The Development of a Planted Versus Non-planted Closed Ecosystem
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- Both the natural ecosphere and the planted ecosphere have turned two years old. So far they both have been successful. This video compares the development and evolution of the closed planted ecosystem and the closed ecosystem with no plants. This is the two year update on first two homemade closed aquatic ecosystems in a jar that I made in the same pond.
Enjoy!
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They shouldn't be overlooked
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This video took 4 solid days to finish but I think the end product is worth it. Happy new year!
Thanks for making all of these videos. Absolutely love them all! Just got done binging all of them!
Happy New Year to you too!
i think it took you 2 year
Hey life in jars! We made a discord for ecoshpheres, if you join it would make our day :) discord.gg/8fjbpcw
it is!
I've been watching a few of your videos tonight, and I keep being reminded of one time I had a beer and I left the bottle out, and the next day I noticed a bunch of fruit flies in it, so I sealed it up, and they lived in there for several generations, and I can't help thinking of several generations of fruit flies living their entire lives completely drunk because the only food they have is beer. It was interesting to see the larvae crawling around inside there though.
kinda cool, kinda gross! haha
The fact that its been 2 years physically made me jump
It's totally crazy
When are you going to get ocean life
I noticed that you filled the first jar on a snowy day, and the second on a warmer day. This might be why you had more animal life in the first jar. Colder water holds more (unbonded) oxygen, which would then be trapped within the jar. Because of this cold water also happens to have more animal life in general.
Another theory is that the cold had led to many species to "hibernate" in the river/lakebed, which you scooped up with the mud.
Either way a sufficiently sized algal colony should be capable of recycling as much oxygen as most plants, but require fewer nutrients. (Which is probably why your plants are dying FYI.)
@ADEBISI ADEBISI Who dropped you as a baby?
@ADEBISI ADEBISI bruv you got some serious problems
*pushes up glasses* "ahem, actually, i noticed that... "
Come on man, let the guy who has been working for 2 years to do something that he enjoys have his fun without harrassment. Be nice kid
@@TheEnderKitty1 Harassment? Do you hate science? He's forming a hypothesis and letting the author know. Now if he runs the experiment again, or someone else decides to try, they will have more ideas.
Also since we're being assholes, apparently, the right way to do this experiment is to get one large bucket and mix it all together, then take your samples from the exact same bucket. This ensures the same bacteria, animals, plants, etc... in each sample. Then you can change whatever variable you want.
@ADEBISI ADEBISI Daddy issues? Explains a lot.
I did this same science experiment when I was grade 6, my school principal only gave me a 60% grade. I was actually trying to prove that the local open body of water in my home town was not as clean as it should be. I think he was not as informed as he should have been to be "judging" the science fair. Story of my life.
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You should have appealed bro
Yes you failed at it because you could not actually have a large enough “clean environment” to be used as a comparison. Downsizing down to jar does the exact opposite because you can control it much easier.
@@jbarlak You are wrong. And why are you nit picking over a 10 year olds Science project?.you that small and insecure?
Beverly Anne it’s funny you need to bring up something from your past to make people feel sorry for your failure
From a tiny channel to a VERY BIG CHANNEL
And you watched it all happen
@@LifeinJars It is well deserved, your content is high quality :-)
I really appreciate the music, it’s very therapeutic and adds to the already great content you have. Thank you
I stumbled upon your channel this morning and within the 12 hours that have passed, I've become a HUGE fan and even sent videos to my friends and Instagram. your content makes me laugh and I never thought a video on tiny specks of jiggly worms n crustaceans could bring me so much joy PLUS educate me at the same time!! your voice n dry sense of humor kills me too hahaha in this day and age i really appreciate seeing such wholesome n heartwarming content on the internet!!
Thank you so much!
Came from Atomic Shrip's Channel, binging your videos and loving the content.
Can't wait to make some of these for myself, you have gotten me hooked on what seems to be an amazing niche hobby!
you have a really unique style. thanks for making these videos, love from Australia 🦀
I had a rough day but this made it way better than I was expecting it too so thank you for doin what you do
I love this channel. It provides a new perspective. The little creatures of no significance can be something so interesting. EDIT: If you read this, I suggest that you make a time lapse video or a stream of a jar. :)
This reminds me of a science project from middle school. As a class, we had to make something like this, make a small jar ecosystem in the course of a week and then examine a sample under a microscope. The twist was that we would be exchanging jars and observing someone else's.
As it turned out, my jar had the largest and most interesting variety of creatures while the one I got was... well, pretty much devoid of any life. I was so annoyed, especially since my classmate got all the attention for the 'work' I had done...
I love that they are closed ecosystems now, at least in the title, it’s much truer to the real experiments and what you are trying to achieve
mmm yes swimming circles, such beauty and elegance!
This is the best channel I ever found on RUclips
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We currently own a pond that's been inhabited by fishes for almost a year by now. Seeing this video had us curious about what other organisms live there. We'll basically try this as well.
Yay thanks for another upload! Really cool how the two were so misaligned in seasons, that is really weird but fascinating!
Just saying but the fact you collected the water in 2 very different conditions (frosty/sunny) would play a huge role
I have been enjoying the videos for about 4 months. I had to try it myself, so I made a natural ecosphere from a northern Wisconsin lake on November 4, just before the winter freeze. I made one adjustment. I placed the jar next to my AeroGarden which provides 18 hours of light. This simulates summer all year long. All the little creatures are doing good, except for the mosquito larvae. Its adult flight was short lived. Thank you for ecosphere jar experiments!
That's awesome. How did that work out? I just started mine. Florida freshwater system with fish and snails, plus other stuff. Plants too.
Your videos are so interesting to watch and i love your sense of humor
Thanks!
So happy to see a new vid!
Nice to hear
I'm glad this video popped up today......I forgot I made an ecosystem 8 months ago. Can't wait to go home and check it. My life has been busy but can't believe I forgot about it!
That's amazing that these systems are over two years old. I just scooped up my own sample including many small round leaved plants, a small fish, and various strange other things. Also has another type of plant plus a small rotten log.
Sounds cool, though I'd take the fish out, they don't do well in closed ecosystems.
@@LifeinJars Gotcha
Awesome have fun
Very Interesting how these turned out
I love these videos, they’re so relaxing, my favorite thing is to watch before I go to sleep.
Love the video, and it's amazing to see the growth and the difference between the two
Great video LIJ, these are one of my favorite jars on this channel
Just got my first macro “lense” filter! Hopefully I can get some decent shots!
Very nice Comparison and Explanation , Keep up the good work👍👍👍👍👍
I used to drink lake, river, and pond water when I was younger lol
So many regrets Haha
HAHAHA THEY WILL DIE IN YOUR STOMACH BUT THEY WILL LIVE IN YOUR MOUTH
Ahaha when's your funeral-
I think we ingest way nastier and harmful stuff from our industrialized food anyways.
i would have never known how many organisms are in water if it weren't for him
In the next video, LiJ drinks each bottle and shows what it does to his stomach
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I am very happy with your vids! This is so far the only channel I have found that goes into depth regarding the development of these tanks. I have a feeling that most builds you find online are only pretty for a few weeks. I hope to see more content of your projects in the future! Chears
Thanks Tim!
I stumbled across one of your videos in my feed and to be honest clicked on it because I wanted to find out why someone would keep a dirty jar of water. Now I find myself utterly fascinated by your videos and look forward to viewing all the past and future ones.
Boogie worms! Perfect! They are fabulous.
I love your vids and wont stop loving them THANK YOU
I was so surprised to learn how young you are! The way you speak is very mature and I like your sense of humor too. I'm not an ecosphere hobbist, I just enjoy watching your videos and watching you experiment and discover things.
I think I have the same two species or similar ones of ostracods in my planted jar, the small ones are apparently present everywhere and larger elongated one can't swim. I love watching them do their thing in their cute little clam shells. Gonna try to collect more species of them cause I love them so much.
Love it, really wish mine had some clam shrimp. That merch link is busted BTW.
Thanks for the heads up
I very much appreciate the work and time you put into this project,shows how patient you are. : )
I started doing the same thing with local bodies of water because you of :) so fun and interesting to watch
Thank you for these great videos! I'm gonna make my own when spring comes because of your fantastic work.
That plant makes so much difference
Great Eco system's!!
Thank you
It's 2018 since I watched this channel glad to be back
Good to have another video! 👍
RUclips thank you for bring me here!! I love this video
Super cool. Who knew they would turn out differently b
Thanks for another great video! You inspired me to make my own ecojars, so last October I made three - two marine, one freshwater. The water in both of the marine has gone green, and the freshwater jar is looking a bit murky. There were plants in all of them but the only surviving plant from all of them is some oxygenating pond weed in the freshwater jar. I think I'm putting too much substrate in - looking at your videos you hardly put any in at all whereas mine are a bout a quarter substrate. It was cool watching marine worms tunneling, but I'm guessing they've died now. I'm going to clean the marine jars out and give them another go I think, the freshwater one I will keep going as there is still stuff happening in that one.
Why is this so fascinating?
I've wondered the same thing
Love your channel! Keep up the great content!
Very beautiful 😍👍
Well... Dying IS approaching the perfectly balanced state xD
As always, excellent stuff.
Thanks Charlie
Thank you for telling us something.
That’s actually very amazing thank you for sharing this with us
This is so relaxing to watch !
Would be interesting seeing a Journey to the Micro Cosmos type video on each of these macro creatures.
They all look super weird
True
7:25 Paul Atreides mounts a sand worm
xD
Gigachad of Jars released another video featuring jars
thank you for this update
Thanks for watching
After 2 years of watching your videos you’d think I already made an ecosystem myself. Truth is, I still haven’t. It’s about time!
Very good
Nice video! I also made a closed ecosphere, i putted in freshwater isopods. They are doing great atm. I did a video about it. Hopefully they will do well. I will do updates. Bit your video helped a lot! Its fanastic! 👍👍
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This is so weirdly interesting :-) I just wish you would have collected 10 jars on the same day, planted half, left half "natural"...this would have eliminated many of the random variables and allowed for better comparison. But nevermind...jars for 2 years? Damn nice!
In the unplanted ecosystem you had more decaying matter, the dead leaf, which to decay takes up O2 for the bacteria to digest it for nutrients. I wonder if you'd added a dead leaf to the planted tank as well what would have happened?
I wish people like you may save the earth
I would be really curious to see what diversity would remain in a similar set up that is fed and filtered (ie a sponge filter).
This looks AMAZING!🥰❤🌟
Thanks for the Bladder Snail footage
At last... I was waiting for this video for so long. :)
Interesting stuff.
Magnificent!
:)
Hey I've got an idea for you, CARNIVOROUS PLANTS. There are interesting aquatic carnivorous plants like all the different species of bladderworts, some of which are quite hardy and easy to grow, like the U.gibba, I think it could lead to an interesting unique dynamic.
that merch is so cute 🥺
My planted ecosphere I made 6 months ago is still going. The snails have multiplied. Not many ostracods now.
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Yus!!!!!! More videos!!!
Love this channel
Why did youtube only give this video to me now? Love it
Nature seems dynamo, this notion of equilibrium seems like a human construct. How remarkable that we seem to be the most rapid change in the history of life on Earth, mankind is the fastest of all the great dyings that we know of. Perhaps we should pay more attention to life in jars! ♥️
You're very calm and weird and I like that because I'm like that.
Kid I have no idea where you came from, but just know you are my new favorite channel
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I made my own now from just watching your channel, I did get a damselfly nymph in mine.
cool and interesting experiment. That's will inspire me to to this too.
This is a great video.. Made me want to make my own Jar.
If possible, Could you give us an update in another 1-2 years or if the system dies..
7:42 made me like and subscribe
This is why my fish tanks require virtually no maintenance. I see people dumping chemicals and all sorts of garbage into their tanks. Constantly messing with them. Constantly changing filters, ext. My fish tanks almost never get 'cleaned' so to speak. I top off the water from time to time. That is all. The tank on my desk has not been cleaned or had the filter messed within a year and a half. It has 1 male beta, 2 ottos, and cherry shrimp. I have low light plants and moss, waterlogged driftwood, and natural clay and sand substrate. My timer for both light and heaters are set to mimic nature (longer/shorter days and temperatures). It goes through natural die-offs a bit in winter, and I seldom need to feed my beta because he eats baby shrimp and mine breed alot. The water is almost always clear and I only have algae when the tank goes through a change in the cycle such as entering 'winter' or in 'spring' with the increase in temperature and light. I do not remove dead plant matter. It breaks down naturally.
Love your channel! I was inspired to make my own ecosphere. Do you have recommendations on what kind of equipment I should use to view the tiny critters?
Did the plant you used come from the pond or an aquarium supply store?
Pond
I have a question not really related to the video. I made an ecosphere from a man made pond, but the pond was filled with rocks and stones. So I grabbed dirt from a puddle near by rather than filling the jar with rocks. I took the jar, sealed it and left it by my window and it survived for about a week. It’s been about 4-5 months now and there seems to be no life but algae. Should I I give up on this ecosphere? And if making another one from the same pond should I use the rocks in side instead of dirt?
This is awesome! Well except for the things that die.