Sunday 2nd of January 2005

EcoSphere

You could say there’s no real use for this; and you would probably be right, but damn, I’d love to have one on my desk.

The Original EcoSphere® is the world’s first totally enclosed ecosystem - a complete, self-contained and self-sustaining miniature world encased in glass.

They have both sphere and pod shapes of them, and each have inside algae, shrimp and bacteria. Sunlight is the key. Algae use the light to create oxygen and food for the shrimp, these, after breathing and eating, leave organic waste and carbon dioxide behind; the organic waste get’s eaten by the bacteria for food, cleaning the sphere in the process and they also leave behind some carbon dioxide which in turn get’s used by the algae to produce more oxygen and food, ad infinitum.

You just have to take care of how much light you’re allowing to shine into your sphere in order to control the algae growth, which, if too much or too little, can tip the balance off and make the shrimp perish. The average life of a sphere is two to three years, with the larger units lasting longer.

This reminds me of how much i want an aquarium.

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