this is the only closed terrrarium channel that really gets to the point of why people get fascinated by these things. its not just an aesthetic appreciation, its the experiment nature of it.
yeah, every channel is either "the best looking terrarium ever" or "I MADE AN ECOSYSTEM AND IT EVOLVED IN 3 DAYS!!!!!!". we need more casual channels like this.
It is fascinating to see this closed system continuing with a stable population and no interference for three years and counting. It still has a varied array of species, with none appearing to grow out of proportion to the rest. It gives one pause to consider how it maintains this balance among its many inhabitants. I love these visits to old worlds you have created, thank you for sharing.🖤🇨🇦
I'd say the answer to that can be observed in human populations too, before the invention of medicine as we know it human populations were kept pretty stable worldwide thanks to natural selection and just the availability of resources for those communities, the overpopulation problem only began once this self regulation was tampered with leading us to believe that if left unbothered in most cases nature finds a way to keep a balance.
Woah I remember you first making this terrarium This feels like a cameo from a different era of my life popping in to say hello and that's kind of special
It’s interesting to think that if the jar was well protected somewhere, it could evolve its own life/contain specimens of them extinct plants in a couple centuries. I guess sunlight affects it, and the material of the jar, but I’m thinking about the multiple millennia old sealed containers that have been discovered in places like Egypt. Like that, but echo system.
Actually, it probably wouldn't take anywhere near that long for the life in there to become completely different species. Considering the fact that most of the animals can have several generations per a year (Most isopods have 3 in a year and springtails may have up to 1 per a month)... It realistically might not even take longer than 10 years! It probably would happen by the 20 year mark. This is the same reason why animals with fast reproduction rates get domesticated much faster. Crazy to think about, right?
Creeping Charlie can also spread by roots - so it can have offspring without being pollinated, setting seeds, and having to go through all these phases and stimuluses that many plants who must be pollinated and set seeds need - guess that helps it in these specific conditions And thanks for bringing the jar back! 😄 🎉
It's crazy that I've started watching you that long ago. I'm glad you continue doing these videos, and seeing the jar collection grow along with your channel is a great experience.
I love this channel. I've always been fascinated by creating ecosystems. I'm currently experimenting with citrus trees and having great success. I sprouted lemon seeds and planted them in jars with fresh soil and a bit of water. Sealed them. They are all now going on two years old and thriving. What's interesting is that they only seem to grow a couple of inches tall. I'm guessing their roots bottom out on the bottom of the jar. They just seem to live like that. I've noticed nematodes and spring tails in each of the jars. No doubt playing their part in keeping the system healthy.
Armadilidum vulgare tends to burrow so there's a decent chance they're in the soil. Although, in my experience they are more arid so the high humidity could be what got them
Hiya, have you considered testing the biome's air content over time? specificly oxygen, co2, nitrogen and maybe composition of nitrogen in the soil? I know it's closed now so you cant stick a sensor in it but maybe you can use Spectroscopy? In future projects you can add sensors inside when designing. Maybe cut in a hole for a wire, then seal the hole so air cant come in/out. People who work on windows on vans use a sealant that works on glass, you can get some of that. the sensors can be super simple and cheap, costing a few cents and easily controlled with an arduino.
@@ladmad9196 can probably get some good enough ones. o2, co2 sensors tend to be very cheap. They dont have to be very accurate. accurate enough to show change thinking about it, you can also add a moisture sensor like the ones that comes with Arduino starter kits to see if the soil moisture stays constant or rises and falls even within the system(I know overall h20 content stays the same, but it may move between soil: air: lifeforms). may show a pattern. Afterall plants perspire in the morning, and the amount of moisture that air holds is temp dependent
I have a 3 years old terrarium that i always love to look up with a hand microscope. It's amazing how those little creatures work together to keep life going. Thats their whole universe.
Hey, potatoer here Your channel makes me want to have a big paludarium at my home fed by basically stuff naturally found in nature, as i live literally in the amazon rainforest, there's a bunch of stuff to be found.
There is a channel (Ants Canada) currently doing a series on a ginormous rainforest paladarium. I dislike their presentation style but it's decent information and could be inspiration for what to do or not to do with your own project should you pursue it.
@@lmc689 Oh yeah i know them, also dislike their style of making things too personal by giving the creatures voicelines and pretending to know what they are thinking
Nice to finally get an update on this tererrium. Your videos are amazing! The first video of this terrarium inspired me to someday try to make a similar one, but with my own native flora and fauna instead of just Aquatic closed ecosystems.
I love these types of videos, in one way you learn something new and on the other way its just something that not anyone posts on youtube.. so keep it up!
You should get, or make, small magnetic glass cleaner. You put a magnet on either side of the glass but on the inner magnet you attach a piece of fabric or something so that when you move them you clean the inside of the jar. Love the music you selected.
you are by far the best sealed terrarium/aquarium channel on youtube! ive been watching your videos since the creation of the big spring jar 6 years ago (back when i was doing similar experiments) and i still look forward to every new video!
I would love to see you take a bunch of your small terrariums and combine them in a large container to see if the new recorses will cause huge boom of life and see if it can come together
Did you ever think about making a mixed ecosystem? Like an ecosystem with both terrestrial and aquatic biomes? I think It wouldn’t need to be any bigger then that jar…
My terrarium has been closed for 3 years, but unlike yours the bug life is minimal, only centipedes, spring tails, and roly polys. the unfortunate thing is that its so condensed that I cant see in, and even when I can see in the roly polys seem to be hiding, I barely see them. Honestly my fault for adding a rock! theyre known for hiding under them after all
I want to get a glass torch and properly seal some terrariums ampule style. I figure you could start with a boiling flask then stretch the top far enough away then pack it using tweezers. Then torch and twist it to truly seal it up.
Fascinating video! I've wanted to make some terrariums and ecospheres since I first saw this channel a few years ago, but I don't have any suitable windows in my apartment, or any spare space for lamps and such. I'm hoping to move soon, so maybe I'll finally get to try my hand at it. I'm also considering going back to school for ecology in the future, though I'm slightly worried I'm going to pronounce all my Latin with a dutch accent because of this channel.
Bro how do u keep them alive so long? All the bugs in mine died after a couple months and then all the plants succumed to mould a few months after that :(
I feel there would be a limit once the organisms decompose to the point where the soil level gets too high. But perhaps at that point, the ecosystem might change and continue. And I’m not sure how many years that would take.
05:55 Ah, a fellow Dutchman I see. No wonder those microbiomes and balcony environment looked so familiar. Do you ever go to another country and make a jar with what you find there?
This was super entertaining and informative, thank you! I was thinking I’d enjoy a movie about the later generations of bugs getting released into the wild… or a sci fi movie with humans in a similar scenario…. Then I realized that’s kinda like the Barbie movie????
Looked it up on iNaturalist, not sure how accurate it is for total numbers of each species but by far the most frequently observed isopod in the Netherlands is indeed Porcellio scaber, or common rough woodlouse.
Out of all of your ecospheres, have you ever noticed any distinct morphological changes with the populations of any organisms within any of the jars? Jardaptations?
I always wondered if you kept a terrarium sealed for 50 years and somehow the ecosystem managed to remain stable, would the life inside evolve to better suit the environment? How long would it take before the organisms became genetically distinct from their long lost cousins?
this is the only closed terrrarium channel that really gets to the point of why people get fascinated by these things. its not just an aesthetic appreciation, its the experiment nature of it.
yeah, every channel is either "the best looking terrarium ever" or "I MADE AN ECOSYSTEM AND IT EVOLVED IN 3 DAYS!!!!!!". we need more casual channels like this.
Thanks!
When approaching your hobby or work in an experimental way, it's a scientific investigation. Yes, he's a scientist
There was another I use to watch but sadly he become a sponsor sell out which I don’t watch channels that do that.
Looking forward to the 30-year update :)
This is my house I live there
Do you happen to be a springtail on the internet?
If he didn't call you out by your scientific name, I cast doubt.
How's the rent
@@Wario-The-Legend I was busy
I want to know how to kill springtails, not perpetuate them!
Because I keep seeing these comments and I'm not creative but also want to somewhat show support.
I see Life in Jars, I click.
makes sense
I appreciate it
There is nothing better than the feeling of having successfully created a self-sustaining ecosystem
It is fascinating to see this closed system continuing with a stable population and no interference for three years and counting. It still has a varied array of species, with none appearing to grow out of proportion to the rest. It gives one pause to consider how it maintains this balance among its many inhabitants. I love these visits to old worlds you have created, thank you for sharing.🖤🇨🇦
Thank you for watching :)
I'd say the answer to that can be observed in human populations too, before the invention of medicine as we know it human populations were kept pretty stable worldwide thanks to natural selection and just the availability of resources for those communities, the overpopulation problem only began once this self regulation was tampered with leading us to believe that if left unbothered in most cases nature finds a way to keep a balance.
@@stardoll1995 Good observations, thanks for sharing.🖤🇨🇦
Woah I remember you first making this terrarium
This feels like a cameo from a different era of my life popping in to say hello and that's kind of special
It’s interesting to think that if the jar was well protected somewhere, it could evolve its own life/contain specimens of them extinct plants in a couple centuries. I guess sunlight affects it, and the material of the jar, but I’m thinking about the multiple millennia old sealed containers that have been discovered in places like Egypt. Like that, but echo system.
Actually, it probably wouldn't take anywhere near that long for the life in there to become completely different species. Considering the fact that most of the animals can have several generations per a year (Most isopods have 3 in a year and springtails may have up to 1 per a month)...
It realistically might not even take longer than 10 years!
It probably would happen by the 20 year mark. This is the same reason why animals with fast reproduction rates get domesticated much faster. Crazy to think about, right?
Creeping Charlie can also spread by roots - so it can have offspring without being pollinated, setting seeds, and having to go through all these phases and stimuluses that many plants who must be pollinated and set seeds need - guess that helps it in these specific conditions
And thanks for bringing the jar back! 😄 🎉
Yes that probably helps a ton
Such relaxing content, it's like a coffee shop for my brain
I shared to my Facebook with "the ONLY real content". It's such a joy.
Maybe you could put a cloth/sponge on a magnet inside and have a magnet on the outside so you can clean a little on the glass?
It's crazy that I've started watching you that long ago. I'm glad you continue doing these videos, and seeing the jar collection grow along with your channel is a great experience.
How neat is nature?
Very
I love this channel. I've always been fascinated by creating ecosystems. I'm currently experimenting with citrus trees and having great success. I sprouted lemon seeds and planted them in jars with fresh soil and a bit of water. Sealed them. They are all now going on two years old and thriving. What's interesting is that they only seem to grow a couple of inches tall. I'm guessing their roots bottom out on the bottom of the jar. They just seem to live like that. I've noticed nematodes and spring tails in each of the jars. No doubt playing their part in keeping the system healthy.
Cool!
17:59 look a this myriad of feet. 🙄😄
thank you for filming and narrating another 3 years of preserved life.❤
YEAH! I loved seeing all those feet too!
Keep doing this forever please.
Love when life in jars uploads
Armadilidum vulgare tends to burrow so there's a decent chance they're in the soil. Although, in my experience they are more arid so the high humidity could be what got them
Hiya, have you considered testing the biome's air content over time? specificly oxygen, co2, nitrogen and maybe composition of nitrogen in the soil? I know it's closed now so you cant stick a sensor in it but maybe you can use Spectroscopy? In future projects you can add sensors inside when designing. Maybe cut in a hole for a wire, then seal the hole so air cant come in/out. People who work on windows on vans use a sealant that works on glass, you can get some of that. the sensors can be super simple and cheap, costing a few cents and easily controlled with an arduino.
You do it and make videos ❤️
how reliable are those cheap sensors, cause those i work with start in the hundreds of €
@@ladmad9196 can probably get some good enough ones. o2, co2 sensors tend to be very cheap. They dont have to be very accurate. accurate enough to show change
thinking about it, you can also add a moisture sensor like the ones that comes with Arduino starter kits to see if the soil moisture stays constant or rises and falls even within the system(I know overall h20 content stays the same, but it may move between soil: air: lifeforms). may show a pattern. Afterall plants perspire in the morning, and the amount of moisture that air holds is temp dependent
@@catus-cactus no, this isn't my hobby. But it is the OP's. I'm a biologist but live in nyc, no way can fit a closed terrarium in my tiny apartment
Yes I have
I have a 3 years old terrarium that i always love to look up with a hand microscope. It's amazing how those little creatures work together to keep life going. Thats their whole universe.
Hey, potatoer here
Your channel makes me want to have a big paludarium at my home fed by basically stuff naturally found in nature, as i live literally in the amazon rainforest, there's a bunch of stuff to be found.
There is a channel (Ants Canada) currently doing a series on a ginormous rainforest paladarium. I dislike their presentation style but it's decent information and could be inspiration for what to do or not to do with your own project should you pursue it.
@@lmc689 Oh yeah i know them, also dislike their style of making things too personal by giving the creatures voicelines and pretending to know what they are thinking
@@CoqueiroLendarioI also hate it but I learn a few things Lmaooo
Nice to finally get an update on this tererrium. Your videos are amazing! The first video of this terrarium inspired me to someday try to make a similar one, but with my own native flora and fauna instead of just Aquatic closed ecosystems.
I love these types of videos, in one way you learn something new and on the other way its just something that not anyone posts on youtube.. so keep it up!
Thanks!
You should get, or make, small magnetic glass cleaner. You put a magnet on either side of the glass but on the inner magnet you attach a piece of fabric or something so that when you move them you clean the inside of the jar. Love the music you selected.
People use these for cleaning the inside of their aquariums and it could work great for your jars too
Great to see this guy again. He's looking well.
It's amazing to see that this jar survived 3 years!
It is!
Thank you for keeping us updated and you are very entertaining.
I JUST watched the terrarium creation video earlier this week. This video dropped at the perfect timing! Thanks for the content!
Loved that intro and the music. Great work! Thanks for sharing your projects :)
Thanks for watching :)
Great to see an update on this project
how the time flies!! i remember watching the first video when it came out. seems like i was just watching it yesterday
I'm so glad you are making videos again, been here since you started this channel :) hi from nz
me too :)
Ooh! Life in Jars!
thank you for putting captions on your videos!!! it helps me and probably many others with bad audio processing a lot
you are by far the best sealed terrarium/aquarium channel on youtube! ive been watching your videos since the creation of the big spring jar 6 years ago (back when i was doing similar experiments) and i still look forward to every new video!
Incredible!
I feel something spiritual when i see terrariums
It’s always good to see another video from you!
I would love to see you take a bunch of your small terrariums and combine them in a large container to see if the new recorses will cause huge boom of life and see if it can come together
P. Scaber are great breeders. And P. Muscorum are my personal favorite species.
17:53 You sure showed them sir! TOTAL OWNAGE! 👍
YEAH
Always a good day for LIJ ❤
Creeping Charlie is a relative of the mint plant. Mint is hard to kill. No more explanation needed.
psyched to see millipedes made it
Did you ever think about making a mixed ecosystem? Like an ecosystem with both terrestrial and aquatic biomes? I think It wouldn’t need to be any bigger then that jar…
Its so over
I really love learning about your little ecosystems! I would love to try it myself someday!
Do it, it's fun!
Fantastic video! I would love to see how/if you ceremoniously repurpose an old enclosure.
I LOVE YOU LIFE IN JARS !
love your content man and as far as I'm concerned you're a living legend after drinking that ecosphere
haha thanks
3 years? Whelp, sounds like about when I last checked up on your channel. Happy to stop by again. Pretty sure I saw the video where you made this one.
your channel has become my new binge content. great videos.
This jar's future is so bright, I gotta wear shades 😎
man somekind of atmospheric sensor would have been fascinating.
These videos are surprising engaging. I suddenly have the craving to buy a big jar...
My terrarium has been closed for 3 years, but unlike yours the bug life is minimal, only centipedes, spring tails, and roly polys. the unfortunate thing is that its so condensed that I cant see in, and even when I can see in the roly polys seem to be hiding, I barely see them. Honestly my fault for adding a rock! theyre known for hiding under them after all
I want to get a glass torch and properly seal some terrariums ampule style. I figure you could start with a boiling flask then stretch the top far enough away then pack it using tweezers. Then torch and twist it to truly seal it up.
VERY VERY COOL...
Cool
Btw when next vid
You should do a collaboration with plants in jars
Good to see you 😁
Fascinating video! I've wanted to make some terrariums and ecospheres since I first saw this channel a few years ago, but I don't have any suitable windows in my apartment, or any spare space for lamps and such. I'm hoping to move soon, so maybe I'll finally get to try my hand at it.
I'm also considering going back to school for ecology in the future, though I'm slightly worried I'm going to pronounce all my Latin with a dutch accent because of this channel.
I see that as an absolute win!
woah this is sooo cool!! i want to replicate one myself when i get to do so :0
Großartig.
Life in Jars? been popping off recently
;)
I sure enjoyed watching
good
RIP Snail 😢
Life is jars
oh the glorious content
Ground ivy all ways grows by my fence
Nice jar bro
Fantastic update !! What more can you say.
Thank you for your video.
You r gonna go far kid… these vids r awesome btw.
You should put the aquarium magnet cleaner and wipe off a lil viewing window for the jars!! Or not, either way.
Finally more videos... 🙌 😌 🙏
Another educational experience thanks bro ❤❤
Could you try an eco system with an alternate energy source? Or maybe a stir bar? Love the new videos thank you :)))
Probably improbable to do and dumb questin but do biologist consider an enclosed ecosystem being affected by the sun as a closed system?
Bro how do u keep them alive so long? All the bugs in mine died after a couple months and then all the plants succumed to mould a few months after that :(
Love from a SharkBytes and Vaush fan!
I wonder if the little inhabitants get bored being in the same area for a long time.
This could be my fridge
hmmm
I feel there would be a limit once the organisms decompose to the point where the soil level gets too high. But perhaps at that point, the ecosystem might change and continue. And I’m not sure how many years that would take.
oh my god 🤦♂🤦♂
god i love this channel
05:55 Ah, a fellow Dutchman I see. No wonder those microbiomes and balcony environment looked so familiar.
Do you ever go to another country and make a jar with what you find there?
I've always wondered what would happen if somebody pumped pure oxygen into one of these
This was super entertaining and informative, thank you! I was thinking I’d enjoy a movie about the later generations of bugs getting released into the wild… or a sci fi movie with humans in a similar scenario…. Then I realized that’s kinda like the Barbie movie????
This is what happened to my jar when i tried to make kimchee.
Looked it up on iNaturalist, not sure how accurate it is for total numbers of each species but by far the most frequently observed isopod in the Netherlands is indeed Porcellio scaber, or common rough woodlouse.
Very cool
It would be great if you had O2 and CO2 sensors.
I would love to know how the O2/CO2 ratio is changing in the jar over time. But I guess that would be very difficult to implement.
Out of all of your ecospheres, have you ever noticed any distinct morphological changes with the populations of any organisms within any of the jars? Jardaptations?
Love it
i wonder if one of your jars will re-seed the planet one day. ya know, after an apocalypse or something.
let's hope it never comes to that
Like in wall e
I like millipedes
I appreciate your Latin pronunciation :)
haha thanks
My favorite alien ❤
so cool
I always wondered if you kept a terrarium sealed for 50 years and somehow the ecosystem managed to remain stable, would the life inside evolve to better suit the environment? How long would it take before the organisms became genetically distinct from their long lost cousins?
I save a lot of effort by letting you do all the jars. I don't have to do any.