I started a little ecosphere in a whiskey bottle about a month back. I used soil and water from the sizable pond at my house. It definitely still has life in it. I'm planning on making a few more, and one with river water and soil.
@frowner_and_co3 жыл бұрын
@Chuck Manson what's wrong with you.
@tracefleemangarcia88163 жыл бұрын
diabeetus
@vincenzosobowl10303 жыл бұрын
im your 117th like youre now master chief
@stalkertexasstranger71803 жыл бұрын
Neat
@NoahLavineASP3 жыл бұрын
Make sure not to get drunk and take a swig off the wrong bottle (or pour if you're into that kinda thing).
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
Happy July 4th USA viewers!
@FatesxofxthexDead3 жыл бұрын
You too unofficially LIJ! Also possibly first in congrats!
@joy_gantic3 жыл бұрын
Does the Netherlands have a similar national holiday?
@blackguard58833 жыл бұрын
Thanks d00d. Best of luck to you and yours man.
@Bijlez3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@gils14083 жыл бұрын
If only I liked the 4th of July...
@wraitholme3 жыл бұрын
A day without a glimpse of a boogie worm is a day wasted.
@carlv13793 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@comeanomalocaris82673 жыл бұрын
Yup
@Beyond_The_Odyssey3 жыл бұрын
You’re never to depressed to boogie
@frogpalpeeper42493 жыл бұрын
It is. It is. That's so true!
@johnnguyen38993 жыл бұрын
you can see some at 1:54
@heykerryann3 жыл бұрын
Your channel has changed the way I look at my backyard. So much lichen and moss! Last year I dug up a small patch of clover and hastily put it an ill fitting pot. Honestly I’m not even sure why I did, but I brought it down to the basement when the snow was too much but other than that, I left it alone. This year it’s beautiful! Tall and it flowered! I need to find a nice pot even though he’s an outside cat because it’s too big and proud for the icky vessel it’s living in now. ✌️🤟 Edit: repotted the beast today and I could hear him roar. Clover blossoms smell right purty
@Shalometh3 жыл бұрын
👏
@LifeinJars9 ай бұрын
That's awesome! How's it doing now?
@heykerryann9 ай бұрын
@@LifeinJars it’s been living in a big garden bed I made out of an old door frame when it got too big. It’s a big beautiful weed that I’m very attached to ☺️ but It’s very winter here atm so hopefully enjoying a cozy sleep under a pile of straw and snow, just like the stray cats. Soon my babies. Soon 🤭
@mbunds3 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe how complex getting a good, sustainable balance of plants and animals can be! Great videos, thanks!
@HomemadeEcosystems3 жыл бұрын
True, not easy to get a balance in your ecosystems
@lavasharkandboygirl97163 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad I found this channel, this is so therapeutic and beautiful
@richyket6613 жыл бұрын
You have enough videos on this channel to write a whole PHD thesis on your niche hobby! Keep up the great work I love your videos
@graphictwitch-53553 жыл бұрын
In the area around my house, id always try to search for insects(including basically all invertebrates) with my friend so seeing the devils coach-horse again was very nice. Keep up the excellent content!
@choerrytheworld36103 жыл бұрын
I just found this channel today and im obssessed. Been in a hyperfixation with stuff like this and i am not complaining, definitely makes my day better
@fabianovalli54693 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say that i have no idea how i end up here but I’ve watched like 10 of his videos in a row lol peace
@maddoxfitzgerald54723 жыл бұрын
No same here, there my new comfort videos
@HomemadeEcosystems3 жыл бұрын
his videos are just addictive 😅
@yickel3 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to do something like this as a kid but didn't have the know-how. I finally made a proper terrarium a few months ago. Love your content man, keep it up
@Visionfox13 жыл бұрын
Experience comes from experiment I guess :D
@FieryCoal3 жыл бұрын
That’s some big plant growth.
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
Sure is
@shi53693 жыл бұрын
Ayy! I ended up making a terrarium following some of your advice and others after your first video. I guess this makes it my 1 month too. The ecosystem is doing pretty good, but I have been tending to it every so often. We have millipedes, slugs, worms and various small backyard plants including wild strawberry.
@ecospheremadness29822 жыл бұрын
I love how you make and ecosphere out of anything
@Beyond_The_Odyssey3 жыл бұрын
I love your channel so much. I started my own eco jars and even managed to have a fish egg (didn’t know I snagged it with some plants) hatch inside! Doing very well too! He’s about 4 weeks old now :)
@snakewithapen54893 жыл бұрын
When the fry gets bigger, you can try feeding it brine shrimp or Daphnia, and then maybe earthworms if it runs out of food in the ecosphere! If it's a native species, you can release it where you found it once it gets big enough to not be eaten immediately. Unless you want to keep it I suppose lol, it wouldn't be damaging the adult breeding population if you did since it hatched in your jar.
@Beyond_The_Odyssey3 жыл бұрын
@@snakewithapen5489 since he’s been in the jar I’m going to keep him. I’ll get him some friends when he’s older. I’m going to my LFS on Wednesday to pick him up his own 10gal for when he’s past the fry stage. I grind up fish flakes into dust and he loves it! The jar itself is full of daphnia and copepods. It had hydra but I think I accidentally froze them out. I left my ac unit on by accident and came home to Antarctica 🤓
@snakewithapen54893 жыл бұрын
@@Beyond_The_Odyssey ah okay that's cool! Sounds like you're preparing lol. If it is a schooling fish since most freshwater river or pond fish are, I would definitely recommend getting some more fish of the same species for it to school with, if you can find the species at a pet store at least. (Once he gets old enough for you to identify it anyway, and for him to be safe with other fish!) It's probably fine for you to keep him since you're raising him in the jar already, I think it's only an issue when people take adult fish that could have been breeding out of the wild population to keep as pets.
@Beyond_The_Odyssey3 жыл бұрын
@@snakewithapen5489 I plan on getting him some buddies once I can ID him :) I’m hoping to record the process of building his tank too! If he is something I can’t find buddies of I’ll release him where I got him.
@chowdhurywilddenindiabatanagar2 жыл бұрын
@@Beyond_The_Odyssey what fish he is?
@NoahLavineASP3 жыл бұрын
My dad calls me a, "jar-osexual" and I'm very proud
@theguywhoasked42353 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@coltoncowan6823 жыл бұрын
Lgbtqiaj+
@justinmajor97283 жыл бұрын
One man one jar
@thecrimsoncapsule34763 жыл бұрын
I’m assuming the father is not
@oneshotweeb59233 жыл бұрын
Ah i see you are man of jar as well
@luca9203 жыл бұрын
A year ago I had an idea. We share the same hobby btw, love your stuff. But you know what would be interesting? Set up vivariums with different climates (light, water, humidity etc.) and then asking foreign people, if they could send you soil samples from their countries. Imagine a friend in Brazil that has access to Amazonian rainforest soil, he collects 500 g of top soil from different places, packages it (insulated with heat packs!) and sends it to you, where you put it in the vivarium and see what will happen! With all the spores, seeds, micro- and macroorganism, eggs etc. that would be a surprise egg like no other!
@joy_gantic3 жыл бұрын
I love these videos. Thank you for uploading them
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching them!
@blizzard2508-k7n3 жыл бұрын
Funny pfp. At first I thought it was a hawk with an iron for a body and was amused.
@slavpepe65813 жыл бұрын
I don't think the beetle would be able to eat the more adult millipedes, since they'd be toxic and probably too heavily armored to be eaten
@blizzard2508-k7n3 жыл бұрын
I don't think all millipedes have poison, but it does seem too armoured.
@blizzard2508-k7n3 жыл бұрын
@ㅤ beetle size to millipede size?
@Pachurry143 жыл бұрын
@ㅤ how much bigger was the bettle compared to the milipedes? i think was the question.
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
The rove beetle is about 12 mm and the millipide about 30 mm
@blizzard2508-k7n3 жыл бұрын
@@Pachurry14 thanks
@navykip3 жыл бұрын
Always a good day when we get another life in jars video.
@HomemadeEcosystems3 жыл бұрын
true, I miss him, no new videos in a while now
@m0w0ss3 жыл бұрын
I wish my closed terrarium did this well! I had a sudden wave of stinging nettle growing, followed by death of everything inside it, and a lot of white fluffy fungi
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
That's the faith of most closed terrariums. Probably this one as well... (Not the nettle part)
@Pachurry143 жыл бұрын
@@LifeinJars yes fungi are terrible. can control if you continue the ventilation i guess
@MrJcalvino3 жыл бұрын
@@LifeinJars could you use organism that feed on fungi as way to control the growth?
@Tower_Swagman3 жыл бұрын
Well, you must know a lot about ecology to be able to grow a successful terrarium or make a tub of water have unicellular organisms
@m0w0ss3 жыл бұрын
@@Tower_Swagman i sealed off a jar with rocks that i filled with water and there's bacterial slimy goo around the rocks now
@BrazenSolar3 жыл бұрын
Your channel inspired me to make a river estuary ecosystem jar that to me is very cool - it has bristleworms and snails even after 6 months :). My family say: "Why do you have a jar of dirty water on your windowsill?"
@LifeinJars9 ай бұрын
Wow! How's it doing now?
@BrazenSolar9 ай бұрын
@@LifeinJarsSadly I think the temperature change was too much for it when we had a warm summer - it all went brown and sludgy and nothing survived. But I still try to create or collect ecosystem jars, most recently a mossy terrestrial one. I should head down to the river again though, that was cool.
@LifeinJars9 ай бұрын
@Sam-kt1mi ah that's too bad, but great that you keep going!
@bassybossy3 жыл бұрын
Another lovely little update. Great to see
@Blueygu3 жыл бұрын
This life in jars guy kinda reminds me of life in jars because they both do ecosphere things and they have similar voices
@gils14083 жыл бұрын
yeah... Maybe their twins?
@Blueygu3 жыл бұрын
@@gils1408 that is a possibility
@doxscund88213 жыл бұрын
"A human of which I am also one"
@implausibleimpossiblehypot40063 жыл бұрын
My brain is hurting from this comment I just keep reading it a reading it the wording without commas is a brain fuck
@MDestron22823 жыл бұрын
It's really looking great a month later. Unless there is some kinda of crash or breakdown in the ecosystem I think this one might thrive for quite a while.
@Roerdompjesuf3 жыл бұрын
Yes rove-beetles are awesome. I saw one yesterday and I was so happy. Haven't seen them in a while but I was working in the local butterfly garden and I saw something crawling where there was a pile of mowed grass. It was one of the ocypus spec. Around 3cm. Very cool. I knew them from my childhood when I turned rocks and tiles to see what is underneath them. I put it in my hand and I put it down somewhere else. When I pulled of the glove the rove-beetle started doing the scorpion thing with the back of its tail. I am wondering if ocypus is able to eat all the other animals in the jar. Would be interesting.
@GushOnline2 жыл бұрын
I would love to see an update on this terrarium. 😊
@yoBigWave3 жыл бұрын
digging the music.
@bhutwheyttherismor863 жыл бұрын
Philoscia muscorum (aka the fast woodlouse) is my favorite iso. Very nice pattern, good morph potential, and a lot of personality.
@veganpajamas42113 жыл бұрын
“ very intensly at the mystery object in front of it..”haha how zen
@samfroggeh3 жыл бұрын
Oooh - a new video, always exciting to see these jars again :D
@brutusaurelius21143 жыл бұрын
Every time I see one of your videos I get excited thinking about making a terrarium of my own
@yeye68403 жыл бұрын
The King has returned once again
@charlottesmom2 жыл бұрын
My biggest is a two gallon jar, it holds my wild collected isopods, a slug (I named Sally), an earthworm I see on occasion and my jumping spider (who recently passed on, he was at least a year old) all live peacefully in. I have 2 smaller ones, one has three millipedes who I rarely ever see, a bunch of isopods and I think a centipede (yikes!!). Another one is only isopods, they are fed fruits occasionally so I do open their jar.
@ElliotLeon3 жыл бұрын
Hello Mr jars, nice to see you again
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
Hello there
@Dansu183 жыл бұрын
Loving the rouge beetle. :) Hope to see some updates on this one soon!
@youareloved47043 жыл бұрын
I am obsessed with this channel, I would love to try to make a closed terrarium or ecosphere myself some day :)
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
You can do it!
@rainy87023 жыл бұрын
The aquatic ones are actually really simple to make. Just take a pickle jar or whatever you happen to have around, scoop up some water (preferably from a body of water like a pond or river, but you can get it from basically anywhere) and you're golden. Just make sure you give it some time for algae to grow before you seal it, though. Otherwise the creatures inside may suffocate.
@NGRevenant3 жыл бұрын
I was obsessed with devil's coach horse beetles when I was a kid they're awesome looking insects
@Froggsroxx3 жыл бұрын
i've been waiting for thiiiiiis (happy 4rth of Jar-ly)
@DannysAquariums3 жыл бұрын
New video, AWESOME! 🙌🤩
@jic13 жыл бұрын
I used to find Devil's Coach Horse beetles in my house a lot, haven't seen one for a long time. They have a threat posture where they curl their abdomen forward, like a scorpion's tail.
@mr.d.rektorstudios3 жыл бұрын
You channel made me start two aquatic ecospheres, and I'm very tempted to make space so I can build a new terrarium.
@mr.d.rektorstudios3 жыл бұрын
@💋𝗙**𝗖𝗞 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 РR0FIL you’ve gotta get that fish out, they’re too big for ecospheres, it’s can’t handle them
@tamarrajames35903 жыл бұрын
That is a wild little world you have there.🖤🇨🇦
@a.harrington16343 жыл бұрын
My students and I kept a few snails in ecojars this year, and our snails always slept in the lid l, too. It's always fun being able to look into the lid and find them; the students like knowing the fauna are alive.
@lordawesometony27643 жыл бұрын
Philoscia: *creating Socratic dialogue with mystery object*
@matthewbarry9833 жыл бұрын
I love these videos dude you've a great voice x 🇮🇪💯
@gusmcgrath91873 жыл бұрын
When if first started watching you I thought your voice was computer generated, lol.
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
oof
@Laremy3 жыл бұрын
Technically, it was.
@DeoMachina3 жыл бұрын
No it is definitely a human voice I would know, because I am also a human
@Pachurry143 жыл бұрын
@@LifeinJars your voice is actually 10/10 maybe youre too monotone xD
@Pachurry143 жыл бұрын
@@DeoMachina yes youre human for sure hmmmmm
@DrSpychology3 жыл бұрын
That millipede is so cool to look at, I'm jealous!
@peperando87333 жыл бұрын
Just at the perfect moment when I was bored to death... NICE
@EngineerRat16_YT3 жыл бұрын
How much jars do you have filled with life?
@JohnPaul-yf9xd3 жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought of growing fungi? The micilium connect plants as if they communicate. Please research and consider. Love your work!
@mostamazingtop63 жыл бұрын
That's cool, i have access to some woods that my grandpa owns, it will make a few from resources in that area.
@drapoorv3 жыл бұрын
Loved the explanation of this terrarium
@petrolheadpower16073 жыл бұрын
You should do either an update on saltwater jar or make another one! Its was so dope
@thebiologist86623 жыл бұрын
Curiously enough, the other day I found a rover beetle hiding under my boot at the botanical garden I work at. I wanted to put it in a terrarium. So, first I put it on a petri dish and left a candy inside. The next day, it had eaten the whole candy, which was larger than it, and died. Soooo, they are voracious.
@thebiologist86623 жыл бұрын
@ㅤ They are, but most insects can eat sugar. Now, if you eat your weight in sugar, well...
@chikenwing2 жыл бұрын
It be cool if someone made a full paluderium and it was in big tank and it was full of life and it were to have them huge fish and stuff
@obieobrien58833 жыл бұрын
Interesting assortment of insects!
@Zer-db1bp3 жыл бұрын
I’d say this one was a pretty big success.
@T.K.Wellington19962 жыл бұрын
Would it be enough to put a small uv-led (may be 5 watt/12h a day) on top of the jar to substitute the real sunlight?
@draftsatmatts14763 жыл бұрын
How do you know what is too much moisture to close it permanently? Asking for my own jar.
@shi53693 жыл бұрын
if the condensation is completely covering the jar and not just partially, it might be best to open it up a bit. You'll be able to tell there's too much if your plants are suffering from leaf rot. Good luck!
@evelynpayne5995 Жыл бұрын
i’d love to see an update on this one!
@mothballjim2 жыл бұрын
Where is the update on this one? 🙌🏻
@clinical_caliber3 жыл бұрын
i live in ohio and i got a jar of ocean water from the gulf of mexico when i was in panama city beach. pretty nice gig
@Ghajlalalala2 жыл бұрын
How do you identify the organisms? I have tons of lil guys in mine but don’t really know exactly what they are.
@nikleiser58883 жыл бұрын
Where do you get these monsterjars and how much did they cost ?
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
I bought a bunch of them second hand. New they'll cost about $40. That is, if you can find them.
@nikleiser58883 жыл бұрын
@@LifeinJars I tried to find some in Germany but they are really expensive if available. How big are your jars (in Liter)?
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
10L
@noodlechrist3 жыл бұрын
do you have an idea why the snail likes to go on the lid? is it because that is where condensation gathers?
@atlasprophet3 жыл бұрын
A rotating base below the jar would be great for you to rotate them easier
@muppen742 жыл бұрын
How do you know if there is too much water/moisture or not? And what will be the problem? Mold?
@kevinpowell79483 жыл бұрын
Glorious indeed 🍀
@Tortoiseneckx1003 жыл бұрын
I have been waiting so long for a vid I'm so pumped
@MusicRainfield3 жыл бұрын
I got a notification!!! Woo! 🥳🎉🎊
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
That's great news!
@AlyxGlide3 жыл бұрын
A millipede! So pretty 🐛
@yatagarasu92743 жыл бұрын
I have my jar ready but I live in Rio Rancho New Mexico and it's a desert. I dont know how to get pond water
@JK-zv2dl3 жыл бұрын
I swear I have the same millipedes in my closed woodland terrarium
@JK-zv2dl3 жыл бұрын
I just checked, it is the same species. Mine have also reproduced and they are the cutest inhabitants of the terrarium
@boom38633 жыл бұрын
This is probably a really stupid question LIJ, when doing a fresh water jar for the first time can I use whatever greenery etc? Grass from the garden weeds etc? I want to try it.
@peterdafox3 жыл бұрын
I love your content, keep up the great work!
@AceOfSpadesX3 жыл бұрын
How do you know how to identify so many of the species?
@barbhelle54813 жыл бұрын
This was very nice, thank you.
@jadeanfe93362 жыл бұрын
noice work man......such a unique content!
@willbedford83813 жыл бұрын
Could you make an all plant closed ecosystem and pump CO2 into it and seal it to eventually create prehistoric conditions with all the oxygen they create?
@theiathegondia73492 жыл бұрын
How long will it take until there are new species in these jars that don't exist outside?
@lucasgiraldo9791 Жыл бұрын
Are some isopods expected to dye because mine are not doing too well in my close jar
@BroBurg4453 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the new adjective, "suculous".
@brenarosethorn82192 жыл бұрын
Be Careful with clovers though. They grow like crazy and some clovers grow from bulbs not seeds. Whenever i wanted to fill up part of my yard i would put clovers or Morning Glorys because they do grow like crazy and get out of control.
@samthepigman40693 жыл бұрын
I told my mom I wanted a millipede and she was like "you want a what? If I see one of those discusting bugs in the house I will goddamn dissown you"
@noelvalenzarro3 жыл бұрын
Throw that one out and get a new mom
@GoatyForever Жыл бұрын
is this one still around? if so, how's it doing?
@chadsimon72213 жыл бұрын
Nice videos my dude.
@LifeinJars3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@yoBigWave3 жыл бұрын
New video HYPE!!
@willkraemer21443 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have any recommendations for types of plants or animals that would be especially Hardy. I'm looking for stuff that would be especially difficult for me to kill through my inexperience XD
@rlcatman3 жыл бұрын
For plants mosses and grasses grow everywhere and are hardy. And millipedes and isopods don't need much care even in a jar without a lid. (I breed them for a living. 😹)
@Pachurry143 жыл бұрын
That bettle looks badass AF Subscribing btw really good and educational content question are you studying biology of something like that? you seem to know a LOT!
@goatnicholson3 жыл бұрын
ahh, yes these videos are very relaxing
@westjordan86863 жыл бұрын
Super cool update! I wonder how a closed ecosphere would do inside of a closed terrarium, I remember your ecosphere in an ecosphere couldn’t be seen because of the algae and I wonder if that would help solve the issue?
@HaibaneRakka3 жыл бұрын
Can that beetle really take on a millipede that large? They're pretty armored no?
@larva56063 жыл бұрын
Do you have to open the jars to let the plants and things breath or can you leave it closed indefinitely?
@Conifer_Cons3 жыл бұрын
You can close it indefinitely
@Conifer_Cons3 жыл бұрын
You do know plants create oxygen aka the thing everything breaths
@mouseclub503 жыл бұрын
To my understanding you can close it indefinitely if there are plants, some kind of other creatures, and a good balance of water. He said in either this video or the last one about the same terrarium that he was leaving the jar open because the soil was super wet.
@larva56063 жыл бұрын
@@mouseclub50 awesome thanks.
@larva56063 жыл бұрын
@@Conifer_Cons yes, just blows my mind
@BrazenSolar3 жыл бұрын
Can I get a link to the music you use in this video?
@attieschutte71162 жыл бұрын
Dankie dit was nou leersaam, ek gaan iets soortgelyks probeer.
@georgecarmack68133 жыл бұрын
Ive been trying to create my own closed terrarium, but so far everytime I've attempted it, almost everything dies quickly. Any advice on what things I should be doing?
@blizzard2508-k7n3 жыл бұрын
You should probably describe how it's dying/ what's dying first, among other things.
@georgecarmack68133 жыл бұрын
@@blizzard2508-k7n well, some more obvious than others, the insects die within a week more than often and then the plants begin to wilt. I'm not exactly sure if it was a temperature thing? My household cant make up their mind on whether they want the house warm of straight up freezing 😒
@blizzard2508-k7n3 жыл бұрын
@@georgecarmack6813 it would be best to be more specific about the temperature range, but that doesn't sound like the problem. I'd imagine the plants and animals would die at the same time, if temperature is to blame. If you do think temperature is a problem, adding a thermometer (to check) and insulating the jar could help. If you can't insulate it all, cover the soil. Ground changes temperature slowly and is likely used to hide in if it gets cold. There are a lot of other factors (moisture, chemicals/chlorinated water, oxygen/CO2, light, biodiversity) but I'm not too knowledgeable on this.
@PhotosyntheticVibes3 жыл бұрын
1:05 The intense staring contestant could be a lace bug, they live much like aphids
@axjagfilms2 жыл бұрын
Life In Jars: (mentions isopods) Me: *LETS GOOO HE DID IT AGAIN*
@t0hrak3 жыл бұрын
I build one myself but I can´t see in it because of the water drops on the glass. Any tips? :)