When you do close up, their world looks so much bigger. I love this so much that I started a ecosphere my self. It all came from my local river on the out stretches of the protected wet lands we have. I filled and sealed it yesterday. I have so much life in the jar already.
The hydra is an incredible creature. It can regenerate itself in an uncredible way : if you cut it in half, the injured hydra will regenerate the missing part and the previously cutted part will regenerate a new hydra. So, you can put it in a blender, cut it 100 times, it will just make new hydras.
They’ve actually done studies where they put hydras in centrifuges until they in essence melted and then over the next few hours they almost always reconstruct their own bodies as if nothing happened
Additionally, hydras are biologically immortal. Their cells don’t deteriorate with age so they could theoretically live forever if not killed and with enough resources.
Hi Jartopia. An old laboratory trick to control the pouring of water very carefully, is to rely on the waters adhesion and cohesion properties. So what you do is pour the water down a glass rod when making up very precise solution to ensure it all goes into the flask when making up volumetric solutions for titration. Try it out in the kitchen first with the handle of a long dessert spoon, the rounder the shaft the better it works, stainless steel, plastic, wooden spoon handle etc all should work. It makes it incredibly easy to pour water into pop bottles etc.
Fascinating stuff. This was suggested to me by the RUclips algorithm and I'm so glad it did. I'd quite like to start an ecosphere of my own, what would happen if I were to use mud from an existing body of water like a pond or stream? Could that be used as a sub-strata? Edit: I should've watched the other videos before writing all that above. In my defence I was overwhelmed and very enthusiastic about trying this for myself so wanted to find things out immediately. Well, sorry. 😕
@@judashicks106 Turns out I should've just watched some of his other videos first, because he's done just that very thing with a woodland pond ecosphere. So, sorry.
At this rate you'll be at 10k subs by morning. Your channel appears to be growing by the minute; I think I've just watched 4 of your videos, started at 6.45k, now it's 7.13k... It is therapeutic viewing, mind...
I have a question if you had an ecosphere in a bottle for years but then you opened the bottle would all the living creatures die cuz of the new air and them not beiny use too it or ?
Will Ambrose not necessarily. Humidity should equalise between the jar and the outside air. If the outside air is more humid, then in theory you would end up with more water in the jar than before. Take the jar to the amazon and open it would have a very different outcome to opening it in say Death Valley Arizona. But the question was about air not water. I’m not an expert but I would think that opening the jar would risk 3 things changing: 1. Mixture of gasses in the air - particularly O2 and CO2 balance; 2. Airborne organisms - particularly bacteria 3. Moisture levels / humidity
JJ 89 if being that guy means being the one that taught me something - then go ahead - always happy to leave a conversation knowing more than when I entered it. Thank you.
Both variables do matter ; they'll define what will thrive or not in the ecosystem. I don't think that there is a good temperature or light cycle though : this will just help some living creatures take over the others ; and you might end up with different ecosystem with the same soil/water but different parameters. Life in a Jar (another channel about the same closed ecosystems) did a 24h lit jar ; it ended up being filled with algee. This surely means more nitrite and other molecules that come from dicomposing algees. This is harmful for a part of creatures; while other consume it. Its sorta what's happening in French Bretagne (green algee thriving on coast for a few years and killing even horses or wild boars from gaz intoxication) on a small and more controlled scale.
9:00 What are in the swarms of little micro-invertebrates? Is the magnification high enough to actually show paramecium? Or are these bigger creatures?
Did you ever thought one making an ecosphere which had the least amount of biodiversity, let them adapting and then throw a new player in to see how it change the game?
Ecospheres can last forever if given the right care and initial start. Algae etc and small micro inverts are more likely to survive than bigger complex organisms though. It all depends on the species as some are better suited to ecosphere life than others.
This is a very well made video. I'm looking to make a few mason jar ecospheres soon. Is there a minimum volume that will support larger multicellular animals like shrimp/small fish/snails? Do you expect any species in your ecosphere to die off completely?
Extinctions do happen. There isn't really a minimum volume. Smaller organisms can adapt to smaller jars just fine. Yeah it's to be expected that organisms go extinct. Not everything will survive as the ecosystem takes time to establish and balance out. I'd avoid fish for your ecospheres as if it was possible to support fish inside a jar people wouldn't feed the fish in their aquariums. Fish cover a lot of distance in search of prey in the wild and they're probably one of the least suitable animals you could get.
Try to use a stick or a ruler to guide the water whenever you want without turbulence. I also have two questions: 1. as you let the ecosphere get some light, the ecosphere has a kind of vent? 2. how long do you keep the ecosphere and what do you do with the things inside after?
This got recommended to me, and I'm glad because I've always loved the idea of things like this. What did you use to put the plants in? Looked kinda like chopsticks. How do you make sure they get rooted in to the soil?
Ramshorn snails breath air from the surface. If you leave no air space for them to refill their sacks they will not survive long. Give them at least 3 cms between the water's surface and the lid of the jar for air, Nitrogen, O2, CO2, and other rare atmospheric gasses. It also leaves a pressure zone to prevent lock seal that will adjust to the outside pressure.
Thanks I made few seen all these but nli with pond water those snake white like things eat a lot. 😂 But never clear and nice like yours. I even have a note book. Day one and so on three days if you focus you'll find life. But it's a hasel ......And I never used sand and put water calmly thanks for real...
Hello, congratulations on this beautiful channel! I wanted to know about the light, do you always leave it on? Turns off after 12 hours? Do you use a specific type of lamp or not?
where do you get the plants and soil/sand to make these? do i just go out and pick some random greens and use them, or i have to be careful what to put in the jars?
Can someone explain to me how all these creatures hatch inside? Did he put in the eggs before sealing it or does soil usually just randomly have eggs in it and they hatched from that?
I am a strong believer that evolution is taking place within these systems. My life is dedicated to capture it. I don't think i'll ever be done with them, I plan to keep a majority of them forever.
@@Jartopia that is very interesting I hope all your ecosystems thrive for a long time, I want to take part in the hobby but where I live I cant make water habits. Only land. Since I'm in a desert area.
The copepods are a relative species of Cyclops, they get that name because they have only one eye (the red dot) , the way they carry eggs on each side of the body is characteristic of this group...
When you do close up, their world looks so much bigger. I love this so much that I started a ecosphere my self. It all came from my local river on the out stretches of the protected wet lands we have. I filled and sealed it yesterday. I have so much life in the jar already.
how is it doing now?
i love this channel so much, especially with the relaxing music it’s so calming
Thanks for watching!
The hydra is an incredible creature. It can regenerate itself in an uncredible way : if you cut it in half, the injured hydra will regenerate the missing part and the previously cutted part will regenerate a new hydra. So, you can put it in a blender, cut it 100 times, it will just make new hydras.
i think that if it gets way too damaged it would just die, i do love the idea of putting it in a blender and hundreds of more hydras emerge
They’ve actually done studies where they put hydras in centrifuges until they in essence melted and then over the next few hours they almost always reconstruct their own bodies as if nothing happened
so if you cut one two will grow back, the name seems to be not without reason
Additionally, hydras are biologically immortal. Their cells don’t deteriorate with age so they could theoretically live forever if not killed and with enough resources.
@@MaximEyes Ralph Macchio is a hydra.
Hi Jartopia. An old laboratory trick to control the pouring of water very carefully, is to rely on the waters adhesion and cohesion properties. So what you do is pour the water down a glass rod when making up very precise solution to ensure it all goes into the flask when making up volumetric solutions for titration. Try it out in the kitchen first with the handle of a long dessert spoon, the rounder the shaft the better it works, stainless steel, plastic, wooden spoon handle etc all should work. It makes it incredibly easy to pour water into pop bottles etc.
this is a good knowledge
I am actually obsessed with this channel. Thank you algorithm for this beauty
me, during the whole video: wow this is so cute!!
the copepod: *bites the snail*
me: OH NO :(((
Nice and Clear video , amazing shots of aquatic micro-organisms..keep it up
Thank you
When you present something it is on this little table. But where do you store the other ecospheres ?
Probably near the window or in a place with lots of light
He sleeps with them
@@zerozero5810 he eats them like soup
@@stephenharper1662 no, he stores the water separately to use as natural eye drops
@@David-np3vx it really builds the immune system
"What happens next might shock you" - not a line I expected from Jartopia.
Dhar Mann???
@@pinkytsuru9429 ???
@@MrTwostring You don't get what I mean lol!!!😁
@@pinkytsuru9429 lol
Amazing that all that different life is in
one scoop of soil 🤯
i’m obsessed with these videos!! they’re so calming and interesting !! keep it up :)
You just inspired me to create my own ecosphere...
Was it successful?
Fascinating stuff. This was suggested to me by the RUclips algorithm and I'm so glad it did. I'd quite like to start an ecosphere of my own, what would happen if I were to use mud from an existing body of water like a pond or stream? Could that be used as a sub-strata?
Edit: I should've watched the other videos before writing all that above. In my defence I was overwhelmed and very enthusiastic about trying this for myself so wanted to find things out immediately. Well, sorry. 😕
I think so but idk I had an ant farm and I just took some random soil and it worked
@@judashicks106 Turns out I should've just watched some of his other videos first, because he's done just that very thing with a woodland pond ecosphere. So, sorry.
@@midnightmosesuk sorry what for this could be your new hobby
don’t be sorry!! i hope yours turns out well :)
No reason to be sorry. You didn't know, so you tried to find out, and that's a good thing! There's no shame in asking questions.
Beautifully presented and one of the most interesting videos I have seen ... thanks for showing how you built this ecosystem!
Awesome video! I've been planning to make one of these for awhile. Keep up the good work.
thank you
I must say You Tbe has amazing algorithms. This channel blew my mind wow .
I'm so glad this channel got recommended to me
Wow... these videos are really amazing, I’ve never seen anything like this in my life where you can make life and habitat in jar.
I’m glad this showed up on my recommended. This shits wild interesting. Keep it up fam! This looks fun
New to the channel but favorite video so far. Nice music choice.
At this rate you'll be at 10k subs by morning. Your channel appears to be growing by the minute; I think I've just watched 4 of your videos, started at 6.45k, now it's 7.13k...
It is therapeutic viewing, mind...
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Really wow, love how life survives in a jar. It's very cool.
Love this channel! I'm trying to start up my own ecosphere/microbiology channel, too! Can't wait to see more!
Thank you. More videos are planned for the future!
I have a question if you had an ecosphere in a bottle for years but then you opened the bottle would all the living creatures die cuz of the new air and them not beiny use too it or ?
They would die because when the water evaporates it would get out the bottle so they would have no water
Will Ambrose not necessarily. Humidity should equalise between the jar and the outside air. If the outside air is more humid, then in theory you would end up with more water in the jar than before. Take the jar to the amazon and open it would have a very different outcome to opening it in say Death Valley Arizona.
But the question was about air not water. I’m not an expert but I would think that opening the jar would risk 3 things changing:
1. Mixture of gasses in the air - particularly O2 and CO2 balance;
2. Airborne organisms - particularly bacteria
3. Moisture levels / humidity
Nick C forgot about the humidity outside😂
Nick C not to be that guy but Death Valley is in California
JJ 89 if being that guy means being the one that taught me something - then go ahead - always happy to leave a conversation knowing more than when I entered it. Thank you.
Great channel :) very relaxing and soothing for the mind
Ive binged watchedd all of your vids, I hope your subscriber count keeps growing
So relaxing to watch
It’s wonderfully humbling to think of how much drama and life is going on on the micro scale every day all around us while we’re blissfully unaware.
That was fascinating thank you.
Better than Seamonkeys! And it's free! Cool Video! 😎
Fascinating.
Thanos was here, keep up the good work.
thanks you!
Why'd you leave the server blerc? :(
@@koolfulms.v2497 I think i was not welcome :)
@@BlercNet :( you didn't feel welcome? Sorry if any of us offended you but you are more than welcome to join back 😃
You have inspired me to create one....Thank you so much.
Good video bro
thank you! :D
Is there an average temperature u keep the water? How do u know how much light is needed or do these variables not matter
Both variables do matter ; they'll define what will thrive or not in the ecosystem. I don't think that there is a good temperature or light cycle though : this will just help some living creatures take over the others ; and you might end up with different ecosystem with the same soil/water but different parameters. Life in a Jar (another channel about the same closed ecosystems) did a 24h lit jar ; it ended up being filled with algee. This surely means more nitrite and other molecules that come from dicomposing algees. This is harmful for a part of creatures; while other consume it. Its sorta what's happening in French Bretagne (green algee thriving on coast for a few years and killing even horses or wild boars from gaz intoxication) on a small and more controlled scale.
This channel is very addictive.
Where do you aquire the plants? From the wild or do you purchase them from somewhere?
How do you get such good camera quality do you use your phone or a video camera with a magnifying glass underneath it?
I hold my camera extremely close to the glass :)
My question as well: what camera?
9:00 What are in the swarms of little micro-invertebrates? Is the magnification high enough to actually show paramecium? Or are these bigger creatures?
Did you ever thought one making an ecosphere which had the least amount of biodiversity, let them adapting and then throw a new player in to see how it change the game?
*Audible Gasps*
You can’t throw in a new player in an ecosphere, it’s sealed
@@Kenneth_Fishing
Sure you can. Rotating cup valve.Drip it in the top, spin it, and it falls in with no air exchange.
*Proceed to get spawnkill,bully,ignore by everyone inside jar*
I wish youbway more subscribers 👌🏻🌌
Thank you! :)
Nice video.
Thank you for showing how to start one!
This aint the usual kind of content i watch but id be lying if i said i wasnt now a fan nd wanna make my eco system jar thing
What kind of camera gear do you use to capture this stuff?? Its amazing!
Seriously, I want to know!
how long can a sealed ecosphere like this last?
Ecospheres can last forever if given the right care and initial start. Algae etc and small micro inverts are more likely to survive than bigger complex organisms though. It all depends on the species as some are better suited to ecosphere life than others.
@@Jartopia Cool that you respond to comments; unlike any other RUclipsrs..
I hope you post updates of the various jars you made. I'm really curious if they survive still to this day
hello! i was wondering...what kind of water did u use? tysm for the video btw, keep going ✨
Hi, I used rain water :)
Did you thoughed about creating two identical ecosystems and look if they evolve in the same way?
Or a third jar with a small difference.
This is a very well made video. I'm looking to make a few mason jar ecospheres soon. Is there a minimum volume that will support larger multicellular animals like shrimp/small fish/snails? Do you expect any species in your ecosphere to die off completely?
Extinctions do happen. There isn't really a minimum volume. Smaller organisms can adapt to smaller jars just fine.
Yeah it's to be expected that organisms go extinct. Not everything will survive as the ecosystem takes time to establish and balance out.
I'd avoid fish for your ecospheres as if it was possible to support fish inside a jar people wouldn't feed the fish in their aquariums. Fish cover a lot of distance in search of prey in the wild and they're probably one of the least suitable animals you could get.
Can you get the soil by digging really deep into the ground?
Yes
You won’t find the bugs though you must get from pond
Such a lovely video. Thank you. But Can you just get a few random plants from a local pond/lake? Or is that not a good idea?
Where did you get the pond soil? I'm very interested seeing as the snails and small organisms came from it. Wonderful video
On another comment for this vid he said rain water
@@potatopotato-lf1ns yeah but he said soil not water
I drank my ecosphere
same
😆 hahahahaha....salute
my favorite part about these videos is how much they make me not want to go into any body of water ever. hella cool tho
How you keep this jar or bottle?? Inside home whith a ligth or how?
What kind of lighting do you use and do you turn it off and on like natural light
Try to use a stick or a ruler to guide the water whenever you want without turbulence. I also have two questions: 1. as you let the ecosphere get some light, the ecosphere has a kind of vent? 2. how long do you keep the ecosphere and what do you do with the things inside after?
Currently attempting my own pair of jars 🤞
6:20 what kind of camera you got, those grains of sand are huge in that clip. Also did you use pond water.
İ think his camera is behind the lense of a microscope
Can you please tell me what camera were you using to capture all these? Cheers!
This got recommended to me, and I'm glad because I've always loved the idea of things like this. What did you use to put the plants in? Looked kinda like chopsticks. How do you make sure they get rooted in to the soil?
Might use this recipe to make a homunculus
Where did you get the mini plants from?
Ramshorn snails breath air from the surface. If you leave no air space for them to refill their sacks they will not survive long. Give them at least 3 cms between the water's surface and the lid of the jar for air, Nitrogen, O2, CO2, and other rare atmospheric gasses. It also leaves a pressure zone to prevent lock seal that will adjust to the outside pressure.
About the water : Is that tap water or natural water like froma river or something? Thank you nice vid
I’m gonna assume it’s natural water, but if that’s not an option you can buy a dechlorinating mixture or just fish water at a local pet store.
They said in one of the other comments that it was rain water in this one.
So if I got some dirt from water,sand,plants,and water I could have all that?
Will you do up dates? Six month, 1yr, 2yr, 5yr, and so on?
Please list all the materials and where to get them. In can not even find a suitable jar
Hey! Love your vids. What kind of lamps and jars do you use??
What kind of micrscope do you use?
Thanks I made few seen all these but nli with pond water those snake white like things eat a lot. 😂 But never clear and nice like yours. I even have a note book. Day one and so on three days if you focus you'll find life. But it's a hasel ......And I never used sand and put water calmly thanks for real...
Is this the forgotten ecosphere?
Yes. This was the creation video!
Hello, congratulations on this beautiful channel!
I wanted to know about the light, do you always leave it on? Turns off after 12 hours? Do you use a specific type of lamp or not?
where do you get the plants and soil/sand to make these? do i just go out and pick some random greens and use them, or i have to be careful what to put in the jars?
👏👏👏👏👏👏
I was wondering what soil brand did you get? I am interested in buying some to try it out! Tank you!
Do you store these outside? Do you keep those lamps on them 24/7 or just for the videos
Can someone explain to me how all these creatures hatch inside? Did he put in the eggs before sealing it or does soil usually just randomly have eggs in it and they hatched from that?
snails hitchhiked as babies in the plants. The rest came as eggs in the soil.
@@Jartopia Fascinating, thank you so much
Is there any useful tools, books or websites to help identify the life and species that establish?
Can you explain how we could obtain the plants you used, or in general, recommend a store where all this can be purchased? Thanks in advance!
Very nice. Looking for soil in Germany. Can't find. Which ist perfect or soil from a ground of a sea? Thank you.
Depending on the type of seal, it might be permeable and transfer gasses slowly over time.
What do you do with these jar ecosystems once you're done with it, Im super interestedd in knowingg
I am a strong believer that evolution is taking place within these systems. My life is dedicated to capture it. I don't think i'll ever be done with them, I plan to keep a majority of them forever.
@@Jartopia that is very interesting I hope all your ecosystems thrive for a long time, I want to take part in the hobby but where I live I cant make water habits. Only land. Since I'm in a desert area.
Where did you get the plants from and how do you store this jar?
The copepods are a relative species of Cyclops, they get that name because they have only one eye (the red dot) , the way they carry eggs on each side of the body is characteristic of this group...
where is possible buy the pond soil ?
What kind of water is used in this? And where do you get the plants for it? I'm really wanting to do one of these myself.
Do you order the aquatic plants online?
Where did you get the aqua soil? what is the brand?
What type of soil are you using? I can't locate it online. Are the eggs in the soil or the plant? Thank you!
Excuse me, Where do you buy that jar ?
Do you put the living organisms jn there or you didnt know there was already one in some substances that you put but started reproducing in it?
He showed all the preparation in the video
6:30 bawllz 😊🥜
MORE PLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So when do this organism start to show up?
SO all of these creatures were in the substrate just waiting for the water?????
Snails and hydra likely came in on the plants.
Was hoping to mimic something like this but can't figure out what soil I need to get. Any suggestions?
you put fish into this ecosohere too?
No that is cruel, the Jar is too small to fit such a large and demanding life form (even things such as minnows)
How does he learn what species are these?