Desktop Paludarium

Here is the paludarium I have been maintaining on my desk for about 5 months! While its main resident is a ramshorn snail named Gary, I do see the occasional planarian or springtail. I tried having a couple ghost shrimp in there, but it seems like the water volume is too low to keep stable suitable conditions for them. Looks like this is just going to be for snails, which is fine.

It has a halo-shaped grow lamp on a timer with a shade I put over it so it doesn't shine in my eyes while I work. I take the lid off a few hours a day to give it air and discourage mold. It has a pump behind the back wall that sends water trickling down the dragon stone from the top.

I am lucky enough to live in Florida where I can just grab plants from my yard to see how they do in there. Air plants, resurrection ferns, dollarweed and artillery plant all seem to be quite happy in there. The duckweed, java moss, and string of turtles are going nuts and probably need to be pruned back a bit.

I don't see too many paludariums on here, so I thought I would share mine. I think it's cool to be able to raise both terrestrial and aquatic life forms in the same jar!