They live their entire lives SEALED inside a JAR │ Seasonal Wetland Ecosphere - 6 Month Update!
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- In this video we take a look at the Seasonal Wetland ecosphere I built 6 months ago. I built it in the summer, when the water source had dried out. I added new water to the substrate, which enabled the ecosystem present to recover from their summer dormancy.
This ecosphere has a lot of plant growth. Animals such as the wandering snails and dwarf flat ramshorns feed on them. There is also algae present which feeds a majority of the organisms such as the bladder snails and ostracods. Predators such as Hydras and Flatworms hunt prey within the jar such as Ostracods and young snails.
One of the most unique species I've encountered within this ecosphere are the Green water mites. I struggled to film them during my previous videos due to their speed. I was very happy to be able to record some footage of them this time for you guys. I find their unusual body shape and coloration fascinating!
There are a lot of snails living in this ecosphere. Bladder snails, Dwarf Flat Ramshorns and Wandering snails. They seem to all be doing well and I'm hopeful they will continue to coexist for years to come. Wandering snails are my favorite species of snail so it brings me a lot of joy seeing them thrive within this ecosphere.
I am very happy with the ecosphere and it's easily become one of my favorites. Hope you guys like it too!
If you would like to see this ecospheres progression videos check out this playlist:
• Seasonal Wetland Ecosp...
This is one of my favorite ecospheres so far. Hope you guys enjoyed the video!
no offence but if you stopped uploading nobody would miss you
@@boogiecamel587 wtf? Why the f.. would you post that?
@@boogiecamel587 why don't you just get lost jackass
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@@boogiecamel587 I bet u support biden u snowflake
Please do not stop doing what you're doing. You enrich our lives more than UA-camrs with millions of followers do simply because you humbly take the time and effort to intimately show us a very small but major part of the world that we would otherwise never be able to see and appreciate. You're like a microscopically based Steve Irwin.
The music gives me the vibe of a space exploring sandbox game, like Starbound.
space engine
I need tiny cameras that allow you to swim through these jars and explore
It`s a very cool soundscape to go with this .
Universe Sandbox
You mean mass effect?
I'm relatively new to this and your channel but this is some of the most fascinating things I've ever seen on UA-cam
Watching the flatworm I was like “oh, cool” but when you zoomed out to show it sized next to a snail I was just in shock, it looked like something from a science fiction alien movie. Thanks for showing us such wonderful tiny worlds!
I could watch these all day, because it's about the only videos that are honest and true. Don't start getting too cutesy and commercialized, you're perfect just the way you are.
That is definitely one of the best youtube channels
this is very fascinating , great job on editing and gathering all the info, how do you identify these creatures from the other side of a glass and how do you find their exact species?
That’s the exact same thing I’m wondering. I wish he would answer
@@Tori_Dub its about experience
when you work for it as a fun in years you get the game
I am always looking forward to these videos whenever they appear in my feed. They are perfect for relaxing your mind for a few minutes and just enjoying the little wonders that nature has to offer that normally get overlooked.
I get so excited when these videos are posted. So interesting and relaxing.
Keep making these!
I love these videos they are super relaxing. Commenting for the algorithm because everyone needs to see these ❤️
100% great videos.
Lol the newest Alexa commercial is pretty funny.
"Alexa, dim the lights...."
"No, Alexa, don't do that! No, Alex, don't! Don't dim the lights!"
I wouldn't have seen that ad if it weren't for this awesome video. I love watching the self-sustainable ecosystems you have! They're so fascinating!
Underrated youtuber right here.
Omg you are the best, just found you and have been binging on your vids, I cant believe that these are actual things that we never see. Please never stop doing what your doing, also
For gods sake why do you not have more subs than you do? Your content is amazing and dont let the people that dislike your vids influence you AT ALL. They are only jealous. Hope you are staying healthy and safe man! (>○_○
You inspired me to start jar ecosystems. I now have had a sealed forest floor terrarium doing wonderfully in my room
This channel is so great for relaxing, and it’s so interesting yet simple and genuine. Never change.
Always interesting , always something new to see.
Love the sound track too btw .....
Thank you for the upload.
You inspired me to create a jar with a diverse population of plants that offers a glimpse into a small fraction of the connections within nature- invertebrates hatched after awhile just like you’ve shown us! It's only been about two months and mine is really enjoyable for me thank you for sharing these I always check back to see if you’ve uploaded a new video they are top notch thank you for taking your time with them
I absolutely love this channel. I am so glad your channel popped up in my recommendations. 🌱😊🌱
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The music in this is fantastic, very calming and melancholy makes me think of space
A truly interesting ecosphere, indeed
I absolutely love this...
So many focus on million gallon aquariums and fish that they neglect this side of the hobby. I have a little cube from Micheals where I grow my Lucky Bamboo out of...before I knew it, snails seemingly popped up out of nowhere. They must have came when I used a few pebbles from an already established tank. Life always seem to find a way when it comes to water.
Another excellent video, thanx.
This is my new favorite channel. Thank you for giving me something to look forward to.
Sometimes I wish I lived in a jar
We already do. It's called the Earth.
@Adam Osman I was thinking that too. So beautiful, quiet and peaceful
It's always amazing how many different kinds of creatures live in these containers. So much life and diversity.
Please do more build videos from scratch and teaching us how we can do this ourselves in our own neighborhoods. Thank you and keep up the good work
That music gives me some serious Sim Earth vibes
Déboussolé
Since I don't know how the UA-cam algorithm values and upvotes and comments, I do an original comment as well;)
Love your work, keep it up. We would all really love a Q and A session:)
I have attempted several ecospheres and, so far, had limited success. The first two died after weeks, I still have two on the path there, but I am still enjoying the path they take.
I am down to three reasons:
1. Sunlight (too much? too little?)
2. Temperature (too high? too low?)
3. Having taken them from artificial (if very old) systems in my town, all with a fresh water supply.
Will try it again in spring with an old, natural pond and see how it goes.
What light are you using?
@@ichrised Just indirect sunlight. I used windows facing north and south, with the southern one, I put it the ecospheres behind blinds.
@@Corvus_albus maybe try using an artificial light like a one of those led grow light bulbs they sell at places like home depot, that's what I use
@@ichrised Oh, I had heard in several videos that too much light is dangerous. Or does that only apply to sunlight? I can certainly try with the next one.
Do you have any advice on temperature?
@@Corvus_albus that only applies with sunlight, temperature shouldn't matter as long as it doesn't freeze or gets 20 degrees hotter than room temperature. I definitely recommend using the led full spectrum grow light bulb from feit electric or something similar. And make sure the container isn't letting out any air.
Would love to learn more about getting started and maintenance if that's something you'd ever be willing to share. I'm curious what sized glass jars you use or what you've found to be optimum. Thank you for the vids!
Just recently discovered your stuff just want to let you know I love it. Something I've got to ask just cause i'm curious. When you supply your light to your ecosystem do you ever turn off the light and simulate night and day or do you constantly leave it on 24/7? How would the ecosystem change if you included a day and night cycle?
What type of lighting do you use and how long do you need to have the lighting on? Do you turn it off at night and on by day?
Not sure what they're using, but you can buy a grow light and an automated timer to create day/night cycles.
For a few of these closed terrariums you won't need a high wattage light, maybe 100 watts?
Apparently the lights are just for the video - they sit on a windowsill or in a conservatory normally. They just need the normal light of the sun (as they would in the wild) - nothing special. The lights are just for the video so we can see :-)
@@Peteman81 ah, well, I suppose artificial lighting could be useful for some people. Certain housing types or climates can limit available sunlight.
Love how peaceful this channel is :-) What sort of camera do you use in order to capture the cute little hydra? I think they're my favorite :-)
Nice update, I remember when the contents of this jar were collected. When not videoing, what light source and photo period illuminates the jar?
This is absolutely fascinating stuff and it is incredible how much goes on in such a small space!
Yeah, I enjoy the music as well :)
my respect of you keeps growing from the quality games you take music from, bravo. Good shit
Always awesome videos
the 2 year old loves it and of course her old stoner dad does too! the music on this one is perfect.
These are just incredible! I'd love an updated guide on how to start and keep one myself!
Where do you keep the ecospheres when you aren't presenting them??
your videos are just...so good
Thank you 😄
Awesome as always
Don't know how I got here but I love this.
Could you try change ambient a little? Don't get me wrong, awesome videos and music so far, but i wonder what more diversity could bring us :)
Amazing as always man, keep it up
The shot with the nauplius is my favorite one on this channel. What camera do you use?
Great shots and awesome camera resolution! I have almost the same ecosystem in my jar but a lot more algae on a glass - maybe because I have less snails there :(
Why not drop in a snail? You can buy ramshorn snails for very cheap at petstores, and they'd be happy to clean up your algae. You'd only need to put in 1-2 of them.
@@shriihanmukherjee6502 I have dropped a few of them from my second jar and it worked! But it is no native closed ecosystem anymore because I opened it and made a change of the ecosystem.
@@zdenekhruska1873 Ah well, at least you can see and enjoy it now. Even if it's not native, it can still be cool to watch.
Can you use a normal desk lamp for the Jars or do you need special equipment? Wanted to try out an ecosphere too but don't know if a normal lamp is bright/warm enough
You can use light bulb that people normally use but is not as efficient
Your video make me so relaxed sometimes I have to backtrack 3-4-5- times to comprehend a single sentence or segment.
Where do you live? I’d be interested in seeing the difference between something like maybe an American ecosphere & a U.K. ecosphere.
Love your videos- thank you x
What do you record with and how far zoomed in are you?
I can't wait to try this, we have a pond near by. TY !
I love this so much, what a channel
7:12 Oh God, the world is SPINNING!
I just like live in this ecosphere.....❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏
What type of camera did you use to film this?
Wonderful.
Wonderful stuff 🍀
Could we get a Q&A? I mean what is your background? How much footage is there to one video? Are the lights on 24/7?
So many questions
I would want one as well, planning to satrt my own ecosphere
I would love one as well, I have attempted several ecospheres and, so far, had limited success. The first two died after weeks, I still have two on the path there, but I am still enjoying the path they take.
I am down to three reasons:
1. Sunlight (too much? too little?)
2. Temperature (too high? too low?)
3. Having taken them from artificial (if very old) systems in my town, all with a fresh water supply.
Will try it again in spring with an old, natural pond and see how it goes.
@@Corvus_albus good luck on you trip, fellow comment stranger. Wish you and your ecospherers luck and a long life!
@@Kuwagumo And the same to you, thank you very much:)
What lenses do you use for that macro?
Great video.
1:16 Wormsigns!
That's right bugs, enjoy isolation
Preety ironic it was said by a character from Hollow Knight
So much life in such a tiny jar.
Beautiful 💘
Curious as to what you are using for a camera.
Love it 🥰
How did the ostracods get in the jar?
I tried creating an ecosphere but seems that I only caught a couple detritus worms, many copepods and one bladder snail, the only plant I could find was duckweed and there were a couple of mosquitoes larvae and two other big larvae but can't see them anymore, where did I go wrong?
MORE VIDEOS, PLEASE!!!!!
Ok i want to try something like this but don’t know where to start!
Man if a tiny camera is there and swims around and then you can see the environment there it would be like subnautica
That's a great idea for a video game. I would totally play if someone made that.
"Can you read their
minds ?"
Derek Zoolander
I really loved this video, but it would be great to have some comparison, so we can see how small they really are.
Wow bruh you win
All aboard the hype train! There's a new video up @4:00 does the 2nd snail smack the worm as its falling to the bottom
Clams and hydras. ☺
What happened to the beetles and the larvae? Great video btw
I let the beetles out because I noticed they were struggling to push through the duckweed to get oxygen. The Larvae also relied on accessing surface oxygen to breath, but due to the duckweed forming a thick layer on the waters surface it couldn't reach the oxygen it needed and drowned.
@@Jartopia thx for the quick reply and RIP to the larvae. Keep up the great content man
How long can an ecosystem like this maintain itself, will it reach a point where for example there are too many snails feeding for the plants to sustain the other creatures?
Ever heard of snailibalism?
What do you think he uses on order to see the organism? Some kind of microscope?
can we see your jar collection?
How do you store these ecospheres
Water mites remind me of the hands in oddworld
The two dislikes are the flat worms that couldnt bite the big snail
I want to have an jar ecosystem. But it's winter. Can I revive critters in a jar?
Yeah. I built my rural pond ecosphere in the winter.
The title of this video is a perfect metaphor describing the life of the average internet dweller.
I would love to be able to do this
I think my ecosphere is having an issue with gas superproduction from bacteria fermentation
How are you finding such biodiverse bodies of water, all of the ponds ive found have very limited amount of plants in em :(
even a little bit of grass are sufficient to make a jar. And also, algae or microscopic plant found in the water will eventually grow and fill your jar.
@@afifbrian2540 I mean yeah ive got a few jars that are stable but i mean large aquatic plants, all im able to find is duckweed and algae :/
@@mrmissalot8311 well, you can put any land plant for decoration like grass or tree branch. See if they decompose in the water. If not, then you're lucky, but if it decomposed, it become food for soil organism in your jar
@@afifbrian2540 Yeah so far ive found that grass and moss can climatise to being aquatic, ive only had grass grow on the surface of water. Also i tend to seal my jars after a week or so, so too many rotting plants can cause an algal bloom or kill the system.
The worms are farming!
I want the flour terrarium update! It's been 6 month already
Did you add the snails?
When he added the soil and water, it have snail egg in it
wait is this the metriod prime music?
Have you ever considered that the Earth might just be a jar of an alien, recording us and uploading the videos to an intergalactic youtube? "Look at those worms crawling around. Aren't they interesting? Why are they suddenly all wearing masks?"
This channel inspired me to do the same thing. My first jar died somewhat quickly (I saw a sewage truck cleaning the area a few days later, so it was probably polluted somehow), but it had some interesting species like a massive scary-looking white worm and some pond snails. The second one is still going, though, having gone through several different stages before finding (what seems to be) equilibrium. I had a dragonfly nymph in there, some water calves and a lot of other stuff, but now it's mostly copepods (they came back after having been gone for a while), worms and Ramshorn snails in there. Amazingly, a spider has survived on the surface for all this time - I wonder what it feeds on. There might also still be an alive beetle, but I haven't seen it for a while. Lastly, two big flies managed to hatch from nymph through pupae, but they didn't survive on the surface. The water is very dark, unfortunately. I would love to have it more clear, but I'm afraid messing with it will break the ecology down there. Thanks for letting me share (my wife thinks it's a bit yucky, hehe), and thanks Jartopia
Is this the underwater music from Donkey Kong Country?? Lol
(Not criticizing)
What would happen if you introduced a frog to the habitat or dna?
Frog would die. DNA would do nothing as there is already DNA in there.