homemadebiospheres at Yahoo! Groups

Who is this?

jakejake121 — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:50:52 GMT

A few months ago I started to get interested in EcoSpheres, and I discovered a site of what seemed to be a decent experiment, It is advertised as 2.5yrs old.

Creative biosphere.

targetaddress — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:50:38 GMT

I've made a couple biospheres before, but they were both very simple algae with snails and a single plant. Yes they were somewhat easy and lasted for a while,

Re: Help me!!!!!!

afoxnamedchyron — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:02:57 GMT

What do you want to put in your biosphere. Snails, plants, and fish are pretty easy and basic to work with. You need to do research of animals that eat

Re: Questions regarding spheres

afoxnamedchyron — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:02:49 GMT

In my experience with keeping snails they tend to multiply like crazy, but usually only when they feel like conditions are right (for the babies). And even if

Re: will this last long?

afoxnamedchyron — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:02:44 GMT

Mosquito fish don't have eggs, they are livebearing fish. They were probably just hiding amongst the plants and debris in your container...that's what mine do.

Biosphere with different types of fish (red shiners, mosquito fish)

afoxnamedchyron — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:02:38 GMT

I've been keeping a biosphere with one mosquitofish in it and its survived for almost a year now with a few snails and plants. Now I've added another mosquito

Re: Now into 5th month, ghost shrimp gone, snails proliferate ....

Anthony — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:57:22 GMT

Unless your office has the exact same conditions as your home then the sphere you are planning to take to work will change dramamtically once it's there.

Questions regarding spheres

carye1 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:57:08 GMT

I have a 1/2 gallon biosphere that I started in the beginning of April. It started out with a very small fish, a snail for keeping things cleaned up, and a

Now into 5th month, ghost shrimp gone, snails proliferate ....

harrybrindley — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:35:43 GMT

The freshwater biosphere idea came from a recent Make magazine article. My biospheres included more

Re: Dream biospheres

Jack Northrup — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:34:53 GMT

I don't know know if they are Cannabilistic by nature. I always had food enough for them. They are carnivors so it would not suprise me. I put a big toad in

Re: Dream biospheres

Nick Kemp — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:25:05 GMT

Check this site out: http://www.highmars.org/niac/education/cemss/ If my didn't hate mice so much I'd give it a try after making a few mods. Should also work

Re: Dream biospheres

Anthony — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:13:54 GMT

Can you tell me if they eat smaller members of their species? I suspect that could be one way of managing population and I think it would be more humane than

Re: Dream biospheres

Anthony — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:13:50 GMT

I have green anoles in mind as they would be easier to get hold of for me. They are also common in the pet trade and I would feel more confident with them.

Re: Dream biospheres

Bill Keiser — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:19:57 GMT

i don't know what species of anole you're talking about, but we have cuban anoles and green anoles here in florida. they do climb bushes and small trees, but i

Re: Dream biospheres

Jack Northrup — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:19:52 GMT

I forgot to add, I have raised Anoles in a terrarium. That is why the knowledge. I raised crickets in the same terrarium to feed them. I used 1/4" wire mess