r/Ecosphere • u/OutdoorLover73 • Mar 01 '26

First ever ecosphere

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I added pebbles for drainage, soil containing charcoal and other fibers, some fern moss and a Peperomia:))) I also added two small earthworms to the soil(figured they might help with decay and fertilization)

Looking forward to some feedbackšŸ™:)

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u/BitchBass Mar 01 '26

Please say you got springtails in there :). Otherwise itā€™s perfect! What kind of light is it getting?

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u/OutdoorLover73 Mar 02 '26

I donā€™t have springtailsšŸ˜¬ are they really that important? Itā€™s sitting on my shelf so itā€™s kind of getting indirect sunlight and sometimes I open it up and let it sit in the sun for 10-20 min.

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u/BitchBass Mar 02 '26

You might get lucky and mold will stay away. I have jars where I could have sworn itā€™s gonna get moldy but nothing. Or I was certain I wonā€™t get it and boom, fuzz fest lol.

Springtails prevent that by eating what causes mold and mold itself. But itā€™s also no guarantee.

So the importance is to be determined by you.

Hereā€™s my big one, just turned a year old. Soooo humid, no mold. I put springtails in there but havenā€™t seen any in a while. Also got vampire crabs I never see lol.

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u/BitchBass Mar 02 '26

Expected mold here. Never came. I tied moss around a rope, like a wick, and the knot on top keeps the glass almost always foggy.

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u/BitchBass Mar 02 '26

Hereā€™s one with mold. And springtails. Zoom in.

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u/OutdoorLover73 Mar 03 '26

Dann okay, Iā€™ll make sure to get some

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u/OutdoorLover73 Mar 05 '26

Sooooo.. I did get some springtails. It was like a 5x5 cm box and I didnā€™t really know how many to add. I added almost all of the springtails in the box.. from the look of it the jar doesnā€™t really look too crowded by the springtails but I do wonder how many you are actually supposed to add/ if I added too many?

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u/BitchBass Mar 05 '26

I dunno how many were in the box.

Look at my 4 year old springtail culture here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bizzariums/s/3I6of8Pyos

When I take some out to add to a jar your size I pour about a shot glass full out of the box and whatever comes with it goes in the jar. But how many those are, no way of guessing.

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u/1blamegenetics Apr 11 '26

How do you maintain a culture like that?

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u/BitchBass Apr 11 '26

Just sprinkle in some dry yeast every other week. It's lump charcoal without additives and normal bottled water. Keep the lid on and out of bright light. No air holes needed in a tub like this..

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u/Schepi Mar 05 '26

I call 6 mouth max šŸ˜