Amazing SLIME MOLD invading my HUGE ANTVIVARIUM!

This video is the fifth vivariumupdate of this now very lush piece of forest! Introduced this time is a cohort of aquatic organisms and the careful observation of the vivarium's slime mold.
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Nordic ants
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Nordic ants is still the og of all, so underrated channel and deserves so much more

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Aww thank you so much

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Yes

[@kontoname]

Totally +1 - very interesting concept with the vivarium and fantastic time lapse. Hope this channel keeps going and growing :)

[@b.rileyjowett6925]

One of my favorite things about vivariums is that all sorts of weird and fascinating creatures just seem to appear out of nowhere.

[@nordicants6232]

So true :D

[@Jartopia]

Some isopod and millipede species do have the ability to survive under water for limited time periods. They're known to forage for food under water, but unlike purely aquatic isopods they can still drown and must return to land.

[@aboveanonymous4810]

Lol I watch your channel too.

[@nordicants6232]

Thats what I thought! Seems legit :D so cool

[@axldlima1938]

there are species of completely aquatic isopods too

[@nordicants6232]

Ik! Maybe it was one... but have seen isopods that look alike above ground many times :D

[@justinbennett9998]

@@nordicants6232 perhaps they WERE aquatic isopods and you were seeing them out of their environment and that's the source of your confusion.

[@FinnishAnts]

Yay. That was cool video. thanks nordic ants.

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[@krazymuncher2288]

... if only time could go faster

[@nordicants6232]

Awww soon! :D

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One Of the Best ant channels

[@nordicants6232]

Getting that without any ants in this video! Thank you ;D

[@ape_man504]

Lol you mean, THE BEST!

[@mossdwellers114]

When isopods need to wet their gills they dip them in moisture underneath them. Thus the twerking you asked about in 3:18 :) Since im keeping dozens of Isopod and ant species i really like these videos, keep up the good work. Also if you need anything around Isopods or ants, feel free to reach me :)

[@nordicants6232]

Omg thank you so much for telling me!! Makes sense since they still have gills :D omgomg cool and I will!

[@mossdwellers114]

@@nordicants6232 i work with our Europian native species of Isopods quite a lot, so if you want to add some colorful Isopods to the terrarium i have a few isolated color morphs which i can donate you for free :) and since the substrate is the heart of the vivarium, i can add some native Isopods which you will never ever see (maybe through the glass) , since they live in the soil but they will help your other soil inhabitants to keep the substrate fit :)

[@nordicants6232]

DamnSand omg are you serious? Email me at [e-mail] :D!!

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@@nordicants6232 Sure, no problem. You got a mail :)

[@yel5178]

7:20 I use those plants to collect stems in Grounded... 😂😂

[@nordicants6232]

Oh my god xD

[@aurora_dawn123]

Your so lucky, slime molds are great for bioactive vivaria.

[@thomasmcginley1169]

I love aquatic life nice to see you payed some attention to it and added tadpoles :)

[@nordicants6232]

;) thank you! Gotta love it

[@seanandrews5329]

Nice to see you back brother

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[@KendrixTermina]

wow u got a whole ecosystem in there!

[@aboveanonymous4810]

I have waited for this so long. But it was worth it.

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you!! :D

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@@nordicants6232 :)

[@alexealexander727]

3:10 you would be a great national geographic narrator

[@nordicants6232]

Awww thank you! Thats a huge compliment

[@johnhaymaker5825]

Adrian is right. You have amazing content. Thank you.

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you!!

[@MoldPriestJim]

The wonderous grasp of the mold has graced you brother please what are its teachings what has it whispered at your most vulnerable moments I must know

[@AntsBritania]

Nice video bud! Love those time lapses!

[@nordicants6232]

[@stickthesecond5085]

Isopods need water to breath since they have booklungs which need to be wet in order to obtain oxygen

[@rovicjacob121]

Some terrestrial isopods actually have gills

[@benediktk.8228]

This vivarium is just so cool, could be in a museum.

[@seanschaefer6070]

really inspiring me to make my own vivarium, nice work

[@jennapower3285]

The isopod probably fell in then got a bit of moisture then either died or climbed out

[@FormlessNut]

Only vivarium videos i enjoy watching are yours

[@GreenCaulerpa]

The isopod isn‘t a terrestrial one but an aquaric one though 😄 Two very different genera but it is likely Asellus sp. Also the first „slime mold“ seemed to be a fungus. Also the slime mold you showed wasn’t actually in the plasmodial phage but already started forming sporocarps (sporangia) which you can easily identify by the formation of those bubbly looking globs on the surface

[@nordicants6232]

But I see it living above ground all the time?? :o will look it up a bit more and which one are you refering to as not being a slime mold? :D thank you so much for commenting this!!

[@GreenCaulerpa]

Nordic Ants 4:55 those „yellow“ ones likely aren‘t actually slime molds but some other fungi I guess. And since terrestrial and aquaric isopods are very similar from their physiology, I believe you mistake one for another

[@DyslexicYoda]

Always love the updates. Enjoy learning.

[@aurora_dawn123]

That Armadillidium vulgare, is actually an Armadillidium nastatum.

[@nordicants6232]

Omg it is? Dang it... so hard focusing on all the new animals...

[@aurora_dawn123]

At first it's hard to tell the two apart, it gets easier over time.

[@abdulrahmantaqi4144]

You should add shrimp or dwarf crayfish

[@ryanmcvey9417]

Best channel on KZbin!

[@nordicants6232]

Aww cmon! Not true! :D thanks for watching

[@tamarrajames3590]

You constantly delight me with your enthusiasm, sense of humour, creativity, and scope of vision. Your vivarium is looking amazing...and I had no idea slime moulds moved like that when we aren’t watching. I am loving your aquascape, it is really developing well...did you leave the car for the fish?🖤🇨🇦

[@nordicants6232]

Awh missed your comments Tamarra!! :D hahahah thank you for all the kind words and the slime mold totally blew my mind too. Leave my car for the fish? xD I simply got them from our summeplace, we live infront of a lake :-)

[@tamarrajames3590]

Nordic Ants eh you and your project are always a bright spot in my day when you post. ..and I learn something new every time. The slime mould was really alien though, it wasn’t just growing, it was moving. Your summer place sounds idyllic. Thanks for sharing your projects with us.🖤🇨🇦

[@Liam_black]

I just found this channel today while looking up Paludariums. This is only my 2nd video. So far I love this channel I wish I would have found it sooner!

[@unwashedgrapes8605]

I am astonished!!! Such beautiful footage & narration -- thank you!

[@PeaceBe123]

That’s an aquatic Isopod. It’s highly ass are gills.

[@nordicants6232]

Hahahaha thanks for telling! ;D

[@ape_man504]

You’re awesome!!!

[@nordicants6232]

You are your majesty B)

[@ape_man504]

Nordic Ants why thank you 🙏🏽

[@antoniogabriel4089]

INTERESTING VERY INTERESTING, I WANT MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nordicants6232]

WILL GET MORE SOON

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@@nordicants6232 AW HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@janeelinasof]

Nice video!

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you!

[@travisb5358]

Dude this is so cool!! Teach me your ways!?!?!

[@nordicants6232]

You do you b ;) hahahahah

[@leftwingdragon6235]

Slime moulds in vivariums are a good sign for biodiversity in the vivarium. Looks like what ever you have been doing is working.

[@tilde-lialvsilver4767]

Amazing video!! Really interesting!

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you tildeli

[@mitchl5220]

I agree I could watch that stuff for hours lol! Keep up the good work man your videos are amazing

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you so much Nacho :D

[@James-KL]

As usual, most interesting update NA!

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you!! :D see you for the next one

[@atonedudeatsnotsubscribed8313]

Nordic ants more like MY S A N I T Y

[@nordicants6232]

Hahahahah xD

[@tundraplanet3077]

Possiabley Breathing or keeping some breath in

[@fitt4393]

I've been waiting for the update 😭

[@pinkdaruma8942]

the cooler mold

[@nordicants6232]

Chad mold ;)

[@sunnys3512]

Love the video!!!!

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[@consciouscoma85]

i just watched a story on NOVA about slime mold.the first thing that came to mind was GLIOBLASTOMA and how it spread and had veins and liked sugar. i wonder if research on slime mold could come up with a cure for cancer?

[@dino_soup]

Oo cant wait

[@nordicants6232]

:D

[@andrelang7370]

Nice the pond is running and with fish! Glad you came through with it. What species are the minnows?

[@nordicants6232]

I dont know! Some fish from a lake outside my summerplace, hard to tell when they are so small :D thank you for watching

[@evilcow2000]

You won't believe how much I wanted to touch that slime mold. Even thinking about it makes me want to touch it and squish it.

[@nordicants6232]

Hahahahah omg me too! But had to film it for you instead xD

[@diogomeneses48]

I'm wondering if I can eat it

[@nordicants6232]

Diogo Meneses xD

[@VilleAbr]

Amazing as always! 🐜🐜

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you

[@Bertiny3]

I love your videos!!

[@nordicants6232]

Loveu all!

[@FunerealObsession]

How is your crab doing?

[@EnderAnts]

Finally youre back once again! Those tadpoles were like little balloons AHA. Looking forward to seeing them in a future video 👀

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you Ender! :D see you soon

[@felixpriestly6833]

How are the termites doing?

[@Nassi415]

Awesome!!!

[@DizzleMCSTANG88]

Wouldnt it be alright to raise a group to adult hood and re-introduce them? Legitimate question, where i am from there arent many areas for them to actually lay their eggs and i have noticed a drop off in the number of toads I find. I guess I am asking if providing a place for them to go through their tadpole stage and then letting them go when they are toads would be a good idea.

[@nordicants6232]

Thats the plan actually! Reintroducing the toads :-) what you are saying is true here as well

[@DizzleMCSTANG88]

@@nordicants6232 well right on! I will plan on doing the same as you next spring!

[@shalomsanbi]

Wow, that slime mold, how many days was the feeding and reproductive phase? Did another come out after?

[@cameronwilson909]

why is this not on the news

[@Stahlzahn17]

you know you have the coolest tank in the world?

[@nordicants6232]

Nooo come on! Its really just like in my back yard :D

[@Stahlzahn17]

@@nordicants6232 but in cooler ;) i love your vivarium videos

[@viniciuspaiva3578]

Is this Rimuru? (Reference: Tensei Slime Shitara Datta Ken)

[@nordicants6232]

xD

[@hamzarehan17]

Is the army ant colony alive?

[@thequackyest3604]

awesome :)

[@olivearodriguez9603]

That’s a really cool system and I would love to know about your decision process for choosing the life within your vivarium. Ima stalk your content.

[@AntsManitoba]

Loved it so much, definitely keep us updated on the whole tank :)

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you so much

[@rmt3589]

What food web program is that?

[@robbiev9296]

Update aquatic

[@kayzenjenkins9775]

Do you keep the ecosystem outdoors?? I imagine bugs would be flying around the house otherwise :) also what species fish did you use. I take it they're european and have to stay small.

[@lordravencarver242]

Well for the rollie pollies they have to wet their Edmond their lungs have to stay wet they're still a water breathing creature they have to have a moist environment sometimes they do pat their asses on water too wet their lungs

[@Justin-kp9ow]

How long does it take to make a video

[@nordicants6232]

Depends! Some a day, others three :D

[@joshuavarney2346]

Woah woah woah what the heck is that? 2:07

[@unwashedgrapes8605]

+ I was curious about that too...

[@axldlima1938]

if you did regular vids youd be famous bro.

[@nordicants6232]

Not yet! ;)

[@vta0533]

Soo...... are they good or bad

[@nordicants6232]

Depends! Imo good ;)

[@joshuaspath6923]

Have you heard of the new game grounded? While it’s not exactly realistic I feel as tho you’d enjoy it.

[@nordicants6232]

Hahahahha heard of it! Yeah maybe... ;D

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Upload more videos dude :).

[@nordicants6232]

Will try... got so much else going on! :D

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@@nordicants6232 :)

[@AlexGerwe8505]

When will you upload next it has been three months

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Wait are you in Thailand

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Why are you not uploading?

[@nordicants6232]

Prelim exams in june! Will post after them

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This aint antcanada... Welp F it. The more ant content the better

[@nordicants6232]

Sorry for the red arrow xD thanks for watching!

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This is better

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Well it has not sold out to that membership system with insane pricing so it is already winning and I have yet to watch a video.

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@@WasabiCannon 100 dollars so that your name can be in the beginning of one video a month. It makes no sense

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Get some Bathynomus jk jk unless?

[@nordicants6232]

Hahahaha that would require something huuuuge! xD

[@eltoolthetermesantkeeper3536]

@@nordicants6232 Yeah xD a big aquarium or a very big vivarium

[@AlexGerwe8505]

Lol super dramatic music and serious talking and then he just switches to his sponsor.

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Damn, why are all the ant KZbinr so dramatic?

[@nordicants6232]

I am so sorry!! It was a joke xD

[@aquin3066]

@@nordicants6232 No, man, you do you. I think I was a little rude, sorry.