new shrimp jar

My shrimp bowl tested out well end of week- nitrates below ten. I had to invert the lid, because water drops kept running down over the edge outside the bowl, otherwise.

Went to thrift shop and found this vase or jar- it's a little larger than the gallon bowl

and with the straight sides, much better shape- filled (and rinsed clean) in my sink with measuring pitcher, it holds a gallon and a half with inch clear to the rim.

the hornwort bits did pretty well in the smaller vase, so I composted the duckweed and used hornwort as floaters for the new jar.

Had to add a few more handfuls of substrate (from the bucket out of the tenner), then replaced the rocks (pink one is up on sponge pieces), the two anubias,

planted small rotala stems in the front, elodea in the back, and tucked subwasesrtang into corners

found a trumpet snail

overhead shot-

while all this was going on, the seven amano shrimps waited in a plastic box of tank water. Their intro, next post (more pictures)!