ISOLATING Pond Water inside a JAR for a YEAR! │ Woodland Pond Ecosphere - 1 Year Update!

[@frankwest9892]

As someone born with uncurable, debilitating chronic pain I find your videos helpful. They remind me that the world, while unforgiving, still has an abstract beauty to it.

[@gratefuldead6370]

You need some reafer

[@smartguy360]

@@gratefuldead6370 agreed

[@gratefuldead6370]

@@smartguy360 One of culture 💪🤙🔥

[@smartguy360]

@@gratefuldead6370 indeed

[@bossabassa364]

I often have pain, and you’re right man. The world is unforgiving but I realized we are in a better spot because we can now look for God who will answer if we call. He allowed the world to be evil so that we seek Him and not put our hopes in this life. It’ll be over soon, I’ll pray for you bro, I’m sorry if this was offensive or makes anyone upset I just know the hopeless feeling so well and Jesus Christ delivered me from hopelessness, he is willing to deliver who ever comes to him

[@dylanadams6359]

this is educational, but also has so much beauty in it as well. keep up the work man i love it!

[@kentonbenoit4654]

Just leave him alone Jesus Christ bro

[@adamosman2142]

Something so alien about these jarred worlds, I love the connections between each creature, reminds me of the game spore! I love these videos.

[@mst4309]

The biology syllabus should have an experiment like this! You learn so much but also have so much fun, anticipation and appreciation from doing it.

[@Eira_99]

Hope we get a 1.5 year update, this jar is incredibly interesting. I've very curious about the spingtails in particular, duckweed seems to be dying out so I'm curious if they won't be able to make it without that. Also a shame that those fingernail clams from before are gone.

[@finallychangedmyname3614]

Me thinking to myself: I should study for tomorrow's exam... My brain: *no. *JAR**

[@h.f.s1182]

This made me chuckle :)

[@jackfrostjr.7976]

Sameeee

[@GreenPoint_one]

Are you a loli or loli-lover?

[@finallychangedmyname3614]

@@GreenPoint_one I was a loli, but now I'm neither

[@GreenPoint_one]

@@finallychangedmyname3614 what are you now? :o

[@threefiftyzzz]

Bought a jar today to do with my son! We're so excited!

[@JaySinsGarage]

How has it turned out?

[@zigzigzig]

@@JaySinsGarage turned out boy cannot survive in sealed jar

[@LeMacrophage]

@@zigzigzig toi crazy. But funny

[@cheeselord8153]

Is your son still in the jar

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

Fun stuff. I especially like the "boogie worm" and the green hydra. Great camera work too, as always.

[@Synonymous101]

I always like the idea of trying something similar myself, but I'm almost certain I would mess it up/knock it over or do something equally stupid...at least I can live vicariously through your videos!

[@julianherrera4042]

Of course you'll mess it up if you never done it. Trial and error, my friend. Give it a shot

[@broccoligirl9019]

I kicked mine over on accident the poor isopods must have been confused

[@Radnugget]

@@broccoligirl9019 I imagine as long as the water didn't spill they be fine?

[@broccoligirl9019]

@@Radnugget It was a closed terrarium

[@ThirrinDiamond]

Natural disaster simulation?

[@dmgevan7585]

I would love to see what happens when you take two established ecospheres with different populations and combine them into one, larger, ecosphere.

[@nadri3335]

*species of jar 1*: Oh no, invasive species *species of jar 2*: Oh no, invasive species

[@midnightmosesuk]

FIGHT!!!

[@AgniFirePunch]

The culture is degraded and one side is outbred

[@Qwerty-fg1ou]

Big shift in the cycle there would prolly be a lot of death and may just flat out kill everything

[@ro7396]

_I would love to see what happens when you take two established planet with different populations and combine then into one, larger, planet_ -Higher being, maybe

[@Cyberdragunz]

Once spring is here I plan on attempting to make a closed terrarium and a wetland ecosphere from the area around me. I can't wait to see how they turn out

[@gopherkoff782]

I bet they will turn out great! If your not satisfied you can always start over!

[@Fowlharpie]

I've already got my jar ready to do the same.

[@Cyberdragunz]

@@Fowlharpie I don't yet. I have a place I hope I can source some from, but they're closed up for the winter. Problem with the area I live in, almost all stores are only open from March to October. Once winter is close, the whole region shuts down, aside from the bare essentials.

[@an-insane-llama]

It won't always look nice. Actually, most of the time it won't. Patience is definitely key with these

[@kelimar3014]

Plenty of plants, not too much substrate, leave an air cap at the top. Also if you live somewhere that goes into deep freeze during the winter I recommend waiting till late spring.

[@stevew6138]

Always a treat to see a new video posted, thanx.

[@andrewnesbitt6475]

It’s so strange, watching these videos, wondering what is the purpose of the lives of these creatures. They are born, live, die and are in turn used to sustain this tiny, little world inside the jar. Then it dawns on me that in a sense, on planet Earth we are kind of in the same position, of birth, life and death... I don’t mean to get to deep, but these videos always start the question spinning round in my head once again... just what is the meaning of life? For us, and everything else that lives in our universe? Anyway, thanks for the videos, they are fascinating, therapeutic and thought provoking all at once.

[@cornmaized]

Yay! Updates are always my favorite!

[@potatopowers4602]

Congrats on 150k

[@tpblechschmidt]

Very relaxing while educational.... thank you 🙏

[@Smith.S.E.]

Best channel on youtube

[@fenrirgg]

It's impressive how the copepods haven't extinguished yet.

[@noahz42]

I really want to do one of these sorts of ecospheres! is there a certain temperature they need to be kept at?

[@LordNeiman]

I keep asking this, what kind of light source do you normally keep your ecospheres under?

[@lifeuncovered6188]

Sunlight

[@chrisgraham1798]

The light kind

[@lanciferian]

These are always great reminders of just how much life there is surrounding us.

[@josephmedina3026]

Wow this is amazing. Life is able to adapt and flourish even within a simple glass jar.

[@itsAllAboutYouisntit]

I had many different aquariums as a kid growing up but haven't had one in years, mostly due to my work schedule and space limitations. Your videos inspired me to go to a local antique shop with my wife and purchase a 3 gallon glass pickle jar with a lid. We then went out to the pond to the rear of our property and added some soil from the bottom of the pond and filled the rest with pond water, leaving some air space. It was murky brown for over a week but each day just a little more clear. It is now clear and I find myself gazing into it with child like wonder as the sun illuminates it. It is filled with life. Thanks for helping me feel that sense of wonder again.

[@ristyanarie1577]

Always watching without skip, you're doing a great job

[@programmer1840]

Awesome. I made a jar myself a few days ago using pond water, in the UK. You've just identified the Hydras in my jar for me.

[@gook4dubb843]

I imagine your music is playing, when the world ends.

[@benjaminrapp7418]

These videos are so relaxing! I need to set one of these up to display at my work. I am almost done with a 1 gallon pickle jar and I have an abundance of aquatic plants, snails and supplies due to having multiple aquariums at home. I'm fairly experienced at maintaining healthy aquariums and terrestrial bottle gardens, so I believe I can be successful with this.

[@agingerbeard]

So relaxing and interesting, thanks for sharing

[@lukekcc8911]

I'm curious if hardiness zones play an impact on one's ability to have year-round neutral temps. For example, I live in the midwest where it gets very cold. Would I be able to create one of these using river materials knowing that they are predisposed to freezing temperatures at certain times of the year?

[@ruseiya]

Enough to make me calm down.. 😌

[@ThomasisaNerd]

Breathtaking

[@eugenioreale7588]

This little ecosystem is keeping such a fine equilibrium that I can consider it as a form of art, i have some but far from this richness, look at those bacteria population, i can really feel your happiness

[@SessionSakic]

These videos are so relaxing

[@boh1175]

How do you film this? Which camera and macro lenses do you use?

[@pkh5218]

is it sealed? do you illuminate it continuously?

[@citizenmattify]

3:50 just told my wife to be more like a globular springtail. She’s not impressed

[@lifeuncovered6188]

LMAO

[@fenrirgg]

Women today don't want to carry men until they deposit their spermatophore smh 😔

[@eoglander]

Thank you so much for this content. I find it deeply calming and inspirational. Id love to know how these jars are stored when you're not filming. Are they kept in windows so they have natural light or are you using grow lights? Thank you!

[@fistfullofglass]

Was wondering this after watching a number of Jartopia's videos, can the jars end up shattering from an increase of gases due to decomposition or natural reactions within the ecospheres? Does this happen or do the swing top jars prevent this?

[@kevinconrad6156]

No. Because it is a closed system the gasses circulate, the plants use CO2, both use O2 and they stay in balance. Glass is also pretty strong, even if something was just rotting and producing lots of methane the lid would probably fail first.

[@jeanhartely]

It is crazy how addicted I am to this channel after only two days!

[@LynsHomeGardenDesign]

Looking great after a year ... thanks for the update!

[@The_Cartoon_guy15]

Is there no need To change the water ? How they species comes in pot? Please tell me I'm excited

[@claudiocarbone2225]

Simply marvellous ♥️

[@mikedelam]

another great video, thank you

[@DannysAquariums]

Full of life! I love it. Keep it up! ✌🏼

[@steffenschiller3189]

I am watching this channel for the last few days and it's amazing. Can somebody tell me - what is the best time of the year to start a woodland stream Ecosphere?

[@Radnugget]

Probably spring or summer

[@midnightmosesuk]

Absolutely fascinating.

[@Lysergide]

My first attempt at an enclosed ecosystem was somehow successful. I guess it was more luck than anything when it comes to balancing the amount of water inside it and the plant species I placed inside. Only one of them lived on but it's doing great. Currently 3 months completely sealed and it lives on just fine! I literally had to aluminium tape the lid of the jar (made one out of wood, doesn't look the best but hey, it works) as the darn plant was literally pushing the lid out. I plan to open it in around 1 year's time only to add a little more water. Now, can't wait to make an aquatic closed ecosystem, but I feel like that might be way harder to pull off successfully.

[@ColeyCool38]

Hey man, been following u for a while love the vids. What camera you use? Is it a digital microscope of sort or just a macro lens? Cheers.

[@MoRPho151]

I really love these!! I would like to know if this could be done in the tropics. I wonder if Hydras have predators there and if there is a risk of overpopulation for some organisms or not? Maybe there are some oscillations between copepod and Hydra populations (when one increases the other diminishes and so on). Very cool videos, I could watch this all day!!

[@user-wf5ry6zf6m]

Amazing! Nice job!

[@newtquestgames]

Hi, how do you film the close ups?

[@luiscc2884]

Thanks dude, so good.

[@gretafatberg7630]

My favorite are the springtails!

[@toshow237]

How do you store your ecospheres so they get light? Awesome video as always!

[@Ola-ye9ur]

Amazing ecosphere! Do you have recommendations for the light? I put mine close to the window but all animals died and the algae is taking over 😮

[@williamlennox9115]

Does these jar require a solar light, or artificial solar light?

[@raptordave260]

Do you have a video of you making the ecosphere ?

[@isaiascastro7150]

Is it posible to built a ecosfere without sun ligth?

[@eybaza6018]

Yes, but you can do not much.

[@Reid_Spreiter]

Can the plants grow too tall? Or will this ecosystem sustain itself without intervention forever?

[@salamander5865]

It could go on forever, but it would need lots of other variables to stay the same

[@chrislecky710]

How are fresh water feathers connected to their environment? What external influences govern their success? and how can we reproduce those results in an ecosphere or aquarium?

[@oldschoolmario9065]

its like watching a peacful film that may cure every pain

[@buriakvitalii3026]

Hey Can you please tell what kind of camera you are using for this? Thanks!!

[@SunSheepOfLight]

There’s a lot going on in that jar.

[@bumbi6]

How did you get those water animals? How do you feed Them?

[@oli7237]

What type of lighting do you use and how long do you need to have the lighting on? Do you turn it off at night and on by day?

[@lommmmo]

What sound ambiance do you use for your videos? I love it :)

[@lukekcc8911]

Also do you normally run these under a CFL light or can you put them directly near a window?

[@glendale375]

Once you have closed the jar, does it damage the ecosystem if you were to reopen it?

[@DINO-wo5ee]

How long are the lights on for?

[@Skoupes]

When I find hydras I’m watching for hours ....amazing video ....🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@Jartopia]

You've stuck around for a very long time! Glad you dropped by! ^_^

[@Skoupes]

@@Jartopia it’s true .....but ok I’m back. 🙏🙏namaste

[@calebbanker3159]

Are there hydras in Rochester NY or mending ponds

[@kevinpowell7948]

We love pond life!

[@hardychurchill8644]

How did you get all these organisms together? Did you just take a sample from a pond or was there a lot of pre planning involved in finding the right species to support a self sustaining system? Very curious as I'd like to one day do something like this

[@salamander5865]

All you have to do is go to a pond or something, and get some water and sand/dirt. There should be lots of creatures in the substrate and water already!

[@patrickkristensen8921]

Do you have it in a window or under a lamp? And do you keep temperature control or let it change?

[@BRZZ-xw4hd]

awesome vid ...peace out

[@BGCanadianBacon]

You should do a video on your camera equipment setup

[@KediHazretleri]

I need someone like you as my biology teacher :D

[@FUTUREMUSICK]

I did this ,but the plant decayed after the days Do we have to change the water as routine?

[@Meme-wq3ns]

How did you get into Ecospheres? I'd like to begin but I don't know where. Love from Italy

[@Winterwitch4477]

I don't think I have seen this many hydrae in any other systems of yours before!

[@HCRFishing]

Please tell me what the light set up is and is this a 24hr light? And what abput normal daylight on a window sill would that still work please

[@atonedudeatsnotsubscribed8313]

Are these species found widely around the world

[@TexasGunslinger9]

What camera and lens setup are you using for these?

[@gtoyos]

Yes, please I’m intrigued by what set up you use. Lens?

[@AquaDragon6629]

HOW do you identify the plants you have in your ecospheres? I have plants in mine ,and i simply cannot find out what they are called!

[@felipe.franca]

I want to know, did you spend all day with the lights on? Like, all the time, for a whole year?

[@randomimperialguardsman7732]

You seem to be my ginger version

[@YusufKhan786]

How do you store these?

[@michalchmiel2205]

Does it need to have some sort of light source above it or can I keep it next to the window?

[@Radnugget]

I think windows can work, ive seen other closed ecosphere people do windows, though you can also use normal lamps for it (though do research before doing this)

[@KaziKami]

@@Radnugget im doing windows with my 4 ecospheres rn

[@kelimar3014]

I’m curious, how do you light your ecospheres when your not filming them? Surely you don’t have a lamp for each sphere.

[@eybaza6018]

He just moves the jars

[@jons5478]

Is there any word on what happened to the clams?

[@Jartopia]

I saw one on the glass the day after uploading this video. Sometimes the animals don't make appearances in the time frame I take to film them.

[@jacquesjacobs6871]

Is this the one that had the piece of wood in it? Where's the wood?

[@alphaomega8373]

How often to you turn the light off?

[@torinado9279]

Would rainwater work?

[@laurakelly4539]

Is it accurate that is should not have direct sunlight

[@CalebplaysGT]

So hydra live in ponds?

[@EnglishLad]

If the copepods die out completely will the hydras eventually have a dieback too, or will they continue to use photosynthesis until they overpopulate themselves? My head tells me the latter will happen but I don't know.

[@andrewmaclean7941]

My daphnia disappeared within a day or two, Hydra population exploded but then the number went right down when food had all been eaten. A voracious predator. Amazingly they can move about, they do not age and their eggs can stay dormant for a long time even out of water!

[@Emily_M81]

Well now I have a new hobby. Thanks XD I feel like you should have affiliate links to mason jars lol

[@Brazil-loves-you]

I want the flour terrarium update! It's been 6 month already

[@Sticks_And_Glue]

You have a lot of ecospheres!

[@kaptinkrybaby6741]

What is the oldest ecosphere u made?

[@Jartopia]

Almost 8 years.

[@tobiassrensen8378]

Hey Jartopia, I was wondering how you came to know the names of the different species?

[@Radnugget]

Google

[@tobiassrensen8378]

@@Radnugget you can't google random things you see in nature. Google has no idea what a: little white water creature with 6 legs, is.