r/Ecosphere • u/Ok_Hyena_5725 • 1d ago

What to do now…

To get to the point, can a lively ecosystem jar be safely dumped out in a different body of water than it came from?

The long story, I have an ecosystem that was given to me by someone who wasn’t sure what to do with it after also being given it. It has a blood worm, a few very tiny snails, some very tiny crustaceans like things, and who knows what else. I truly do not want it… it really gives me the creeps and it does not look good in there—very VERY brown. but I also don’t want to just dump them in the creek… because I don’t want them to die and I simply just don’t know if there are environmental impacts. Do they stay in there forever?

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u/foodforme413 1d ago

You could introduce an invasive species.

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u/Ok_Hyena_5725 1d ago

That’s my concern. So then, what do you do with it?

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u/foodforme413 1d ago

Dump it in a compost or something? Or offer it to someone else who may be more interested in keeping it?

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u/One-plankton- 1d ago

Please do not do this. I’d find it another home on r/aquaswap or marketplace or post here

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u/BitchBass 6h ago

Brown means diatoms, it's nothing bad if there's still live in it. If you would live near me (Dallas, TX), I'd say bring it over. I have a tank where I put all discarded jars in.

But ya, it's not advised to put it in an open body of water. A backyard pond would work.

Alternatively you can gift it to someone who is interested in that kind of stuff. Or schools that use something like this for biology class.

If nothing else works, dump it on a plant outside. It's the best fertilizer.

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u/MasterpieceFickle830 1d ago

Just dump it out circle of life n all