"MarAzul" wrote in message
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First of all, I'm not saying I agree with the practice.... But an
Eco-Sphere isn't a fish bowl. It's a self contained ecosystem. The globe
comes complete with plant, water and shrimp inside and it's sealed. You
can't put fish in them unless you break the glass, in which case you've
just ruined it.

They aren't allowed to sell those things here in Australia - well I've never
seen one for sale legally, put it that way.

The LFS has a similar product called "Bio-Ball" which has a central air
powered UGF tube with a small halogen light shining down the bubble column.
It looks great lit up and bubbling and it does have the removable top, so I
was basing Eco-Sphere on this.
I wasn't aware it was a shrimp enclosure that was totally sealed ;(

It seems to me that when the life cycle of the shrimp is through you can't
clean these things - so does that mean they have built in obsolescence?

Oz

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