Making an Ecosphere that Constantly Receives Light 24/7

In this video I make a natural ecosphere that is illuminated by a light source all day and night. Natural light during the day and artificial light at night. This closed ecosystem in a jar is lit 24 hours a day. What will happen? How does the ecosystem develop?
Enjoy!
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[@redtsun67]

Tubifex worms: "so sleepy, cannot wait to sleep" God: *no*

[@viktorcasas2825]

John Toas no he isn’t

[@JustATanneriteDummy]

@@viktorcasas2825 how could you think god is fake when you're watching a channel that literally shows his creation

[@trixiebewitched]

@@JustATanneriteDummy because science is tangible evidence that proves how we exist

[@JustATanneriteDummy]

@@trixiebewitched really? Last i checked its impossible for a book to make itself. Information doesnt just appear. The same goes for DNA which is literally a book DESIGNED to have all the information needed to create SPECIFICALLY you. Thats not random. Information doesnt just fall from the sky especially extremely specific and perfect coding on how to create something as complex as human life not to mention every other form of life in existence. You think too small.

[@JustATanneriteDummy]

If you can explain to me how the first RNA and DNA strands came to be and then scientifically replicate it maybe youd have something. But you dont.

[@pricerowland]

To us, this man is a misunderstood genius. To his neighbors, he is a crazy guy digging around in a pond with a bunch of jars.

[@LifeinJars]

Pretty accurate

[@ramblinevilmushroom]

You get an instant thumbs up for that "..And then i'll do it anyway."

[@LifeinJars]

Haha!

[@IdiotWithEducation]

You can get an attachment for you're microscope, for phones and things

[@minaslife3858]

That part put me in tears. It was hilarious

[@craigasauruswrecks4915]

Made me subscribe

[@masteraria769]

Life in Jars: Creates Mini Ecosystem Worms: *WIGGLE*

[@gooby8953]

wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wig-

[@BobtheBlob6969]

Worms be vibin.

[@SomeAssemReq]

“This is high intensity...” Worms have unlocked nukes

[@jasreallySUCCS]

"Sleep well because these guys won't." 😂 😂 😂

[@x0thorn0x]

I often wonder if other animals have the experience of being abducted by aliens when we do things like this. I especially think this when I go collect dragonfly nymphs. At some point later in the summer there are a lot of dragonflies that end up watching me... suspiciously...? Prehistoric animals. Something about them makes me a little fearful, even when they are tiny. Looking forward to seeing your tiny aquatic world develop under magnification.

[@xFlowerChild420x]

x0thorn0x This.

[@riswanda2620]

Hmmmm

[@allensmatchmaker3823]

People in Patreon who helped give the microscope to this wonderful channel..... THANK YOU VERY MUCH😭

[@ScooBdont]

I got an adapter for my phone off Amazon that can be attached to a telescope, microscope, spotting scopes, binoculars and pretty much anything that has an eyepiece. I use it on my telescope to get video and pictures of the moon. ✌️🙂

[@sombrs44]

Would be fun to try and get mud and water from the deepest part of that pond. I wonder how much it would differ

[@jana31415]

Mud from the challanger deep

[@Davesothoth]

Probably less animals and more bacteria due to their being less oxygen. Probably not as interesting to look at

[@sebbes333]

@@jana31415 The biggest problem is that you HAVE to maintain the pressure from that depth (otherwise most organisms explode). The pressure increases by about 1 atmosphere for EVERY 10 meters of water, so: 30 meter = 4 atm (3 from water + 1 from air). The Challenger Deep depth is 10'994 meters which is = 1'100 atm, and I have no idea what to compare that amount of pressure against.

[@lancetheking7524]

@@sebbes333 a microwave

[@The_WhitePencil]

@@sebbes333 I mean, you don't HAVE to, now you might not actually have any LIVE animals in the jar...

[@rogercheetoofficial]

There's always something endearing about those worms, I think it's how they always wiggle for the camera

[@superphanes7727]

I love the new microscope. hopefully we get to see the microbiome from some of the sealed jars!

[@LifeinJars]

Hopefully yes

[@b-rice8387]

"And then, I'll do it anyway." Love it dude, keep up the amazing work

[@LifeinJars]

Thanks I will!

[@tylerwinsborrow]

Hey, you've posted again! Been too long, was waiting for this. Also I tried to make an ecosphere a while ago but it failed after a week :( still learning every time I watch your vids, so keep it up bro!!

[@LifeinJars]

It has been too long. That sucks

[@richi3500]

I started off by keeping an open one, have kept a snail alive in a jelly jar for 2 months now

[@richi3500]

It fell out out and died yesterday, RIP snail

[@tylerwinsborrow]

Richard Bielby aw man, that sucks :((

[@richi3500]

@@tylerwinsborrow yeah :(

[@aubryellaotero1064]

Congrats on the microscope! I’m so excited for you and to see what awesome things you’ll find and show us :)

[@LifeinJars]

Me too!

[@nickblack9827]

I really enjoy this hobby and your channel, keep up the great work! You inspired me and my dad!

[@LifeinJars]

That's great to hear!

[@MrAestas]

Happy to see you're stepping up your game with your supporters backup. Hope to see a lot more in depth living jars

[@anitahall1786]

Glad to see you post!!! Congrats on the microscope, I'm sure you've been using it a ton already. The world 🌎 is an amazing place :) thanks for sharing part of yours!!

[@LifeinJars]

Haha yes I have!

[@IdiotWithEducation]

That's odd, just got a microscope yesterday. . .

[@silver-scales]

I just started my first ecosphere today after watching you for a few months. I can't wait to see what happens! So many little interesting things in there.

[@happyist3719]

If you haven't already, could you make a video showing your most successful jars/ecospheres?

[@MikeDiamondTube]

Your content is super fascinating. I was inspired yesterday to go out to a pond and fill a glass vase with some pond water, and silt and a few plantlets. No idea what will happen! Also, just watched your 'face reveal' video- you are shockingly young! Good for you! :-)

[@adrianchai9500]

Love your video, keep up the good work

[@RubberD3]

I love DIW experiments like this and going to the process of trail and error. I wish I could support more, but the best I can do I watch *all* your videos.

[@LifeinJars]

I really appreciate that!

[@tophatknight7136]

More people should appreciate the world's smallest organisms, they are so cool!

[@pedrobertonhasodre5564]

Nice upgrade with the microscope, always nice video, keep with the good work and updates too

[@chanseriverajr3147]

Good to see you posting

[@JimSlim101]

I'm gonna totally try something like this! It's about to get warm out, and I can't wait to put together a new ecosphere.

[@MrWrathkun]

Love your vids man

[@xan8133]

love everything about these videos, especially the music. tried making my own ecosphere, but my parents made me throw it out. this is a close second i guess.

[@Jartopia]

That really sucks wtf

[@Vanstaples]

Same.here except I made jenkem

[@sukmawadisulistyo3904]

You should show them this channel.

[@joshuamg2578]

I love your videos I'm so glad you posted again it's been a while also I would like to see more stuff under a microscope

[@LifeinJars]

Great!

[@Tal11y]

I can't remember what its called, but you can buy adpters that connect your phone camera and microscope together :). For the time being, position the phone on the microsope lense and lower the phone cameras lighting. Phone cameras are much easier than DSLR when recoring from microscopes. This is how I got all the photographic data for my histology classes :).

[@marianosanchezsosa8737]

I'm happy to hear you got a microscope. Keep up the good work!

[@LifeinJars]

Thank you!

[@Waiting_To_Retire]

Love the channel!

[@heatherstewart8817]

I could listen to you talk all day.

[@LifeinJars]

:)

[@cheeselord8153]

Nice the lights are from 3m, I love the brands quality and ability to sell anything specialized you need

[@modulebot]

Great content!

[@dragoniusrex]

good vid thanks and practise makes perfect

[@RafaelFyen]

Great videos! A tip, get a polarized filter for your lens. They're quite cheap. It'll allow you to film with less or no reflections from the glass jar :)

[@LifeinJars]

Thanks for the tip!

[@wdfinbllngsly]

Thats really cool!!

[@LMS2019]

I love your accent and your sense of humour!

[@Deathblade]

Microscope stuff is awesome. Look forward to more.

[@jake_jjjjjj2156]

I really enjoy these videos mostly because I can never make a ecosystem that works with a lid on so I enjoy watching what I can’t accomplish at home

[@blakethomson7775]

Have you heard of Intermediate Disturbance Theory? It's a theory in biology that says the most diverse ecosystems have a medium amount of disturbance. I think about it a lot when I watch your videos because the jars seem really low disturbance which would lead to lower diversity as time goes on.

[@LifeinJars]

Yes I have. It's very fun to think about such things. Maybe I have to do a video about it some day.

[@xp0z]

Life in Jars? You should consider doing an experiment where you TRY to get as much life as possible

[@TheSilverInfinity]

Grats on the microscopes! Cant wait to see all the cool footage once you figure out the camera mounting 👍 I loved looking at that stuff back when I was in school!

[@LifeinJars]

Thanks!

[@jesserivera9704]

nice photos of Pluto!

[@lowe42144]

Congrats on the microscope! Always love your videos and your updates!

[@LifeinJars]

Thanks!

[@ziepturis6942]

Nice man, you inspired me to do ecosphere vids myself!

[@LifeinJars]

Great!

[@kahlaicumminsthore6924]

patreons for the win hahaha i hope to see lots more of microscope footage. so much more to explore that way!

[@mikhelatuesday]

This is amazing

[@mc-racer2415]

Love the video

[@danielbakergill]

I see ciliates and diatoms! Cool microscope; can't wait to see what's next

[@LifeinJars]

Yeah it's really exciting!

[@MultiCrackerjacker]

I think the worms are moving to your sweet tunes! 😆🇨🇦

[@terrencetey8817]

Hehe

[@alexsaquatics7620]

Nice video

[@TheFleshMetal]

If you shine one of those laser pointers into the jar, it should pass through the water but illuminate the little speck of critter swimming around, that might help with some of the darker ecospheres

[@AJDaniels5298]

You've inspired me to make my own ecosphere. I'm curious what lives in the creek in my grandparents' front yard.

[@JustATanneriteDummy]

Man you make being baked on a friday night real nice. Thx my guy for these lax vids.

[@LifeinJars]

👍

[@navykip]

Congratulations on getting your microscope. I always enjoy your videos.

[@darthadipose1920]

Alternate title: "I Preform the Russian Sleep Experiment on Some Worms"

[@SolarMoth]

I love this

[@maya5760]

Girl: "You wanna date?" Math nerd: "less than ideal x less than ideal= absolute garbage"

[@LifeinJars]

So that's what I've been doing wrong...

[@diegosaenz5096]

I fucking love your vids dude they’re awesome

[@LifeinJars]

Thanks man!

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

Nice, some fresh LIJ

[@LifeinJars]

Always good

[@puggumpus]

'Maximum intensity' *I SEE THE LIGHT*

[@glennleblanc9325]

Your vids are cool man and I like channel

[@dshe8637]

Interesting idea. The plants, or primary producers actually need some dark time in their daily rhythm, so will be cool to see how they manage

[@LifeinJars]

Exactly!

[@theoctopusss7235]

in this ecosphere you dont need headlights because it is always lit

[@notkuro2519]

Nice!!

[@lisasaxon7828]

Yay...a new video

[@salottin]

I loved the microscope footage!

[@scottaw1981]

ever thought of a constant live stream on the jars?

[@KrabzAgaandFriends]

Your videos are so damn creative. Even though you don’t curse at all your videos are also so damn funny

[@icfdavehere4008]

Very cool

[@LifeinJars]

Thank you

[@edwardvarby4363]

There are inexpensive mounts that can hold your phone or camera on the eyepiece. I've had some nice results using one.

[@dagster115]

This channel really wiggles my worm

[@MrTJ1695]

I wish I was like that ecosphere... Always lit

[@IdiotWithEducation]

Yay!, can you make a giant jar ecosystem?

[@TYZ.AUTOMOTIVE]

This makes me want to check all the water I drink

[@bhanuwatchansuksett3005]

There's a video cam specifically design to stick into one of the eyepiece sockets of the microscope. But I would recommend a cheap 3D print mount that puts your phone camera to use which quite suitable for hobbyists.

[@LifeinJars]

Thanks for the tip!

[@memeconnect4489]

you should setup a live stream with this running 24/7

[@Miezthekatzdererste]

What are you using to take clips in macromode!? I have a 11€ portable Wifi Microscope from Amazon there are plenty of them,same product different names, now i have it always in my backpack with me it's no highclass product but it connects via wifi with your mobile and takes videos and pictures directly to you phone! :)

[@mazoo16]

Bro, thats lit.

[@LifeinJars]

Very

[@necieau2700]

The microscope is a fantastic addition to your channel! Could you list the organisms you point out in the description? I want to read about them but i can't spell.

[@MoreChannelNoise]

I am wondering if you put a thermometer in or use a point and shoot type! if the temperature goes up much on the night from the small amount of heat from the led lights.

[@TrillLee223]

Yes I would like to see more stuff through a microscope and yes I did hit that sub.

[@drapoorv]

Gr8ly inspired by you, now I have 7 Fresh water Ecospheres which are in different microbial development stages, oldest from May 2018 . But now all of them have tonnes of algae and I can't see anything coz of this blinding greenness

[@jasepoag8930]

That ecosphere is lit AF

[@jacobriddle7230]

If you have or have access to a 3d printer there are mounts you can make to put a phone camera on.

[@goigig]

I’m doing this too!!

[@judytrahan6121]

Lights on 24 hours a day, party's on!!!!!! Love your videos!!!!!

[@kristianstoianov7175]

If you are watering, a jar without a cap in a room where the sun is shining (maybe far from the stove / air conditioner) is supposed to be at least about 20 years old (but it must have gotten something from the environment like bugs fallen in it, and I was digging with a stick soon) you will get something with several layers (there are 7 for sure). 1 - yellowish thick water like jelly. 2 - (wall) I don't know how to describe (not that anyone knows what). 3 - Transparent. 4 - (Wall) like a sponge with small bubbles. 5 - Still transparent. 6 - (To the bottom) like a little mutated fly and there is something tardy I suppose has dropped a stick. 7 - (Bottom) I do not know how to describe it for this I will write that it looks like the inside of an animal but worse. I hope the translation is not too bad

[@Unimportant]

I love the idea of microscope footage. Hoping you will find a way to get clean footage in the future.

[@kileydavies7223]

Can we see the salt water jar under the microscope!?❤❤❤😍

[@mherrera8968]

Hey, I'm not sure if you'll read but I'd be happy to design an adaptor for your microscope, I'm an engineer and I could 3D Print something to help fix the camera lens on the microscope. I've done similar things for big camera lenses for macros with my phone so I know it can works. I just need to know what camera/lens and microscope you're using. Anyways love your channel and always excited when there's new content. Keep it up.

[@maclaneb33]

congrats on the new microscope! thank you patreon!

[@thomasb7066]

Less than a second in and theres already a worm rave

[@C413B]

That microscope is sweet!

[@PlayWhitLife]

omg you should always edit some rave/disco music when a dancing worm comes in to vision XD

[@connorcar1779]

Hi, what did you say the animal was at 4:30? Thanks great video btw

[@ammi13cool]

Я: так завтра рано вставать пора спать Ютуб в 2 ночи: *у меня есть кое что для тебя* Ничего не понятно но очень интересно

[@Universal.G]

Only thing missing with the LED lights at night is a disco ball and a moss bar for the boogie worms.