A sealed bottle garden thriving after 40 years without fresh air or water

Re:A sealed bottle garden thriving after 40 years without fr... by darkxanthos on Friday June 06, 2014 @11:13AM (#7858334)

I don't think we can say it's clearly working... This seems like an extraordinary claim and it's hard to know if there's any truth fudging.

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Re:A sealed bottle garden thriving after 40 years without fr... by droopyEyelids on Friday June 06, 2014 @11:23AM (#7858411)

Another puzzling factor is the clarity of the glass. When I've seen bottle gardens, they all develop a thick scum from minerals in condensation, algae, and bacterial plaques.

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Re:A sealed bottle garden thriving after 40 years without fr... by bronson on Friday June 06, 2014 @01:44PM (#7859307)

This is a great GREAT point.

It would be nice to hear an explanation.

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Re:A sealed bottle garden thriving after 40 years without fr... by ceejayoz on Friday June 06, 2014 @04:10PM (#7860052)

Magnetic scrubbing brushes. They're commonly used in aquariums.

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Re:A sealed bottle garden thriving after 40 years without fr... by gnufied on Friday June 06, 2014 @12:31PM (#7858886)

There is also, Cellular respiration in night within the plant itself, which release some CO2 in the atmosphere. So may be combined with CO2 released by Bacteria and Cellular respiration in plant, it can survive.

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