[APD] coastal marsh

[Derek Parr <derekparr at earthlink_net>]

Just got back from a trip to the coast this weekend and came back with 
some buckets of mud, water, crabs, and some cord grass and other plants 
from a coastal marsh area north of town.

The plan is to recreate the area in a 5 or 10 gallon tank.  Of course 
all the plants will be emersed or on land..  using driftwood and perhaps 
stones to keep  the mud up high in one end and shallow in the other 
where the water will be.  Further I think I'll put it near a window, so 
I won't need lighting.

Possibly ..  if I have room in the water portion of the tank, I think I 
might put a pair of sailfin mollies or something else that would be 
happy in the environment.  Of course this might require a larger tank 
for the endeavor.   Any ideas?  thoughts on that?

Frankly I'm looking for any and all opinions on this subject that anyone 
here may have.  And certainly if anyone has messed with this idea or 
environment..  please share.

also toying with the idea of a timed pumping from another tank then 
draining to simulate the tide.  Any thoughts on that?  In regards of how 
to do it?  etc etc..

thanks for the shared brain storming,
  -derek
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