No Darkness FOR A YEAR - Ecosphere

In this video we take a look at the now over a year old closed ecosystem that is always illuminated and therefore never receives light. The constantly lit ecosphere is now a year old, and in this update we take a look at how the ecosystem has developed so far and how it's doing now. We also talk about the effect constant light and the absence of darkness has on the animals, algae and ecosystem as a whole.
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"These could be parasites. Or not." A short time in university and we already see an academic here

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“but if it’s not, it isn’t” this is the kind of high quality commentary i come to hear

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"After 4 Months, the water turned this greenish, browish, orangiesh, beigeish, purpleish, Infra-redish" Can someone get me the RGB value on that?

[@recentrogue]

Just look at the index and think "Yes"

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[@Jig_up]

“I left you... **childish giggle* in the dark” Love this channel

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Heehee

[@Jig_up]

Not editing this because I think it takes away the heart but thank you so much! Your videos always make my day so much brighter, and yes that was a pun and no I’m not apologizing for it. I love this channel and the jokes and the biology, I hope you all have a wonderful day!

[@Jig_up]

(Also yes I know someone else also made the brighter day pun, I was just really happy and wanted you all to know)

[@Mr.Plant1994]

I was dying when he said that 😂

[@DickWigglin]

I loved the haha tricked you part. lol 5:38

[@jayofthedeadd]

It's so interesting how small little worlds of animals exist everywhere and we don’t even think about it

[@LifeinJars]

Small aquatic life is really underappreciated!

[@ralph_s]

this is probably how aliens think about us

[@ronnie9379]

We're the small little animals in the eyes of the Universe

[@RNCHFND]

There's an ecosystem like this inside your intestines right now

[@tfan2222]

@@RNCHFND not quite, an ecosystem definitely but with much simpler organisms than this

[@neilshen759]

I love that laugh after the dumb pun

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@@LifeinJars **childish giggles**

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@@britishneko3906 no giggle is childish....unless someone farts. Lol

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[@ripleyandweeds1288]

*jar is left alone for a year* worms: *straight groovin*

[@Quiltfish]

>Eight eyed blood hedgehog Aight I'm gonna stop you right there.

[@grave0x]

but think of the poor Eight eyed blood hedgehog this man played god and removed darkness from his world

[@bugenthusiast8892]

@@grave0x Don't we all "play God" when we give birth.

[@JedRocks0]

next time u should make 2 near identical eco spheres (like from the same pond) and have one with the lights on all the time and the other with normal light. that way we can make better conclusions as to what the differences are. love the videos!

[@shreeawasthi8944]

Exactly what i was thinking !!

[@SylviaSanchez]

And how about one that it's always or almost always night? That would make three ecospheres.

[@disrespectthemwomensubjuga5471]

@@SylviaSanchez that one won't survive for long.

[@jackychen7769]

@@disrespectthemwomensubjuga5471 what’s interesting is what survives the year-long light.

[@moochoopr9551]

@@disrespectthemwomensubjuga5471 Maybe we would find anaerobic microorganisms there. It will still be interesting nonetheless.

[@LifeinJars]

I really enjoyed making this video, and talking about the biological aspects of constant light. Let me know if you liked the video!

[@ryanclark5084]

Yes.

[@joshiksr3595]

never was this early here b4! love your vids and greetings from germany

[@jx995]

How often do your pour an ecosohere on your face while playing Diddy Kong Racing on the N64?

[@daneues94]

You’re amazing. Thank you.

[@Leanne_w]

I loved it.

[@FieryCoal]

Watching this “lights” up my day.

[@LifeinJars]

Beautiful

[@FlowPlusNRG]

And night. 😆

[@FieryCoal]

@nick sweeney aww, I thought my joke was pretty “bright”

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[@heyitsel6109]

"Yeah baybee woo-hoo!" Love hearing you being excited about your passion. Keep up the great work!

[@justpenandlinedpaper4036]

Mans was saying that abt the boogie worms bc they were dancing 💀

[@eddvcr598]

I can’t wait for you to go into the field of biology and discover many more things. Like the sleep pattern of Boogie Worms, for example.

[@trustweb99]

I really love biology TBH. I just wish that jobs related to this major pay well ... This isn't the case tho

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Thank you sex man for your inciteful comment

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I can't stop saying this but your channel is completely, totally, absolutely utterly awesome.

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Thanks!

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@@LifeinJars I have a question for you!

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@@thebettafish3239 do u still have the question

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@@spirittzero Lol I forgot

[@VinylUnboxings]

"If it's not, it isn't, and it might be something else" Truer words have never been said 😤😤

[@RagmaticalRachel]

That ecosphere is lit bro

[@RagmaticalRachel]

"but it's fun to think about" it really is. thanks for the update

[@EnglishLad]

Haha "lit", I see what you did there...

[@tamarrajames3590]

Fascinating how much life will tolerate the lack of a dark cycle. This is one busy ecosphere, with something happening everywhere you look. You just have to love those boogie worms, they always make me happy. I love your posts and updates, and am always pleased to see a new one. Thanks for thinking of us.🖤🇨🇦

[@LifeinJars]

Thank you Tamarra!

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@@LifeinJars The pleasure is mine.🖤🇨🇦

[@shstan96]

4:29 This snail is definitely a part of the Evergreen fleet!

[@HaMediocreMan]

Imagine all the things in there think they have like 20 different suns and once a year or so they are like “guys guys it’s time, all the suns are about to all disappear “ like a solar eclipse 🤣

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

*meanwhile in a tidally locked exoplanet with life, somewhere in the galaxy*

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@ilove bigbrother two suns

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yooooo; YOOOOOOO

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

@Dreymon Green tidal locking means that instead of rotating like earth, one side of a planet/moon/asteroid/whatever is always facing the thing it orbits (for example, we can only see one side of the moon from here because it's tidally locked to earth). So if a tidally locked world had life on it, one side would be constantantly under sunlight and it would create a pretty similar plant- and algae dominated ecosystem like the one here.

[@catherinee.422]

5:10 looks like a classic case of detritus worms, they thrive in low tech setups like that one. i have a setup (not an airtight ecosphere) and the worms love it. I think it’s because of the lack of filter, because they dont seem to enjoy high filter output. There’s so many actually, that i’ll feed them to my baby guppies. I haven’t seen brown ones, though, so maybe it is just a part of the algae like you said. ALSO, at 11:10 you mention that plants need darkness. This is true, but only because there’s a buildup of CO2 in darkness (since the plants are unable to uptake it without the presence of light). Diana Walstad covers this in her book. She did an experiment where she gave her plants a 4-hour “siesta,” or, period without light during the day, and the plants did exceptionally better due to that short period of darkness in which CO2 built up. cool stuff- check out her book! one more thing 😳 im sure this topic is far more vast than simply light and darkness, such as circadian rhythm, and probably much, much more. loved the video!

[@justthomas2488]

Bro, soon this man is gonna make generation videos, and we’ll see some creepy humanoid creature

[@h.r.9563]

New discovery evolved from pond scum in youtubers jar.

[@mindavery]

from the cum jar ecosphere

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Hes the tuler of everything

[@lordnox69]

check out some stuff on homunculus thats some creepy stuff

[@wdfinbllngsly]

Please enable captions for your video, I have auditory processing issues and love your videos but have no idea what you are saying without captions! Edit: Thank you!

[@ricki310]

same same, i wanna know the jokes everyone’s commenting about lolol

[@plebisMaximus]

The auto-generated captions seem pretty on-point for the most part.

[@ricki310]

@@plebisMaximus oh they’re on now, nice!

[@adamanti]

My favourite type of unidentified things are the baguette shaped ones!

[@halbronco7690]

I'd like to see a closed ecosystem made with a goal of keeping a specific complexish species alive, ex: it would've been cool to see the leech survive, or crab like in the salt water one

[@SylviaSanchez]

I love the touches of humour in the video. Super interesting as well. Thanks for sharing your no-night ecosphere with us!

[@LifeinJars]

Thanks for watching!

[@xivix6710]

"Thank you very much and goodhi" That caught me off guard 😂

[@justmemesmyselfandi3210]

I have windowsills covered in jars of life because of you there all over a year old now, i saw my first green hydra and have hatched a albino bladder snail. I love your videos

[@hanro50]

I think it's due to this ecosphere getting more overall energy. Resulting in it being capable of sustaining more life.

[@isocialist]

This is amazing, KZbin's algorithm has blessed me once again

[@Gothmetalhead13]

Just want to say that you inspired me to start my own ecosphere from my local river. Ive seen a lot of species including ones I didnt expect to see, thankyou.

[@Gothmetalhead13]

@Julia - 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE Algae. Welcome to the joys of micro algae in a still water environment.

[@francanteros144]

It's so funny seeing the boogie worms dancing, i imagine that they are listening music and enjoying their lives in that ecosistem, also the usaing bolt astracods haha, i love ur vids man. Pd:do you know why bogie worms dance like that, like are they eating or something?

[@DarkRed1228]

Glad I'm back watching you again man! Love your videos so much.

[@Anomatron]

Your big ecosphere updates are some of the best videos on KZbin

[@IAMIDGAF]

Genuinely beautiful! Just found the channel pretty excited to check out the rest of the vids

[@gafrers]

Wonderful. Loving these projects

[@lolyfrenzy12]

I have a jar myself and it makes me so happy to look at it everyday and see all the little snails I have there.. people call them pest snails but I really like them 😊

[@stephenpalmer5454]

Amazing how much life is inside of one jar. Love your narration also.

[@obieobrien5883]

Fascinating it is still thriving after a year!

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I really enjoy your work. And I always am looking forward to your next masterpiece

[@marcomoriel6706]

Really enjoyed the new video! Interesting theory at the end mentioning how movement of organsisms cause shadows. Keep it up!!

[@fishy9520]

I really enjoy watching your videos, you explain things that maybe I wouldn't find that interesting in a manner that makes it very captivating and entertaining!

[@TheInvertabarian]

My ecosphere turns 1 year this month, just fine my update video, hugely inspired by your channel. It's sat in the same place all year round and looking great

[@midgaaalshaenazhad5344]

Thanks for giving us the update!

[@LifeinJars]

My pleasure!

[@jake-rg3fd]

It would be really cool if you added a way of inserting a pH and oxygenation probe, so we could see how this changed as the trial progressed.

[@laneyp8634]

I always get so excited when he uploads lol

[@bassybossy]

Great stuff with great music, Thnq again!

[@Jig_up]

Loving the videos! Many thanks

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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BOOGIE WORMS Your channel is amazing :D

[@ootjerinneke1576]

dit is meesterlijk dankjewel voor je video

[@MrCaptainTea]

Watching this lights up my day

[@Tester-sh1mn]

Even though their whole world is bright, just imagine how "dark" it would be to always have the sun shining in your eyes. Even during your rest period.

[@manson2811]

How did it take me so long to realize you had another video. Love these they give me life

[@copescale9599]

very cool! will watch in a little bit very excited!

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Your video production has gotten much better over the years.

[@mwilson14]

I have all notifications turned on. I always love your content.

[@eddyheaddrascal1858]

If the absence of darkness is the reason the night predator went extinct, I would find it interesting that it did not "get desperate" and attempt to hunt in the light. That's of course assuming the constant light didn't hamper its hunting abilities.

[@TheMitchellFloyd]

Love your videos! You have inspired me to make an ecosystem with my son! Hope you are well!!

[@SamuelSmith-ip2pg]

Your sense of humor is the best

[@korthalls.7912]

so interesting seeing the different results things have on these ecospheres! Nice video :D

[@FlowPlusNRG]

I only know your channel for like 2 years or so, but i've watched every single video minimum once, some twice.

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Always glad to see a LIJ video.

[@ghplayer9228]

The scan lines when the LEDs are on makes it seem extremely futuristic and I love the idea of scientists in the far far future, thousands of years away, discovering this jar.

[@Thoroughly_Wet]

Imagine what the organizims thoughts when the lights went away. "It was the begining of the dark times"

[@thesuperninja2291]

amazing vid keep it up!

[@lb-gs5gu]

Outstanding! You have no idea what's happening or what you have living in there! So interesting to hear you say look at this, I just don't know anything about it

[@moritz.s2859]

Great video! Keep it up!

[@FatherFish]

Excellent. I maintain several dirted, planted aquariums with 24hr light. Some for about 8 years. There is only string algae and stem plants thrive.

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This is the best birthday present 🎁

[@kartvyasheth2087]

Happy birthday

[@jamielowe4758]

if you ever plan to do something like this again, you should get two jars and use one as a control, so later on you can compare them :)

[@skyrere]

I love this. I learn so much from you. :) You make this fascinating to me. :D

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"If it's not, it isn't, and it might be something else". You crack me up :)

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I love this channel

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very en-lightening video

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💚love this channel

[@Goigigandfriends]

Mine is doing ok as well!!! It’s been a bit over a year as well, life comes and goes, I opened it to add some seeds!

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This just gets me thinking about life and stuff

[@ward1476]

This is really really cool

[@daneues94]

Excellent

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Me: "I'm not sure if I'm interested in this video" Him: "EIGHT EYED BLOOD HEDGEHOG" Me: "Alright, you have my attention"

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This makes me weirdly self aware of how many tiny creatures might be crawling all over me right now...

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I enjoy your content

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I love your commentary

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I've been watching these videos for years. I'm not sure why... I'm not a biologist nor do I normally care about microbes...but these videos are so cool

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Really like the video.

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Quality content

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That's really cool!

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Hi, everything is tickety- boo when Jar man uploads 🍀

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Really good background music

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I don't know why KZbin suggested this to me, but 5 minutes in and I've already subscribed.

[@GAoki-hi2cu]

i really like these kinds of experiments. imagine a closed ecosystem is like the beginning of life.

[@yourlocaldailyshitpost6328]

I live in Arizona where there is high sunlight during the day. I once added some water to a few spoonfuls of soil. A few weeks later, some small white objects appeared in numbers in the container, moving around at some speed. I noticed that some individuals would go down to the bottom to "take a break" from eating the algea present in the water. They seemed to "sleep", but it was hard to tell due to the small size. At night, they would routinely swim to the bottom and stay there, being more active during the day. That's all I know about invertebrate sleep.

[@first-thoughtgiver-of-will2456]

you should consider COB LEDs from Vera or cree and connect them to the top to simulate a light gradient in the jar. Thanks these are awesome we want more! Get a meanwell current controlled voltage source and a large passive cooler.

[@notkuro2519]

At 11:47 you can see clearly that this ecosphere is, in fact, absolutely gorgeous.

[@TalsBadKidney]

I would love to see some experiments. Your observational hobby is really cool. What kinds of answerable questions do you have?

[@ahmadgeranastiar4511]

You looks like really having fun, Sir.

[@ppm5960]

I have started an ecosphere in my home. There are many copepods, daphnias, nematods and even an acuatic beetle.

[@Gribbo9999]

Thanks for the update. Always really interesting to watch your videos. Your closed little ecosystems show that life is so very resilient. After we humans are all dead and gone for whatever reason and the human driven mass extinction is over, life will just go on and after a few hundred million years only a strange, thin geological stratum will remain to show we were ever here. Life will be different but as abundant as ever. Who knows if there will be intelligent life to even understand the significance of our thin geological stratum. Probably not.

[@ijemand5672]

Very cool

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That’s awesome