It Needed a TRIM! (Moss Ball Tree Ecosphere 6mo Update)

It's been 6 months already? Wow! Pleased to say that the moss ball tree ecosphere is still going strong. That said, it was in dire need did a trim.
Unfortunately the snails don't appear to have made it this long. I think it's fine without any inhabitants though, so I'm not going to stock it again.
Long-term I expect this to continue to grow and do well. Let me know what you think about the progress down in the comments!
If you have any comments, suggestions or questions, leave them down in the comments! Also for additional content like this, photos of my projects, updates and more, then be sure to follow me on Instagram @serpadesign.
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[@vuel987]

Dude I haven't watched you in a while and you have grown so much in you confidence in speaking and presence. Keep up the great work I wish you the best of luck!

[@SerpaDesign]

Thanks dude! Good to see you around these parts again. 👊😎

[@avakielmeyer8910]

Same

[@Irachelbutdontfeellikeit]

SerpaDesign would a beta and a ghost shrimp be able to live in here? Im thinking about making one.

[@nash5922]

You should get fiddler crabs. It will be amazing too see what you come with their enclosurer.

[@JKHFF7]

Or Vampire Crabs.

[@nash5922]

@@JKHFF7 They do look cooler but, they are harder to acquire. And it will be great to see Tanners take on brackish water plants and fish?

[@joescott778]

I was thinking shrimp

[@SerpaDesign]

6 month update on the moss ball tree ecosphere! Let me know what you think about it's progress?

[@wrld3375]

I think the progress is actualy really good and that everything is not dying and growing well

[@DrOctagon]

Looks great Tanner!

[@frostyman349]

Hey Serpa I have just decided to start keeping water animals and wanted to know what you recommend as a beginners animal?

[@18nakedcowboys3]

Add shrimp!!!!!!!

[@crystalbrown3016]

You should get some aquatic snails. They eat algae and would keep your moss ball tree looking nice and keep the water fairly clean. A good type would be a mystery snail or two they get to a good size and would clean up pretty quickly

[@minicat3640]

Tanner I'm not sure that is growth from the Marimo. I've had a lot of marimos over the years and when they grow they get fluffier and less round, but do not turn into string algae. What you have here looks like string algae. The Marimo are very slow growing and other algaes will grow on them if there are extra nutrients. Beautiful ecosphere, you are truly talented!

[@Helveteshit]

That ecosphere needs Pest snails. They eat algae like machines. They only need a bit of cucumber slices occasionally to boost population.

[@lulu486]

Wouldn’t the snails eat the tree part tho? I think it wouldn’t know to just trim the ends

[@sendmorerum8241]

@@lulu486 My snails never touch ball algae. It's tough and hard to eat.

[@edgardner6798]

Beautiful. Thank you. I now have 4 small terrariums thanks to you. They’re doing great and I can’t stop staring at them. All from my back garden.

[@drapoorv]

It's too good....So simple yet so elegant...I was more into terrariums earlier but now I m totally into Ecospheres

[@JourneyThroughTimeandSpace]

Video quality looks great!! I love your content and your wholesome presence here on KZbin! Thank you!!

[@ashouraitakhoshaba2360]

It's beautiful. And it's so satisfying to watch it get cleaned.

[@linkpwns13]

Holy cow, that's a ton of growth in so little time!!! Tanner really has one of the greenest thumbs I've ever seen.

[@dkfornow5008]

Thank you for this video, now I finally understand why my 5 gallon is slowly getting taken over by what looked like string algea 😅 Must remember to turn the ball!

[@userenvy]

I didnt know they got all stringy like that either. I pictured more like tuffs, from being rolled in the first place. Thought they would just piece apart . Thats cool but makes me feel like touching them will give me the acrylic nail geebies. Thats some funky stuff

[@beh4846]

It's beautiful! I've wanted to try this since I saw your creation, but now I will definitely try it. Thanks!

[@alabasterkros]

Cheers for the earlier up load. 👍

[@wigglewiggle3789]

You my good sir are an artist. Love your channel and looking forward to you setting up some more designs with all those other empty jars that you have. Love It, keep it up.

[@FGDecbEy]

Your channel makes me happiest out of any on youtube! Keep up the good work!

[@pay1370]

Whoa such a difference!

[@minecraftexpertproskillz3604]

My first time watching one of your videos and so far really cool

[@figgymtkakashi1794]

Keep up the good work Tanner. Appreciate ya papa bless

[@geoffshaffer5234]

I just started watching you. You are a badass and quite inspirational. Keep up the amazing work! You are a ton of fun to watch.

[@lindahenderson840]

Hi Tanner, It is looking great now its been maintained but I have to say the way it looked before had a light green ethereal look to it and was beautiful :)

[@ManicMechanic82]

I am really diggin' this channel a lot! Keep up excellent work!

[@carminepetracca7518]

nice progression of the tree, tanner. hope the new moss ball takes off. cp.

[@antadventure4003]

Thanks for all the inspiration! I will definitely use them for my ant formicariums

[@JP-oz3gh]

Your videos always amaze me 😄

[@cyndifoore7743]

Reminds me of a bonsai tree. Lovely

[@creativeecurb9501]

I love it. Amazing!

[@creepygallery3303]

loving the new logo.

[@architexturalchaos1862]

Cotton candy: the Tanner Way :) Thank you, I was wondering just how this one was doing. Apparently it is doing great, looks even better now that the tree has taken shape. Sorry to see the snails gone though, they complimented it perfectly. But hey, they are not going to stay if they are not meant to be there.:)

[@wrld3375]

Hey serpa im a huge fan of yours love your vids keep up the good work btw as soon as i got the notfication i clicked strait away

[@alabasterkros]

6 months huh. I like this experimental project alot. Always happy to see how the different builds take shape and form. Thanks Tanner. ✌

[@SerpaDesign]

Glad you like it! I enjoy don't the experimental builds, so it's a win win.

[@alabasterkros]

@@SerpaDesign The new logo design is great too! Classic 👍

[@CraftyMaelyss]

Imagine if you put in aquarium figures, like a tiny house, then you could let the algae grow and make an underwater halloween house From the flowey movement, with the right figure, you could make an awesome mermaid too :D

[@TuckerSP2011]

Wow, it looked so daunting to trim but you made it look pristine again!

[@SerpaDesign]

😎 You know how it goes!

[@deborahhamm6248]

The Best work awesome beautiful gorgeous all those good words for your work love your channel

[@PMAngst]

I'm a simple person. When I see Serpa uploads any update I like

[@JennSarracenia]

My brother once made a tri-level terrarium. I'm new here, so if you have a multi-level, I'm sure I'll feel like a fool soon. However, if you haven't, I'd love to see one. Bottom level was completely aquatic with fish, mid level was tropical, top level was arid. They all connected somehow.

[@zimrianispresent8123]

I swear to the gods I didn't get a notification and my bell has been tapped!!! Nice vid I have moss balls because of this channel, and isopods, snails, betta, assorted moss, etc 👌🐌👌

[@LiyanaDIY]

My favourite videos!

[@Jamiet123]

if you have trouble getting that new marimo ball to stick together, you can try wrapping it with some cotton string (sort of like a kokedama)

[@TheSystemsays]

Nice job!

[@harrisonkley3649]

Thankyou for the Early upload😁😁😁

[@zed_plant_boy5489]

Thanks for great content

[@Sweettweety666]

*I can see tiny little water nimpfs swimming under this tree, playing wit the fish, and when the dusk starts tiny twinkeling lights came from it's branches and every nimph is bursting out in joy, they dance and dance and.......* Ow what, did you say something? I was a bit off. ;-)

[@isak6274]

Freaking SATISFYING!

[@theonlyfaith77]

It looks great! I was curious to see if the ball would fall apart after so much time spend stationary. I still wonder if it will ever fall apart or continue to grow the way it did. Can the bottom of the ball be healthy if it isn't being turned? So many questions. I hope it lasts to the year mark ❤️

[@NickEgo666]

Hello ! Thanks a lot ! I learn from you ! You are great ! )

[@Alice_Walker]

Watching this made me feel like my one solitary moss ball needs some friends

[@PerplexiaX]

So funny, I sub to see more of your DIY pond, and now I'm enjoying underwater topiary! lol I Love It!!! :-)

[@gdolphinz7486]

Woah the logo looks great!

[@SerpaDesign]

Thank you!

[@christianxiong3947]

Woah wha the new channel logo!!

[@Eseteemece]

You look like a really nice guy, I like your content

[@DavidBono]

nice work!

[@getnmyoven69]

Idk why but for some reason this guy looks like the original spiderman actor. And that's really cool. Keep up the great videos

[@alexanderandersson3068]

you can always use a hook with a needle glued to it.. hook the strings and thread it through and you have all the threads into the ball again

[@nofacenofacetrinity]

I’d love to see an update on the bio orchid terrarium!

[@ajarmstrong355]

You should use a fork like it’s spaghetti to pick up the trim 😂

[@1trungynguyen]

It'll be good to see an update on your trimmed off bits that you tried to roll into a new moss ball. Did it live/grow?

[@nicoleannecollet]

So cool! Please let us know if there's any news regarding snails 😉

[@severance7134]

Forbidden fairy floss !

[@TobyCreates]

Ecosphere looking good! 100th comment😊

[@FocusPocusFilms]

Love your videos! But where do you get all your driftwood from?

[@twistysunshine]

Yeah this is a gorgeous set up but I don't think I could do it! Love to turn my boys around and get em all round too much

[@rogermims9119]

Hi Tanner. You have been very helpful in the past. I didn't know where else to post this question to you. I have a grain mite infestation in my jackson chameleon bioactive cage. I mean it looks like the glass is moving. They are inside and out. Removing everything is next to impossible. Any ideas? I have searched KZbin, but didn't see anything that worked for me. What would you do?

[@monsterbaby6258]

Good bro

[@Universal.G]

That algae is great stuff. You should just put some snails and shrimp in there. They will take care of it.

[@sarahkamalzadeh6567]

That's some algae cotton candy!

[@LaciRae]

so fucking cool!!!

[@ElLenadorLA]

Im second guessing my moss ball tree for the paludarium build now…. 😆 I wonder if shrimp would eat all that extra gunk

[@themalaymenagerie3350]

We want the crossover episode (Kamp Kenan/Serpadesign collab) 😤

[@SerpaDesign]

You'll have to wait till he uploads it! 😉

[@bengrim420]

I came here to say this as well. So pumped for it. Thanks for sharing with us SerpaDesign!

[@DianeCee0]

That was really like algae cotton candy! Lol

[@hellokittykonopasek4617]

FYI. The snails actually like clean the windows for you. R it's totally wat they do.

[@abufaisalkhajapur2705]

It’s already been six months .. Man time’s sprinting 😬

[@jinzulo922]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@seanmorgan483]

Like sweet cotton candy.

[@Shaden0040]

Put some daphnia and cyclops eggs in there.

[@gravyscooper]

Forbidden cotton candy

[@rawrstephie]

Hi! how did your diy moss ball trimmings go?

[@monsterbaby6258]

I liked this vedio

[@supermegazeldaland]

Just give it a sniff

[@Shadow-me1oz]

Hello 👋

[@ferryonn]

how can you tell if it's not hair algae but comes from the morimo moss?

[@bswtsp21]

I dont think that the algae growing around the marimo is the same moss. Ive got some too, and while not glued down, they don't move, but they only grow out, and not long and stringy like that?

[@MarcusRichardsonRacing]

Did the moss ball you made work?

[@W.A.-Linux]

sure like

[@stijnvannoort8401]

The cleaning of the long things looked like you made cotton candy

[@vincentbujold1610]

How many water change you make and when?

[@xadam2dudex]

A suction pump might help to vacuum out all the debris

[@shesellsfish]

👍💕👍

[@erikrosenberry5444]

@SerpaDesign you need any thneeds?

[@oliverwhetton651]

First comment from AUSTRALIA

[@wrld3375]

Same bro love from Australia

[@oliverwhetton651]

FLAMING BASKET haha hell yea

[@cecelia5986]

Would this work well with a filter?

[@m.infernal]

like for the water pump?

[@madyjohnston9088]

No one: Absolutely no one: Not a single soul: me: ~aLgEe SpAgeTt~

[@finnic7959]

How is the marimo ball?

[@s4t4n96]

nose smelling cam is best cam

[@OutOfNamesToChoose]

This makes me feel claustrophobic

[@bobeardington4044]

Almost been 18 months. How’s it looking?

[@aaronproudfoot2998]

U where in Blake's exotic animal ranch's video lmao

[@12luigi45]

Wait what's the smell to know it's good or bad, like a rain smell?

[@momoboxbox]

yo can i get a update on the new "mossball" tho?

[@AshleyLebedev]

I think it’s sad the snails first had a nutrient deficiency then died. Cannot call any enclosure healthy and thriving without understanding the true circle of all that is in it. They died off. That’s human error. Don’t forget your compassion towards your enclosures. It’s not just “living elements” and they aren’t just toys. They are living beings. Thanks x