth.

Where it sits on my desk it don't get direct sunlight.

One thing I forgot to do (or More so didn't do because i learned about a little late) was adding soil at the base followed by the sand.

Please drop some advice on how can I better the environment

I feel like i got lucky here...

I also would like advice on how to grow ducweed and water sprite...two things I haven't seem to have luck with.

Id just like a confirmation on if this is indeed water sprite.

All the YouTube vids hype up how easy this is to grow...ive been successful with every and any other plant I got my hands on but this is embarrassing me.

I found it at the back of where I live in an area that is swampy...what am I doing wrong?

Also its very very fragile.

Look ma!! We flyin!! We flyin!!!

I bet y'all didn't know you can upgrade your MRAP to fly 😉 it costs alot tho

So i know this has been asked a million times. I apologize for being the million and 1 person.

Information on the internet is quite controversial.

I live in a third world country, and the only petshops in my area are poorly equipped at what they do. So their advice is quite questionable. (They have a clesr silicone gasket maker they tried selling me to repair my tank)

Hardwares in my area are no different. And most of the other silicone brands specifically said *not for aquarium use*

This brand here didn't give much information at all and its in spanish...google didn't directly tell me not to use it but here I am wondering if anyone has used it and had issues or does anyone know this brand?

Hoppity hoppity bippity boppity

Me running across the entire map to get to the tank only to see its in the most useless place ever.

Thanks sky gods 🙄