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

The brine shrimp ecosphere is now 10 months old and also dead. So I open it up, smell it, and look at it through the microscope. We saw some microbes including vorticella!
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[@TheFunwichHorror]

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

[@belhoder7]

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That comment tho

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[@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?

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[@systempatcher]

Those black rods might be a type of cyanobacteria, perhaps anacystis. Cyanobacteria can arise in algae environments and produces extremely toxic cyanotoxins. -Edit: That sticker looks like it's covered in cyanobacteria (aka black algae--even though it isn't at all an algae).- *Edit again: @chuckcrunch1 suggested it might be mold and those dots/rods look exactly like **_Stachybotrys_** (aka black mold). Looking at microscope images--it resembles it perfectly*

[@chuckcrunch1]

sticker may just be moldy

[@systempatcher]

@@chuckcrunch1 Actually, I think you're right. Black mold (Stachybotrys) looks exactly like that under a microscope.

[@marconox4085]

@@systempatcher yeah you can see the stem of the mold under the black dots

[@scr4932]

Maybe this explains why the brine shrimp have died

[@besacciaesteban]

@@scr4932 probably the oxygen provided by microscopic algae wasn't enough. If a few die together, their corpses rotting will start to kill those who are weakened, starting a massive chain die-off

[@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

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[@LifeinJars]

Thanks haha

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Holy shit that’s exactly what I was thinking

[@evilcanofdrpepper]

I have a few ideas about how you could change things if you wanted to. First off I think you should look into "focus stacking," a process where you take a series of photos slowly changing the focus and then you photoshop all the parts of the picture that are in focus together! This creates amazingly sharp pictures that are otherwise impossible to capture. Because it takes 5-15 pictures for each focus stacked image it is hard to make stuff with them but if you find something still that you think is beautiful, you can take a series of focus stacked images and stitch them together into a short video 10 focus stacked images with the slide moving 1 mm to the side between each stacked photo (150 total photos, slide moved every 15) then you could show the beauty of it. Another thing you might want to get is a few sets of polarized lenses, sometimes you can see through the water with them at the right angle and I think that if you took pictures as you spun the polarized lenses around you could also edit it into a video clip. Changing the number of polarized lenses that the light has to pass through before hitting the camera and changing the angles they are all at can change the color that different organisms show up as. You might be able to make the light shining through some creatures sparkle and go from blue to orange to red to black to white and back again. I think playing with polarized light and polarized lenses will allow you to highlight parts of creatures that you otherwise couldn't, and can add color to an otherwise black and white image. My next suggestion is about how to get names for the creatures. If you don't know the names of whatever is swimming around in your slides then say what ever info you can about it. is the water salty or not, where you collected the water from, how big they are, what they eat, and anything else that might be helpful to identify them. Then say that you will pin the comments with what you think are the best guesses of what it is. You can use the pins and heart functions to keep those comments near the top and create your own comment you keep at the top of the section with credited guides. like if I comment: 4:15 eggs of mysteridae unknopsis contributed by JohnnyBoy123 8:08 fictus nomine algae contributed by by Katykit96 8:08 fictus Bestia algae contributed by DoggyDude69 Ect. And for things where there are 2 different guesses for the same thing you can look into them and see if there is any way to tell them apart, if one has an extra pair of legs, or if you can find it under the slides again you might be able to make a final judgement call and maybe none of the guesses were right. But If you basically turn it into name the mystery creature then you can learn and use the guesses for your next video on it. Another thing is being able to see into the jars. I know you often want to close the jar's lids and keep them closed as long as things inside are still alive. The jars often get a thick layer of algae on the surface of the jar making it hard to look into them to see anything living inside there. One solution to this is to get some strong neodymium magnets and sew one into a bit of sponge and toss it into the jar when you first make it. When you want to take a video of inside the jar you use the magnet to clear a tiny little window to see into the jar through. If you really wanted you could clean the entire inside of the the jar with the magnetic sponge for what ever reason. Being able to see into the jars with such clarity should allow you to get better video clips and it should help you identify organisms that you find in it. I also thought that one cool thing you could do would be to get a bucket of water from a local stream or something and then put it into 4 different jars, one you keep in the dark, another you put on the window sill, a third you put under 24 hour light, and the fourth jar you can put under a black light that runs for 12 hours a day or something like that. Use the same water and everything in all 4 jars and just keep them in different conditions and see how they are effected differently. You could also do the same experiment but with other variables but I think that the format of 4 jars with the same starting stuff put in 4 different conditions. Lastly, I think you should try to create a naturally balanced aquarium with some fish some shrimp, some brine shrimp, snails and slugs, ect! Get as many plants and animals in the aquarium as you can. Add things and take others out as you need to balance out the tank. You might need a filter and an air stone but I think seeing you set up a 10-30 gallon tank and fill it with tons of little creatures in hopes to one day get it to be mostly self sufficient

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[@davidelkebampscelis2092]

What a very well thought-out, clear and to the point, friendly advice you gave! Lovely that you put so much time in it 😚 Smooth sailing ^. ^

[@ValeriePallaoro]

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[@ValeriePallaoro]

I really loved reading your words. Nicely thought through and well explained. I'd love to see your points put in to practice. Thanks for explaining the magnet/sponge idea, it'd been said, but I didn't realise it was put in before the lid closed, cleaning a small 'window' for viewing is a neat idea.

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[@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.

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[@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.

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

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[@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?

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3:50 And here you can see it as the lowest magnification and- o h n o.

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quarantine is just like being stuck inside a closed ecosystem

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[@xxbladexx4471]

The rust killed the shrimp, I have a fishtank and my chery shrimp died because of a bad filter that had rust, only a little bit will killed them

[@ValeriePallaoro]

@Sagrotan different chemistry?

[@krusty4651]

Invertebrates are particularly weak to metals like copper. Iron is a necessary trace element in any planted aquatic environment, but basically any amount higher than a few ppm of copper or metals including copper can kill off all your invertebrates. Copper is a necessity to invertebrates and, as a result, their systems are extremely efficient at absorbing copper from their freshwater environment, which usually has extremely low amounts of naturally occurring copper. When put in aquariums with foreign metal objects or tanks filled with water from old copper pipes, these can cause harm to invertebrates because they end up essentially overdosing themselves with copper and becoming toxic.

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Copper kills!

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That “oh no” killed me

[@threeraccoonsinatrenchcoat8863]

My son and I love your channel we just recently found it, but now have ecospheres made from our local pond and we love watching the changes! He is 13, he absolutely loves your sense of humor 😁 as do I.

[@hereyezonlevel3617]

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

[@davidamajako961]

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[@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.

[@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

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[@adventuredenali]

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

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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 :)

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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.:

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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.

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

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

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.

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I love everything about this channel.

[@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!

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The looks, the smarts the whole package

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😕

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With a voice of an old man

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Streets

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Amazing video as always

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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.

[@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.

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

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

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Krystina Taylor haha, that’s easier said than done

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the music! so awesome!

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

[@ValeriePallaoro]

Me too.

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VERY nice to see you! 😊

[@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

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

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Why does he look like he might be a part of one direction

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Haha no , he’s wayy better then that

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Life finds a way. Wow amazing

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I have a desire to follow you on all accounts! I'm literally obsessed with your vids!

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

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MATE, YOU LOOK DASHING! Oh my God! I can't watch this right now. It's 1 AM and I can't laugh how I want. I've got to save it for later and to give it the attention it deserves.

[@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.

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

[@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

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crack a close ecosphere with the boys

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Another great video 💜

[@earwigg]

thanks for the reveal of both the microorganisms and the main macroorganism

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That was super nice!

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

[@LifeinJars]

Thanks for watching!

[@Ryomichi]

To clean a the glass, you can use two neodymium magnets covered with felt or velcro.. to clean it without having to dip your hand inside.

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You're looking fresh! Love the shirt and hair. Also LOVE the content!

[@bub_sy]

Perfect mix of comedy and science, and I agree you're much younger than I was expecting! Atomic Shrimp sent me here by the way :)

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Me too! I’m so glad he sent us here, this channel is awesome!

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First time to see u, i was thinking u are like 50 years old! 🤣🤣🤣 Keep up the good work u do here! 👍

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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!

[@gafrers]

Loving the content

[@TallulahBelle3276]

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

[@miri8851]

Your jars are good examples for how we should be quarantined. I’d be happy to be in one of your jars.

[@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.

[@matthewwillson6515]

You need to buy water testing kits it might give you a few more pieces of the puzzle. They are cheap and can be bought from local pet stores

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@tulipsxw2]

Please keep doing this and studying your brains off. You are going to have your own science show on microorganism in the future and it’ll be shown globally.

[@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.

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this channel>>>>

[@JonLordDread]

I love these vids

[@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

[@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

[@Crystalspets]

Wow thats awesome

[@your_local_reptile6700]

WoAhhhhhhh I thought you was much much older O_O I am mind blown! I also believe that is black spot algae but I am still also learning about microscopic life so I could be wrong

[@ValorousFogey]

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

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Lookin good bro

[@daniel-andersson]

Hello! I've been following your content for a while, and today, I finally decided to make a closed ecosphere of my own. However, I am a bit worried I didn't get enough plants in. I know for a fact I collected some algae that had grown (from a lake) but I can't find it. It might've been buried in the soil! I'm already seeing some small creatures (bugs, worms, etc.) but I do have to wonder if they'll be okay without any plants in there currently? Also, I'm using an artificial "plant light" to provide them with light. Is this sufficient? Thanks.

[@andrewchan4042]

Opening is jojo!!!!! Roundabout!

[@jessicamcmillian2312]

🥰 calming videos

[@wesleywoodhouse2831]

8:27 I know this may sound stupid but those things have a very similar shape to the examples of bacteria we always see in science classes and pictures. I don't know much about this but is it possible it is bacteria?

[@jimmytruman5181]

Very funny, very interesting. Keep at it.

[@Alicia990900]

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

[@ceofiji3771]

Amazing

[@eeqsr]

Ya love to see it

[@stevenogborn5892]

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

[@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