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Originally Posted by Jetée
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pixel students is driving me crazy...errrr, I mean razy
In a significant "Longest" news update:
Actually not an update since I don't think I ever posted about this here, I happen to be the happy owner of one of those "EcoSphere" sealed glass eggs that are almost filled with water and have a twig and a few pebbles inside, along with some little red shrimps. It looks just like this one:
My beloved and most generous sister-in-law and her hubby gave it to me as a present, I think it was over 8 years ago.
As you may know, the ecosystem inside the sealed egg is somewhat self-sustaining since sunlight allows some algae growth and the shrimps eat the algae, and a happy cycle continues, sort of like the carrousel of life we're on. I'm under the impression that eventually the shrimps die off since I don't think they actually reproduce in there, and as most of us know, brine shrimp don't live forever
However, to my surprise, the shrimps inside my egg have been alive for over 8 years now!!! (< well, at least I'm suprised about that). Reading on EcoSphere's website, apparently a properly balanced egg can have shrimps alive for about 10 years or so.
To alleviate any curiosity you may have about my eco egg, I will post updates occasionally. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.
Yours truly,
The Master of the Shrimp EcoSphere Universe
ps: if someone finds a way to trace the EcoSphere serial number to a documented age, my has s/n 50153