MICROSCOPY – The Swamp III

September 5th, 2020. Day one.

This is a closed ecosystem that has little to no exchanges with the outside environment. Collected September 5th, 2020 from a 20 year old fishing pond (ex-quarry).

The Swamp III -sealed jar with pond water, plants, decaying organic matter and a pebble substrate

Contains: cca 2,5l pond water. pebbles, water plants and cca 0.5l muck scraped off the bottom.

River pebbles and water plants

A selection of the water plants collected from the pond:

Water plants from the pond

LED lights shining at 370 lumen.

The light setup

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