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it would be made up of 10 2Litre coke bottles and maybe a couple of the old mason jars if i can get them. bottles will be connected by pvc pipe to allow animals to go between sections.
must have both aquatic and terrestrial
must have both plants and animals living in each section

current ideas:
Aquatic
use 60% as aquatic
using elodea for oxygen production
using whatever small animals come in the water from the pond as well as to get bacteria?
guppies or maybe a goldfish to create waste for nutrients for plants? (what plants should i use?)
possibly cheat the animal for both sections using small frogs from the pond?
maybe triops or shrimp
snails to eat algae

Terrestrial
what plants should I use?
types of insects?

suggestions?
thanks

90% are the one day stage. Only the part with the thermometer is two day stage. You see the typical movements, even the sinking after ascending to the surface while feeding to save energy. Nauplii have three pairs of appendages at the front with which they swim. For that reason the swimming looks different from Water flea or Cyclops or Hygrobatoidea and once understood, you cannot mistake it. These are larval stages of the one seen in “digging for gold”.

I am not sure which one is the best. I am look for the one that has a bigger tank but really which one people think is better. These are the three I am looking at right now. Which is the best?

Aquasaurs -http://www.fatbraintoys.com/toy_companies/uncle_milton/aquasaurs.cfm -Uncle Milton

Star Wars Science Naboo Creatures -http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Science-Naboo-Creatures/dp/B001U9O90C

Aquasaurs (Same thing I think but different tank) http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Milton-UM002-1-Aquasaurs/dp/B00008YSSS

just want to make sure

i baught some triops 3 days ago and i put the eggs in the tank 1 day ago