A Self Sustaining Ecosphere With Insane Biodiversity!

A Self Sustaining Ecosphere With Insane Biodiversity!
Ecospheres are fascinating closed ecosystems that are full of life. I’d always wanted to make one so I enlisted the help of my friend and ecosphere fanatic, Lucas, and we created a super cool self sustaining ecosphere!
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[@berenicehickey9755]

I make biospheres here in Singapore. I use water and media etc from the ponds in the botanic gardens. My retirement hobby!😊😊

[@curvingfyre6810]

This animal list is full of really good picks! Snails are vital to keeping an ecosphere clean and healthy! Amphipods are energetic and bioactive, breaking down larger items very effectively! Daphnia are powerful filter feeders, keeping hte water column pure! Flat worms River limpets are known for getting the really tough kinds of algae and biofilm that other snails sometimes can't!

[@parsnip7517]

Lucas is always in a pond somewhere

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

I think you know lucas personally ☺️

[@angrypoopoo4016]

thank you for taking a moment to show us the duckies

[@susancurry1346]

We all need access to a Lucas. Brilliant.

[@contomo5710]

3:15 as someone who does mostly chemistry, i can tell you, never turn a ground glass joint without grease! always just lift it up, youre risking seizing it every time, and once its seazed, especially if it isnt boro glass, its really really hard to get out.

[@low-cozmic3364]

Oh shit this happened to me about a month ago. I was so confused on why it wasn’t opening. My dad ended up breaking it. Thanks for the tip, really helpful!

[@barnacleboy4487]

i have a scar on my pinky from seizing the bowl on my bong😭😭😭

[@cristinapesaro3713]

This ecosphere is absolutely marvelous! I hope you’ll do some other videos like this! 🤩

[@annulmer6830]

I learned sooo much!😀 Brilliant work!👏

[@fandusmercius723]

I m glad you found Lucas

[@MidnightSvshi]

This is awesome, could we get some updates on this as time goes on?

[@sofee6376]

Can't get enough of this channel ❤️😭😭

[@Bigtiddiegof666]

Amazing 😍 I love these videos 🖤

[@thememeconnoisseur368]

You are my idol lucas chicksand I remember seeing you around school and I love your epic toads and ecosphere. Love from ryad

[@charliblake8551]

Okay…I LOVE Lucus! Does he have a channel?

[@lilomlly]

I'd love to do this, but it might be difficult to find an unpolluted stream in my area of Southern California 😄

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Aww does a friend have a pond?

[@angrysnailbug]

maybe a park has a pond

[@jolabu74]

Very nice work 👍😍

[@dxd_adam]

Content just gets better and better

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Thank you very much!

[@ReecsGTA]

hey you know your favorite terraruim the fish bowl one with the garlic snails, millipedes and isopods can you list a terreruim like that on your website

[@gadpivs]

I'm late to the party, but I've always wondered what would happen if plants from the local pond or creek were mixed in with some store bought plants. Would be interesting to see if one dominated the other or if they could coexist easily.

[@brettpid6416]

many plants used in indoor aquariums are tropical or subtropical and thus are more likely to thrive at room temperature than native cold tolerant plants however it really depends on the plants there are slow and fast growing plants stem plants, floaters and epiphytes

[@thelittlethingsinlife239]

These are my favourite ecospheres, the natural ones 🙂

[@seanlee5595]

Terrarium and plants videos are very calming my anxiety and depression is starting to disappear thank you :)

[@arrayofemotions]

Such a cool project. It seems a bit daunting though if you have no prior experience!

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Recruit a Lucas 😁

[@LucasKarasinski]

@@WorcesterTerrariums Not me, though :D

[@NoSuchStrings]

Beautiful!

[@waitup-5198]

So cool!

[@huntera123]

This is fascinating. How has it done over the long term?

[@distinctforest1686]

i think that grass-like aquatic plant is vallisnera Nana, as some vallisnera at their juvenile stage looks similar to the smaller varieties, therefore sometimes people mistaken them as other varieties of vallisnera.

[@lillekatt6293]

And the other plant could be a Rotala Rotundifolia in its emers state.

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Correct! A friend confirmed the rotala

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Ty!

[@plumpmoose]

Can't wait for the update

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Me too! Thanks for watching ♥️

[@danielledavenport9907]

Nice - really enjoyed watching this 👍 Apologies if the following is a dumb question, I know nothing about ecospheres! Do you have to do anything to prevent hypoxia with the lack of air/gas exchange or is the photosynthesis enough (if so, cool!)?

[@coreyfinn5532]

The water plants would take carbon dioxide from the water and convert it to oxygen. There is no exceptionally large animals so oxygen use is small.

[@matthewedwards1089]

Awesome.

[@arctica7170]

Lucas MVP!

[@dynajay4106]

1:07 - Holy hell! You look like Heath Ledger!

[@RichardBronosky]

1:22 Love the watch, Lucas! Is it waterproof?

[@liamcolotti6824]

Bro I’d just take my shoes and socks off and walk straight into the pond. That’s what I normally do.

[@Eazye677]

Wait do you have to buy animals or if you just pick up dirt and plats and water for it will there be animals in it that you can see becuase I just made one from a pond

[@wcdeich4]

Where did you get the daphnia & flatworms?

[@alissahardwick3484]

How often do you take the lid off? Will you add water every few weeks/months? Love your videos!!

[@thelittlethingsinlife239]

You don't need to remove the lid very often. With mine I only remove the lids when I'm trimming the plants 🙂

[@jordanmcelroy1347]

Id love to see one with micro fish maybe thats self sustaining not just bugs thatd be wicked

[@JayMoo1]

I want to make one now!

[@mrmissalot8311]

Lucas is a proper geeza, id have a pint with him 😃🍻

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Agreed!

[@wcdeich4]

Did the blatter snails explode & kill everything? That happened in one of my fish tanks :(

[@jenniferrevay3760]

When I make this eco system, do I need to take the cap off to give it air at all? I was told by one that I do and then I watch these videos on u tube and I don’t ever see or hear that the lids get removed at all?

[@thelittlethingsinlife239]

You don't really. I only remove the lids when I'm trimming plants

[@krutikamistry2478]

I love ur voice

[@Naturegirl9]

Makeing a tiny ecosystem with fish and the fish liveing for a long time before I let them go is how I got a aquarium 😂 (sorry if this is wired but i am still sending it 😅)

[@jeffcohen3659]

Big fan of this page. Just recently got into the idea of creating a terrarium and I have a question for you: would asparagus ferns survive in a terrarium with an open top? Or do they need a more humid environment than that?

[@09amlenz]

You can plant asparagus ferns in just regular soil and a pot so an open terrarium should be just fine.

[@emmabelles7727]

Would water/substrate from a canal work for an ecosystem?

[@thelittlethingsinlife239]

Yes it would work just the same. Just remember it may take a couple of weeks for it to all settle and the water to clear

[@kayakMike1000]

Whut about little little tiny organisms like stentors and planarians?

[@doodlesdoodles5267]

Bruh contamination with the super glue

[@baranobama5375]

Dude is the Joseph Gordon Levitt of biomes

[@Ash-sz6ij]

Where can you find them can you find them in streams

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

The creatures? I believe lucas got them from a pond

[@serena-ov7ck]

1:09 he was actually really cute here

[@Yvola]

he kinda looks like newt scamanda from harry potter

[@mimemouse997]

Duckies!

[@mekaniskhaven]

Update?

[@zanegreay7157]

Why buy plants rather than collect them from the stream?

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

I know that these plants work! ☺️

[@redtsar]

Shouldn’t there be predators to keep it balanced the population balanced?

[@kkivvix9406]

duckies :D

[@Bryan_Hagan]

Heath Ledger

[@nathanking4234]

Is it just me or does this channel host look a bit like Heath Ledger??

[@user-jv3ip7lk6x]

There is not a moving (living) creature on earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings, but are communities like you. We have neglected nothing in the Book, then unto their Lord they (all) shall be gathered. Quran [6:38]

[@kayakMike1000]

Why not make a terrarium from a polluted source? You could study how the organisms deal with pollution.

[@thelittlethingsinlife239]

That's an idea 🙂

[@tantemerry6160]

please make a translator in Indonesian

[@jaimersilvestre7425]

JOHN CENA??????????

[@CryptoRoast_0]

Never been a fan of caging animals. Whether that's a snail or a lion. Think i'll stick to plants 😊

[@WombatMuffler]

Is the Jartopia channel aware of your plagiarism?

[@Samantha777love]

How so?

[@frowner_and_co]

Plagiarism? They didn't start the trend.

[@emmemaile5531]

I clicked on the video and immediately asked myself, why does he have boogers in a jar