Did Life Reappear? Mini Ecosphere

It's been four months since water was added back to this mini aquatic ecosystem. Has that been enough time for life to reappear in this tiny jar?
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[@FieryCoal]

Who knows, maybe the mites will evolve into tiny humans. Then you have a mini army in a mini ecosphere.

[@LifeinJars]

That'd be rad

[@semomonkey]

Simpsons did it!

[@bcr044]

miniature nuclear weapons and miniMAD

[@rockm9222]

@Daniel Marinho can we build giant jars and put regular sized people in them?

[@randompheidoleminor3011]

@@rockm9222 skyscrapers in a nutshell

[@VectorxMan]

Have you considered doing a jar with mixed seasons? To be fair, this would take several years of planning. Get small samples of Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn. After letting each stabilize for a year or more then dumping them into a medium/large jar!

[@sarhahillsburg5142]

This sounds awesome! Would get some crazy life I bet an would be cool see who comes out on top or if can all live somehow I peace

[@blizzardkiehn2508]

@@sarhahillsburg5142 but that all changed when the summer nation attacked.

[@Honey_Daddy]

Youd think all of the ingredients, being the same elements, would turn into the same thing as they are in spring or autumn sitting in water. Snow would just be water, leaves would just be waterlogged leaves, so unless he refrigerates it, itd be all the same.

[@joshua2400]

God Christ Jesus bless you all and have a wonderful day my family love you all

[@Shadownight-zg2pn]

Could you make a new jar by combining several failed jars?

[@aidanwarren4980]

You could even selectively breed jar-resilient species. Take a small amount of the substrate, divide it between several jars, and observe them until only one jar is bioactive. Then repeat!

[@thesteelsquid863]

@@aidanwarren4980 Jark survival evolved

[@CyanEyed07]

The way the mites move is so adorable.

[@blizzardkiehn2508]

Chubby lil legs

[@cheesejam1373]

Inspired me to make a terrarium last Tuesday with a friend, so far it's going well and half the plants are looking better than ones I see in wild, tomorrow I'm making another for my friend Edit: it died, note to self, don't use grass as it dried up the terrarium and don't use River mud

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Nice!

[@modulebot]

Is it really easy? What did you do?

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

@@modulebot you can make one pretty easy and for free too if you use an old glass food jar f.e

[@cheesejam1373]

@@modulebot 1. Get mud from the river, 2. Get stones from the path next to the river, 3 get plants and moss, 4 Place stones in jar, 5, place onion netting on top of stones, 6 Place charcoal above, charcoal too big? Crush it with a rock, 7 put mud in with bare hands, 8, put plants in, 9 seal with part of a sweet packet and original lid to keep water in

[@ErebosGR]

It's insane how mites can have such complex bodies and movement in such a tiny size. The smallest ones grow as short as 80 microns or μm.

[@tamarrajames3590]

I love the way your projects display the tenacity of life on our planet. The jewel like qualities of the microcosm are endlessly captivating and oddly satisfying. Love the jazz backing music. Keep having fun, and stay safe. I still miss that hammer headed worm…🖤🇨🇦

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

I miss the dancing boogie worms!

[@prehistoricworld_]

Life is so versatile. Looking forward to seeing where this ecosphere goes!

[@Deseis]

I have it on good authority that life, uh, finds a way.

[@bsword0311]

They MITE become very successful in there. I'll see myself out

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

LOL

[@ryomahoffman6803]

I live for life in jars videos, As well as many other things.

[@cvbabc]

An ecosphere becomes so much more with jazz.... Thanks for sharing. Too short though!

[@randomkidinvr9803]

This man made entire ecosystems inside of jars that is very impressive on how he keeps them well kept and entertaining us by updating their life every single day

[@bassybossy]

Very interesting these 'small' experiments! And the music.... always so on point!

[@theuglynovember]

truly a pleasure whenever you update, thanks my 'dam friend. say hi to manus if you see him

[@catherinee.422]

i was looking at water from my backyard pond in my microscope today, and i found this half heliozoan / half ciliate that despite these structures, jumped like a flea! i was so darn confused and i had no idea what it was. i think its okay to not know what things are, but i also think its a good idea to document things you dont know. i wrote down everything i observed about this organism, and im glad i did- moral of the story: its okay to admit you dont know something 👍 you can still learn from these experiences

[@elliswatanabe]

>heliozoan / half ciliate that despite these structures, jumped like a flea! sounds like a ligma to me.

[@the_egg_]

@@elliswatanabe what’s a heliozoan

[@semuasiji8096]

@@the_egg_ deez nuts

[@randompheidoleminor3011]

@@semuasiji8096 oooo gottem

[@catherinee.422]

@@the_egg_ journey to the microcosmos has a good video on them, theyre called heliozoa because of their sun-like appearance. theyre small aquatic microorganisms with “spikes” that stun and kill their prey, kind of like jellyfish

[@Itsthefry69]

It was never dead ☺️

[@TotalACABReena]

These videos are so fascinating and calming to watch. Mini ecosystems are so neat!!!

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Great video. At least we know now that if life ever dies out on earth there will still be some sort of life in your ecospheres 😅

[@bas8792]

Even if the world is devastated by nuke, life would emerge again

[@jayofthedeadd]

I always look forward to uploads from this channel :)

[@frankiecastelo9257]

thanks for the update

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Dammit! I thought this was a science channel that was going to talk about life spontaneously appearing from base elements under laboratory conditions! Always a bridesmaid!

[@MomoSimmer]

So cool ! Ty for the update.

[@austinmarks4088]

"Life always finds a way"

[@AliRoRo_]

Its really neat to see all those tiny guys doing their thing

[@rainyweather3036]

This video made me back my own ecosystem In a small jar

[@zacklamotte6067]

Love your channel! I would love to see some more non-aquatic ecosystems as well, not sure if you’re interested in those. Keep up the great work.

[@hpwb]

Some ecosystems can also get their energy from hydrothermal vents, which should be your next project :)

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

Great idea but it's difficult to imagine the technology that would require...

[@Littlewing6was9]

Hope you're well LIJ sending hugs

[@barbhelle5481]

Thank you 😊

[@dilbrobaggin3723]

Good update!

[@Asqueebus]

been waiting for this and I am very excited

[@djssquibbs3295]

it's taking me a long time to watch all your videos. half the time I get inspired and start checking my experiments. :) I tried little ecospheres like this and I did not have good luck, nor did anything inside the ecosphere. Tanner has tried it, he had some success, but they're hard to maintain. maybe no plants no animals, just moss?

[@James-oo1yq]

Can't wait until you do the Ocean jar! Catching the Blue Whale will be quite difficult 🐳

[@danielkosta3134]

Catching the Blue Whale is nothing compared to stuffing it into the jar.

[@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798]

This entire channel can be described with a single Jeff goldblum quote. Life finds a way.

[@sofastealer0253]

Pretty sure this is gonna be a really tiny but advanced ecosystem nice job man:)

[@Diloparker]

Us: So this used to be your biosphere. Aquatic Mite: Yes, and it was beautiful.

[@gafrers]

Fantastic

[@marialiyubman]

You should do a collab with a KZbinr who’s an expert on bacteria. I’d love that. 😍

[@alexandertuin6831]

Nice videos you make i love them

[@darthszarych5588]

I created an ecosphere a few months ago and I thought all the boogie worms had died because it was very hot and I hadnt seen them in a while, but I just saw some moving around in there today!

[@sandro5535]

Will you make an unusually large ecosphere? Would like to see the new possibilities with a somewhat larger scale. Please make it as diverse as possible, even some variation if possible like parts of the sphere getting more light than other parts.

[@djssquibbs3295]

this would be cool if he has the space for it.

[@sandro5535]

@@djssquibbs3295 I think an aquarium should be enough. Only use extra UV lights on one side.

[@kristiandobias5533]

Life is adaptable it always finds a way :)

[@vayllinn994]

yay another life in jars video :D

[@leaguemastergg3647]

Never seen this channel before and somehow caught it 15 seconds after it was uploaded. I was the 4th like

[@dangerousfables]

Wait till you see the boogie worms.

[@LifeinJars]

Well, welcome!

[@FieryCoal]

Looks like KZbin’s on it with the recommendations.

[@mrmissalot8311]

Ooo ive been lookin forward to this one :)

[@LifeinJars]

Nice!

[@Tortoiseneckx100]

I want this to succeed so bad! come on little mites!

[@themightyeagle21]

Life, well, finds a way

[@goatnicholson]

cool photography

[@alixsprallix]

This will be a good video

[@Bagginsess]

You should get a massive aquarium and try this. It would take a lot longer but would be very informative.

[@heykerryann]

Can we name the little red mite Fluffy? 😉🤟

[@LifeinJars]

We could name one Fluffy... would be pretty hard to distinguish from the other ones though...

[@bowerpower2160]

@@LifeinJars we could name the group of mites the fluffinators or something

[@heykerryann]

@@LifeinJars Fluffi? 😉

[@nnoo]

The new spore update looks good

[@rebos6432]

I love your videos btw

[@GiantParfait]

1:51 They're here tho but we've already established that. Haha. Subbed

[@StqnY]

I love it

[@LifeinJars]

I love you Wait what?

[@StqnY]

@@LifeinJars Ayo???

[@WobblesandBean]

1:50 Looks like _Chrococcus turgidus,_ or possibly _Gloeocapsa?_ They're both freshwater coccoid cyanobacteria.

[@mraj8372]

good content keep it up

[@miloirvine5848]

Cool

[@dakshgharat4743]

OMG we love your accent say it again FLAGELLA 😣😂

[@LifeinJars]

Give me an F give me an L give me an A give me an GELLA FLAGELLA

[@dangerousfables]

@@LifeinJars FLORIDA! Oh... whoops.

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

If you created a tiny ecosystem like this, and dosed it with radiation constantly to spike mutations(I dunno, maybe some smoke detector bits and lanturn mantles around the jar) and waited a few years...could it theoretically diverge into a new species with different microadaptions from the wild ones?

[@WobblesandBean]

Oocytes and dormant eggs can last a good long while. Without anything in there to feed or give it oxygen though, they're going to starve to death.

[@coolranch7537]

Earth is kinda like a big jar

[@Newt2799]

I’ve just been binging your videos, do you think when an ecosystem becomes stable it may be a good idea to introduce some kind of ‘disaster’ to it in order to change things up? When there’s major extinction events on our planet it leaves niches open for new creatures. It may be interesting to see the same in a closed terrarium

[@blizzardkiehn2508]

I like the idea, but the creatures that would fill the niche were probably outcompeted beforehand due to the limited size and diversity of the jar. Also, no evolution.

[@deadmeme8973]

The very distinct microbes are probably Deinococci Deinococcus? A related genus?

[@brodudemanbro]

Post more microscopic videos! It’s so cool

[@mitchlee5385]

Do you ever do a multiverse event similar to Marvel comics where you put all jars into one mega jar and watch them battle for the fate of their universe?

[@superawesomecaillougod6664]

It might be interesting if you get two different jars at the same time from the same area and then after a month you could combine them both into a bigger jar

[@danielkosta3134]

What difference would that make?

[@Barb0nius]

Constantly rotating ecosphere

[@lilpapizk439]

Came from idubbz stayed for ''Legend of jars''

[@keelyschmeely]

Do you want to become a professional biologist? I think your videos are so fascinating and I love how with every video you go more in depth/do more research.

[@armingivili]

Hi..i love ur channel so0o0o much!! could u tell me the brand and model of your microscope ? or any amazon link? thx

[@jennmacha]

What do you use to film your ecospheres and get those up close views?

[@LeviVanSluijs]

Where do you get you’re big jars and yes I also live in the Netherlands so I have the same shops around

[@doifhg]

I guess I'm not familiar with micro biology but was expecting like some tardigrades or some eggs of some kind to re-emerge

[@reynardchangchannel2608]

Do you get the animal larvae egg when getting some dirt under the water?

[@IdiotWithEducation]

What microscope are you using, and are you using any colorings for the slides? Also, at the beach now, making two ecospheres!

[@ThieflyChap]

Wee.... liiiivvveee....

[@CapemanProducti0ns]

I hope he gets funded to get more and more equipment to make more and more. More zoom level! More ecosphere shapes! a bacteria expert complimenting his observations by identifying what's what. maybe a tv show one day, supported by a bigger team and cool camera work

[@peepykimtins]

What camera do you use to film inside your ecospheres? Or what other tools would be great to see inside an ecosphere, wether it be larger organisms that are visible to the naked eye or micro organisms.

[@goreobsessed2308]

Life .. uh finds a way

[@thorstenrusch8652]

Well, life´s soo amazing. Btw... we know there used to be water on mars.... maybe there are also living mites somwhere? :D

[@LifeinJars]

Could be

[@Nairod2]

Last year I made 2 tiny echospheres in bottles but one of them didn't took off and the other one got overtaken by fungi and all plants and organism died with the exception of algae and some white/orange fluffily mold that grew on a piece of wood... I am assuming the moisture level on the 2nd one was too high. and on the first one was too low. I left both bottles by my window garden and forgot about them for almost a year Bottle number 1 had a tiny growth of algae on the side and a lot of condesation on the bottle. bottle 2 was completely overtaken by a layer of algae 75% of the soil is a green blob with the exeption of a tiny corner that lets you see a layer of water settled out into the gravel layer and the fluffy mold had little hanging strands like you see in the jungle... I guess at this point they both achieved humidity balance but they where "sterile" as in no plants or visible micro organisms where around. So I inoculated them both with some top soil to see what grows on my tiny worlds. after typing that long winded rant, i came to the conclusion you need a discord for us to share with you what you inspire us to make. (btw this time I got weeds growing and I've seen spring tails on one of the bottles.)

[@dogfromthepurplezoneoffici5182]

Next make sea monkeys and regular shrimp in a jar

[@beeferoni786]

voor 300k sub special doe 300k ostracod in een mega ecosphere

[@ellisdylan007]

I love smoking and zoning out to these

[@essteasea5463]

Miss u

[@theHiddenStone]

Micro-boogieworms!

[@katrinakollmann5265]

♡

[@bmt_awesome9198]

what if you made a new ecosphere but if you somehow added a lot of extra oxygen in the jar i wonder if anything would change

[@pailhorsegaming6762]

Life uh… finds a way.

[@teryocoolwhip]

Anotha banga

[@loverainthunder]

Would you 🤔consider interviewing the mite?

[@ReefMimic]

What magnification device are you using?

[@TheB1gDong]

If you don’t mind me asking, what microscope do you use?

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

What kind of microscope do you use?

[@blizzardkiehn2508]

Wait, hold up, did you always have 300k subscribers?

[@lightinthedark33]

How do these animals appear?

[@ambielynn08]

where do i get the small jars?

[@mimemouse997]

Water Mites.