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Adam L. Bishop on Apr 8 2010, 03:20 PM said:

I don't know where else to put this but I want to start building an ecosystem at my house I would eventually like it to be self-supporting. I realize this would be a pretty tough task unless I integrated the natural ecosystem that was already there but I would really like to contain my eco-system so as to not throw off the environment. I am planning a water feature with an aquatic self-supporting ecosystem which shouldn't be too hard. I don't exactly know what a realistic size is but I am guessing that the larger the animals in the sub environment, the more space they would need due to the laws of thermodynamics. My goal here is to set up a food web which I can study and manipulate to see the effects. I know I need producers first of all and then consumers. I would like 4 trophic levels unless that would be too much Ill obviously slowly introduce new levels and let each level stabilize before I move to the next level. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Hi Adam and welcome to Bioforum...your very own ecosystem, wow....what animals do you have in mind? I guess bears are out of the question...

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-casandra-

casandra on Apr 8 2010, 11:28 AM said:

Adam L. Bishop on Apr 8 2010, 03:20 PM said:

Hi Adam and welcome to Bioforum...your very own ecosystem, wow....what animals do you have in mind? I guess bears are out of the question... :lol:

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Well I want to start out with only plants and i am assuming various insects will join the habitat after the plants, after a year I think I will try to introduce some mice and a few hedgehogs and if I can get my hands on two sugar gliders I would be very happy. I haven't thought much further than that I really don't want snakes involved so I was trying to think of a predator that wouldn't even think of attacking me it would be neat to get some small primates in there eventually. Maybe I'll just stick to three levels for awhile. i have a feeling this is only gonna work with a lot of trial and error.

-Adam L. Bishop-

hi! im a BS bio grad but never had a working experience in the lab for the past 13yrs. :-) but now im back in the laboratory and research work. I cant believe that my enthutiasm working on experiments still there. Though, i need a lot of catching up to do but it doesnt matter for as long as i enjoy what i do.

this site is really helpful to beginners like me and i noticed that most of you here are very energetic and cool.

im glad to be a part of bioforum.

-comet.Angel-

Hello Comet.angel

Welcome in...feel free to join in the general craziness of the chat thread or use as you like :rolleyes:

Lost in the lab

-LostintheLab-

oh, you beat me to it, Lost-san. I wonder if we shld give Comet angel "the" test... :rolleyes: ...welcome to Bioforum, a cool place for the coolest people....

-casandra-

@casandra---- i wonder what's 'the' test all about? hmmmmmmmm

-comet.Angel-

hey casey... comet is already tensed (thinkin about it if not anything else) about the test!!! why scare the new joinees
welcome to the forum comet!!

-Prep!-

comet.Angel on May 1 2010, 01:40 AM said:

@casandra---- i wonder what's 'the' test all about? hmmmmmmmm

..it's a trial by fire, comet.angel....and only for the brave (or the crazy)....actually, it's just a series of questions and answers....are you in? Would you dare? Then you'd see how really energetic and cool we are...

@PI: you can continue playing the good cop.....

-casandra-

yeah wen the saviour turns the destroyer.. tere has to be an alternative!!!

-Prep!-

Why hello there.

I am an undergrad in neuroscience. I'm looking to get my PhD and do neurogenetics.

-acetylcholine-

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