Opening an ecosphere and looking at it under a microscope (Brine shrimp)

[@TheFunwichHorror]

3:06 "The entire ecosphere seems to be just healthy. Except it's all completely dead inside." Same, bro. Same.

[@belhoder7]

Like all of us during covid19 quarantine

[@anniedzakova6601]

That comment tho

[@jairoavila6092]

@@belhoder7 or me in general

[@augustus1757]

@@belhoder7 feels bad man

[@pand3mic942]

The lack of smell is caused by a lack of lipids/proteins being broken down in the water, meaning that the organisms in the container assimilated what little biological matter there was and it is the same matter being circulated among stable populations. In short, there is not enough excess biological matter to produce the waste necessary for funky smells. The salty "ocean" smell is actually the smell of bi-products made by phytoplankton, so that the lack thereof is probably the reason you can't smell the sea. It's, overall, caused by the same thing I stated above. Think of it like a dead animal in a pond. It'll be stinky as it decays, but eventually it will have been assimilated by the organisms of the pond and no more excess biological material will be available to produce odors.

[@hellotheregeneralkenobi365]

Very interesting info, thanks Matt. Is there anything else you can share from what you saw in the video?

[@tombo_sq9526]

Bro this is sooo cool. I love this channel and these comments

[@pailhorsegaming6762]

Neeerrrrrrrrrd

[@frowner_and_co]

​@@pailhorsegaming6762no you are just not smart

[@mlgsans6085]

This channel has the greatest humor ever, he makes jokes and keeps professional

[@TheFunwichHorror]

I havent seen any other science youtube channel going from accurately describing scientific names to "I have no idea wtf this is" in about 4 seconds

[@Aweburn82]

Best thing ever was. 'Here's a close-up of my pants. Because I forgot to turn the camera off'.

[@tomasbdepaula]

Agreed

[@WitikoAmor]

My favorite is how he makes statements like "I'm excited" but in the most monotone voice.

[@blakew.deshaw3274]

It's just getting better too. Happy for him. He is hilarious lol

[@zacharytrudell2411]

Not gonna lie, I thought you were going to be a middle-aged person because the mic you use in your voice-overs makes your voice sound so different??

same here lol

[@Gymnos2]

The dude's definitely got a radio voice.

[@MarbleHercules]

The first thing i said was why is he so young and handsome?!?

[@stackblack2616]

I thought he was gonna be a middle aged Indian dude

[@adonna2000]

Same. He's cute!

[@redtsun67]

Bruh basically ripped open a dimensional rift and pulled out some of the inhabitants to look at it.

[@CazRaX]

Makes you rethink all the people who say they have been abducted, huh?

[@Pyxis10]

[@therealrandyquaid]

If you put magnet with felt on it on the inside, you can clean the glass without opening the ecosystem.

[@jkenny1]

Came here to comment the same thing, I agree.

[@adammitchell115]

I would say get a single snail to take care of the algae problem.

[@AirplaneJunkie82]

@@adammitchell115 a single snail can turn into hundreds of snails that will compete for food and then die off which will affect the ecosystem.

[@ValeriePallaoro]

@@AirplaneJunkie82 the ecosystem is already affected

[@AirplaneJunkie82]

@@ValeriePallaoro worthless response

[@RayLombardo]

This guys the Reviewbrah of marine Biology

[@mycatsnameisgizmo4677]

Holy shit that’s exactly what I was thinking

[@SquirrelASMR]

"It seems healthy, except it's all completely dead inside." Lol I love you and your channel ❤🤣

[@madirisart703]

I haven't looked at your channel yet but I just got to see what Squirrel ASMR is.

[@madirisart703]

I was not disappointed.

[@jakob...]

You're channel is fucking hilarious! You got a new subscriber, I hope you make more videos in the future!

[@ElNick09]

Just like a pilates instructor.

[@SquirrelASMR]

@@madirisart703 some of my viddos arent all asmr though, but I will try make some more

[@slavpepe6581]

Oh ya, it's a good day to be in quarantine when life in jars uploads

[@pan-plants]

quarantine is just like being stuck inside a closed ecosystem

[@slavpepe6581]

@@pan-plants 🤯

[@ryangerst887]

I’m right here with you

[@Deathblade]

Just a shoutout to let you know you inspired me to make a closed ecosystem with my 4 year old son. We're currently in lockdown for COVID-19 here in California, but we're able to go out and about a bit. We got some runoff water from the local hills and sealed it up. I noticed some life the next day, which turned out to be mosquito larva that subsequently hatched. Waiting to see what else will happen. Keep up the good work.

[@silviadarocha7381]

Good point, this is perfect for our shut-in times!

[@Shoupdawoop]

My favorite ecospheres have come out of ponds and canals. I haven’t made one from runoff yet. I hope it continues to be interesting.

[@jodieknowles3754]

I'm going to make my first closed ecosphere this week during our lockdown here in New Zealand.

[@maggotmeatballz2692]

Covid-1984 you're inside a jar too

[@lashley804]

Hi there! Can you tell me how many times a day the jar should be open for proper oxygenation before it can be closed up for good?

[@MaxAveris]

This guy is the most hilarious youtubers in the world, his monotonous tone and jokes always hit hard

[@hereyezonlevel3617]

You should add the little black things to new salt water to see if something changes

[@davidamajako961]

Death

[@itssaad8663]

Nobody: White people in the 1700s: 4:14

[@viktrois]

Solutionizer i’m screaming 😂😂

[@maggotmeatballz2692]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TradOrganist]

Hahaa

[@SherittaNesbitt]

Hahahaha ok ok you win

[@taskurd]

im-

[@heykerryann]

I haven’t heard a slide whistle in years 😊🇨🇦❤️

[@pugw.373]

I can help. Especially for you... kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWbUdoOJbtSXhdU

[@rolandrees6965]

Jotto999 yeah it did, you must have just missed him. Go back to his Q&A video.

[@Ampz55]

I've gotta say, I'm a new sub to both your and SerpaDesign. While Serpa's ecosphere's are more "professional" looking I guess you'd say, I like your aesthetic much better. It's more natural looking like what most people would make. Watching you made my make my own first ecosphere yesterday. I went to a small pond with a tiny bottle and scooped up some pond sand and water. Can't wait to see what kind of cool stuff I get to see in the coming weeks and hopefully months. Cheers

[@SyddlesFuzz]

oh my gosh he's cute

[@adelsotiago3237]

Yeah, right?

[@mizzkittenttv]

Lolol. Everyone down here commenting hes cute haha! Ill join in I guess

[@Gryptonaire]

Yeah he makes me go ~UwU~

[@adelsotiago3237]

@@Gryptonaire this is a christian minecraft server, get your uwus out of here! :c

[@Lololol878]

He really is 😍

[@mai-luensink]

I stumbled across your pages and I binged watched all your videos in one swoop. I really like your voice, humor and enthusiasm. Also I am into plants so love your content! As a fellow Dutch person i thank you, that’s what I wanted to say, byeee :)

[@Kryse13]

Go to school for microbiology then revisit this video, it'll be fun!

[@dylan2478]

Krystina Taylor haha, that’s easier said than done

[@Kryse13]

@@dylan2478 oh I know, I'm 34 trying to go to university for agriculture, but you got to start somewhere.

[@dylan2478]

Krystina Taylor good luck! Agriculture is a very interesting sector

[@edrichcloete9964]

The algae on the glass is called a biofilm. Its a symbiotic colony of bacteria and algae that form this slimy, green coating on the inside of the glass. The purpose of this is strength in numbers because the bacteria and algae are safer together than apart. Hope this helps.

[@angeryquokka8770]

The looks, the smarts the whole package

[@porch8370]

😕

[@gilladrienne3971]

With a voice of an old man

[@ethank.6602]

Streets

[@billydeano]

@@gilladrienne3971 I'm convinced you all have never met an old man. This guy 100% sounds young

[@rolandrees6965]

The voice comes from the monitor. In real life he wouldn't sound just like that. I love his videos!

[@ivygarcia6878]

Yay! More face time! I've always loved your humor but getting to see your face as you make jokes is amazing

[@PandaPops74]

Disappointed that it didn't smell bad 😂 recently heard of your channel through atomic shrimp, absolutely loving your videos ❤️

[@ValeriePallaoro]

Me too.

I am a breeder of betta fish, every day I have to hatch an artemia cyst, like you, I separated it in a pot and left it directly in the window, I have this culture for about 6 months, they are great and multiplying, the difference is that I don't cover the jar , so the wind i think that break the water barrier and oxigen more. the algae took over the walls of the pot, from time to time they die and I have to renew the culture, with more shrimp babies. I loved watching your videos and helped me understand many things. thanks.

[@saucelessbones5872]

crack a close ecosphere with the boys

[@lavirix2490]

Probably the best format video wise you've done, keep doing this

[@FreckledFoxx]

Thank you for the excellent vidoes. I let my one year old son watch your videos occasionally and whenever I do he is absolutely transfixed and smiling the whole time.

[@Shaden0040]

The black bean shaped things could be a couple of things. Such as fungal spores, aemoeba can make cysts to protect themselves in adverse conditions, other bacteria made cysts, or some kind of eggs.

[@FieryCoal]

Pup314 I did not even think about spores! Nice idea

[@DutchBane]

This is the end... my only friend, the end

[@lilsquirt6842]

😂

[@Gribbo9999]

It's probably the helicopter gunships that killed the shrimp. Ride of the Valkiries sonic attack!

[@RookwingsKirk]

If you get a fish tank algae magnet you could include it in a new setup - and be able to get a part of the glass clean enough to see in without opening the ecosphere. Your ideas and results are fantastic and I hope you never stop getting inspiration for new systems! Thank you!

[@tamarrajames3590]

I love where this journey is taking you...and us right along with you. You have the mind and imagination to explore new frontiers for yourself, and I love that.🖤🇨🇦

[@mhxistenz]

Hey there "human" (who could still be a robot), your enthusiasm for learning is so endearing. Thanks for these great videos!

[@adventuredenali]

That was incredible! So cool to see the algae up close, and have life recorded! Thanks for sharing.

[@konpeitosart]

You're absolutely precious awww :) I love your content! Closed ecospheres have started to fascinate me due to how it's such a small world but it's full of LIFE. I think it's beautiful in a surreal way.

[@jeremylee8844]

I recently found your website and I'm totally new to the concept of closed ecosphere's or ecosystems. I've also noticed that there is very limited stuff on the internet that pertains to this little Hobby. You should consider writing a book on the subject everything from building it to even reference of the different species or even species based on different places. perhaps something geared more towards children or adolescents from grade school into High School. You seem to have quite a bit of knowledge on many of the species in your ecosystem. I can see this becoming a hit in science classes. I'm 42 years old and I never imagined that these ecosystems could be so enjoyable. Just thought I'd give you a food for thought. Blessed Be.

[@Beansie]

No shame, it's fun that we're all learning together. Everyone usually just wants to give the answers because they're so clever (I think I'm not so different), but I think what's more important than knowing is the journey to discovering. That's powerful. The acquisition of knowledge. I'm really loving the microscope shots and your skills with it are getting better...maybe just make sure your phone is anchored better LOL! Funny as usual.

[@chaotic_cryptid]

Your sense of humour is so fantastic haha, love your vids!!

[@heatherstewart8817]

Your channel is the best. Love your humor!

[@Shoupdawoop]

I really enjoy this channel. Always glad to see updates! I opened one of my ecospheres earlier this week and was very surprised to see the water was crystal clear and there was very little smell.:

[@madirisart703]

Its always nice to put a face to a voice. Really enjoy your videos and your sense of humor. Keep it up.

[@lauriedozois2408]

You should take a look to the channel Journey to the microcosmos, they look at unicellular organism and explain them with awesome footage

[@RainebowEvee]

I think he mentioned in a previous video that he really looks up to journey to the microcosmos! Their video clips really are top notch and I love Hank's narration, it's so soothing.

[@JReed305]

He should send his footage to them and let them take a guess at what he is seeing

[@antoniogabriel4089]

YES MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sunokanse]

And here I was under the impression you were a lot older. Your manner of speaking had me fooled.

[@derekthornton3692]

'Determinating' is actually quite fitting. Instead of killing multicellular organisms (Sarah Conner) you're finding single celled organisms. Cant get much more 'de' from terminating than that. (This message has been approved and distributed by SKYNET)

[@Crispy_Bee]

Also the organism at 6:25 is a Vorticella! EDIT: actually I don't think what you had were algae at all. It looks like old colonies of Vorticellae with another biofilm below.

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

Amazing video as always

[@drkipper]

the music! so awesome!

[@rileydyck261]

Life finds a way. Wow amazing

[@missmodern]

The music you've chosen for your videos is perfect!

[@Alicia990900]

i know im late but just wanted to clarify i believe the micro organism at 5:55 is a rotifer

[@viktrois]

i was not expecting this face with the voice and funky jams. keep it up this channel is probably my favorite

[@TallulahBelle3276]

You’re a budding scientist? You’re videos are brilliant. I really enjoy watching. Thank you.🌞🌎🌕

[@yaraf3ggt691]

I thought this dude would be in his 30s-40s that's crazy he isnt, but it does show younger people in this hobby which is great!

[@Limestone_Wolf]

His voice really didn't prepare me for that handsomeness

[@asmolbean9300]

I love the new haircut... kinda gives me a Robbie Rotten vibe 👌 Also how are the isopods doing? I've just recently got some dairy cow morph Porcellio Laevis and I was thinking that if you got a morph of whatever species you have, you could do some cool breeding videos and see what different colours you get. It'd be a nice experiment in basic genetics.

[@ultrahevybeat]

i love this channel so much

[@riobedi1778]

There’s a pretty cool eco shower challenge in our area at the moment, it’s called the floating island challenge, you’re only allowed to use organic substances for buoyancy of your floating islands

[@littlegryffyn]

I love everything about this channel.

[@stevenogborn5892]

Siphon all the water out though a very fine filter. Let it dry out rock solid, then refill it with distilled water.

[@andrewchan4042]

Opening is jojo!!!!! Roundabout!

[@milkcarton7841]

Life in jars guy will you be my friend? Your so powerful.

[@jasepoag8930]

As others have said, not what I would have guessed he looked like. His voice sounds entirely too chill for a teenager. I pictured some nerdy, gangly 40 year old dutchman traipsing about in ponds in big rubber waders gathering up samples. I feel a little betrayed. lol

[@yinlu3610]

The death of all of the Brine Shrimp would probably be because that when a large amount of algae population die, the process of their decomposition uses oxygen which can limit how much life there could exist (I searched this up for more information after hearing something in the past about algae consuming oxygen). There's also something about algal blooms, in which apparently the more algae and plants grow, others die.

[@circusofrats]

Everyones saying they thought he was a middle aged dude,, I thought he was like 16

[@shibedrill9314]

Hey! i think I found the name/lead of the bacteria in your ecosphere. It looks like it belongs to the Planctomycetes (phylum) and (maybe?) Phycisphaerae(class) as those are aquatic bacteria and found in brackish water. They have a tip of a thin cylindrical extension from the cell body just like I saw in your video (clearly visible at 6:30) with a spherical like body.

[@MultiLeandrini]

I believe that on 6:24 is a rotifera. They're so cute.

[@user-gd3cb7wm2y]

RIP BRINE SHRIMP :C

[@sebbes333]

*@Life in Jars?* Consider adding those magnetic window cleaners that aquariums have into the jars, so you can "open" a small bit of the algae & look inside.

[@belhoder7]

It's possible that in this closed ecosystem due to absence of any autotrophs e.g plants etc, the shrimps just simply ran out of dissolved oxygen and couldn't breathe.

[@Crystalspets]

Wow thats awesome

[@MikiBreki]

This is your funiest episode so far! Made my day thank you! 😂😄😄😄

[@LifeinJars]

Thanks for watching!

[@jackgordon6144]

This video and how you spoke in this video reminded me a lot of Joe Pera. You have an amazing voice, and amazing content!

[@schmingbeefin4473]

Wow your voice was so much clearer when the camera switched, not saying it wasn't clear before, but it was just much clearer with the switch. Great video as usual!

[@xenototheface]

I love how you went from saying I'm learning about microbiology to oh look at those black things, what are they 😂 love it. Also I think this is the first time I've seen that face

[@qugfiebbd770]

hecc yeah

[@lisasaxon7828]

6.43...you can really see fine filament type feelers rapidly moving in the top/left side of that organism....crazy. Your just gorgeous n I luv watching n hearing about your stuff xxx

[@Davesothoth]

I once had a failed ocean ecosphere, the rotten egg smell when I open it up was nauseating. Anoxic hell

[@ValorousFogey]

1:55 HAHAHA! I never expected you to be this funny.

[@bederico85]

Watch cody's lab video, his brine shrimp ecosistem was dead but after 2 years they appeared again! Some eggs can hatch when they reach the right temperature and light conditions

[@moss.84]

Log 20: Day 16 of quarantine. This is what I'm watching now i guess.

[@alansenior934]

Good morning, I think the lockdown in the UK is getting to me. I just stumbled on your channel via atomic shrimps channel and have just spent a very enjoyable 2/3 hours watching and learning about eco spheres. I am definitely going to do this with sea and freshwater. It's going to be a tough sell as my better half has finally got her new white minimalist kitchen😂. I need to do something to replace my golf. Small technical question do you actually push the seaweed/plants into the sediment or do they just sort themselves out. Thanks again

[@jamieglennie4653]

Confirmed: he is not Dr. Evil.

[@hibiscusfreak]

The black things are probably mold spores. The brine shrimp probably ran out of oxygen and their own wastes built up. The whole thing probably just turned anaerobic.

[@chippler5822]

Rip life and or jars

[@simonwhittlebone9983]

He decided to show his face to further confirm he’s a human being, since some of us didn’t take his word for it.

[@LifeinJars]

Correct

[@ElNick09]

The strings that are threaded all throughout that film are filamentous green photosynthetic bacterial colonies!

[@Shaden0040]

Algae and strings might be fungal threads or mycchorhiza.

[@jennifergordon80]

So interesting, and very humorous...I’ve seen a video or two of yours ...and have to thank Atomic shrimp! For the reminder! Definitely subscribing! I do find this topic, fascinating! Thank you! And help save our own Eco! By staying home! And watch KZbin videos! Eh?!?

[@djssquibbs3295]

haha! love it. you could get someone else to smell it. or you could taste bit of the water, then spit out out, but tell us how it tastes

[@instantbeansoup]

Intro: *starts* Every jojo fan in the internet: °O°>

[@DropsOfLadyAku222]

😂🤣 well, that’s anticlimactic. You’re hilarious!

[@ceofiji3771]

Amazing

[@panekoekopjema]

Mijn favoriete NL youtuber.

[@yxl72]

the filamentous algae and the round algae are two different species!! not sure what the small round one are but since theyre not green or blue its unlikely that theyre any sort of algae

[@yxl72]

the small clumps are some kind of bacillus bacteria

[@ratfatbinbeach7206]

Hey man I like the new video format keep up the good stuff

[@Korvmannen]

I think those colorless structures at the end may be the silica shells of diatoms

[@AlyxGlide]

I'm just glad some face hugger didn't leap out and get him

[@evilpanda15]

very cool!!

[@Bluesmudge]

You are very handsome! I have not seen a video of you yet, and I am happy to see what you look like. You do not look like the imaginary person I created in my brain, listening to your voice for months.

[@laurieb3703]

I thought he was going to be an older Indian man!

[@khalidalasad5441]

@@laurieb3703 why indian tho?

[@picklpeep6469]

Hi! I was wondering if I could draw you a new picture for your channel? No payment or anything required, just a fan who’d like to help out :)

[@obieobrien5883]

If I’m not mistaken, the thing you saw moving is a ‘Stentor’