Plantless Terrarium 4 Month Update | WE HAVE A PO BOX!

[@DudeOutdoors]

Ok it has been a month and i want my Terra Tinkering back. Are there any projects in the making?

[@TerraTinkering]

We meant to be back last week but both Erika and I came down with Strep Throat, and it's been pretty awful. I'm hoping there will be a video this week but our voices are still kind of shotty. We do have some new projects going, one has to do with growing mushrooms, we started it already but we've just been giving them time to grow so we could post the whole video all at once. Another project we'll be working on soon is another attempt at a salt water ecosphere, we're going to go about it in a simple manner and not try to source the water, but we purchased a magnetic stirrer to help circulate the water. We intend to give a little time for the algae to grow before we start any brine shrimp hatching, we also have some specific plans for plants in this ecosphere. The very next video though will be a 1 year ecosphere update on the Amphi-Pod. We're also planning a collab project where we and a few other ecosphere channels all gather and make an ecosphere in the same container to see who's survives the longest and how they all turn out. We might even meet up with one of the people [no spoilers] and gather from the same location for it! There's probably more projects we thought of but haven't fully fleshed out yet, but these are the ones we're currently planning or creating.

[@DudeOutdoors]

@@TerraTinkering Take as much time as you need, and wow that line up sounds awesome!

[@aquaticcentral6341]

That’s cool! I was wondering is Dustin pak going to be doing it?Also can’t wait to see your guys ecosphere!

[@Shaden0040]

Springtails love to eat mold, fungus, and rotting detritus. Add some isopds as well to round out your cleaning crew.

[@kidgamer7172]

I love these plantless terrarium vids

[@TerraTinkering]

Thanks! I'm so glad that there is growth happening in it now, for a while it was hard to find a whole lot to talk about. Having growth is much more interesting than just some soil haha.

[@BackToBackJames]

I'm very encouraged to make a plant less terrarium and seeing what happens after I've watfhed your videos! I'm very excite dot see what happens and it's go in to be my first terrarium build! You guys make such great videos and have such high quality content! I might even make some planted ecospheres to, I guess I have some terrarium fever now after watch in your great videos!

[@TerraTinkering]

Aww, I'm really honored to hear that, and I definitely love knowing we're inspiring other people to go out and make their own terrariums as well!

[@DudeOutdoors]

! omg the beginning was so cool!

[@DudeOutdoors]

Also that endscreen was very nice.

[@TerraTinkering]

Thanks, it wasn't originally going to be the beginning intro, but we wanted to use it to illustrate people digging up dirt for the project with a fun little camera effect. It was fun to experiment with some new video editing techniques, I think we'll try some similar stuff in the future and try to improve at it a bit more!

[@TerraTinkering]

Thanks, I made it myself and spent a shameful amount of time making very minor adjustments until I deemed it acceptable, haha. I used it in the last video as well for the end screen, but I was a few pixels off on some of the placeholders so I had to adjust it slightly before I could use it again in this video. I'm pretty happy with it! I might animate it a little later if I can get my tablet to work again. [This is Erika.]

[@DudeOutdoors]

@@TerraTinkering I will surely appreciate seeing some awesome Broll.

[@naeviastark]

I'd love to see the livestream!

[@Niko-of5tl]

Omg i love the new editing style i cant wait to see new exiting videos have a good day , nik

[@TerraTinkering]

Thanks! We know there have been ups and downs in our process, but we want to mess around with trying new videography techniques. Hopefully they're fun, and we'll make sure not to get too carried away with a tornado of whip transitions haha.

[@kat369-mine]

Any rules on collection ie: depth/ do you want only surface, or should it be mixed up? Or should some send topsoil, and some send 6inches down? Make sure it's dry? If soil is damp should we wait a few days for it to dry? You might have sprouts before it arrives. Should we make sure there are no visible plant life? So surprises if it grows? I could go on.......lol

[@TerraTinkering]

You really seem excited about this one! For this one we didn't want to place many restrictions on the soil being sent and have to recreate those radio disclaimers with speed reading terms haha. Depending on how this project goes and the participation, we would use that as a gauge for recreating one with more constraints. It would be interesting to see what would grow only from soil that is from a decent depth down rather than what is on top! Once we receive the soil, any visible growth we will likely pick out as we build the project. Like you said there's a decent chance we'll have some sprouts arriving that weren't there when they were sent out. I never thought I'd be so exciting to get soil from people!

[@kat369-mine]

@@TerraTinkering Lol, people like to see results, and you get results. Sometimes without even trying. Your truck bed "garden" is awesome. Ok, so we get to be the creative ones. Since I live in Las Vegas, and there is plenty of dirt no one has ever touched... I'll see what I can do, lolol

[@LifeinJars]

I would have send you some if I could...

[@TerraTinkering]

It's awesome just knowing you would have, thank you!

[@LifeinJars]

@@TerraTinkering Haha of course!

[@staceywalley2616]

WOOO I can send you muh dirt! I have my own terrarium going and I think ill send you a chunk of it.

[@TerraTinkering]

Oh that'd be awesome, thank you so much!

[@charleyedwards2121]

Your Grr shirt is Legendary!! I love u guys! Greetings from Canada!!

[@TerraTinkering]

Thanks, it's even better because it's covered in cat hair! I'm sorry you can't join in on the project of sending us your soil, but I'm really glad you enjoy our videos and us so much. It really means a lot to us!

[@samueltonnesson691]

Ill definitely send you some soil, this is such a cool experiment

[@TerraTinkering]

Thanks Samuel, I'm really looking forward to it!

[@jadersoncamargo29]

Legal! Hahaha. Eu estava ansioso por esse update.

[@TerraTinkering]

Estou muito feliz em saber que você estava tão animado com isso! Obrigado por assistir nossos vídeos.

[@jaysantsandpets1017]

Yesss finally

[@TerraTinkering]

Glad to have you along for the experiment!

[@FieryCoal]

😱it did not give me a notification! I was waiting for this

[@TerraTinkering]

We had another friend say they didn't get a notification either, that's odd. double check you have the bell icon turned on for notifications, but considering you comment on just about all our videos I'm guessing you already have it on and KZbin just had some sort of issue where they didn't notify you.

[@roachant]

Same here!

[@aquaticcentral6341]

Love your videos their one of my favorites!Also I was wondering about how the brine shrimp ecosphere/tub is going?I think it’s cool because I am attempting a brine shrimp ecosphere myself.

[@TerraTinkering]

Something about the environmental factors of the water we gathered, or the temperatures we had the container in didn't wind up working out. We tried to gather the water, and unlike the previous time where we mixed up our own brine mix, the brine shrimp didn't even successfully hatch fully. When we mixed up a solution before, they had survived until we had added them to the ecosphere and they survived a few weeks. Since it's the exact same brine shrimp eggs, I think we've determined that the water we gathered was likely to blame. We're intending to do another attempt with mixed water but both Erika and I caught Strep Throat so videos have been delayed for several weeks as we've been recovering. I'm actually hoping to start that project pretty soon though, after we get the 1 year ecosphere update out!

[@aquaticcentral6341]

Cool! Can’t wait to see them Get well soon!

[@samueltonnesson691]

oh wow that was a cool intro

[@TerraTinkering]

Thanks, we've been experimenting with some new video editing techniques. You can definitely expect to see some more attempts like this in the future!

[@safron2442]

Welp. Unfortunately I can't send any soil. I hope others send lots though. It will be really interesting to see the different soil enviornments and such.

[@TerraTinkering]

I'm sorry to hear that, but it's still awesome knowing how many people are interested in the project and want to be a part of it! Thanks for sticking around!

[@hotsaucehead2048]

I WOULD LOVE A LIVESTREAM

[@TerraTinkering]

We'll definitely keep that in mind, thanks for letting us know!

[@josuevalar6465]

0:05 that's a meme right there hahaha

[@luis-uy8hf]

When is the update on the brine shrimp?

[@TerraTinkering]

They didn't survive, that's why there's been no update but we've been toying with ideas some more on how to try and go about it again. I think we need circulation in the water, so we actually purchased a magnetic stirrer- but the other big issue is creating a food source for them that can keep up with feeding all the brine shrimp that we'll be trying to hatch. This is still in the works but we did already purchase the magnetic stirrer for the idea.

[@luis-uy8hf]

@@TerraTinkering thank you for the update!

[@frencxy9960]

Hey, i'm waiting for more ecosphere video!

[@TerraTinkering]

Sorry, we're planning a new one soon as well as a collaboration with some other KZbinrs which will be a sort of competition to see who can keep an ecosphere alive the longest. I know it's been a bit since we last made one though, thanks for sticking with us through that time!

[@Ann-sf6od]

Does moss help control mold?

[@Autumnvicky]

Gir Shirt!

[@TerraTinkering]

You've got that right!

[@bswtsp21]

Sorry bro, I don't think those are springtails. They look like mites, which also eat decaying stuff, but not quite springtails.

[@TerraTinkering]

No worries I appreciate you mentioning that! I had to rewatch the video and I now see that somehow that slipped by while clipping it all together. I had intended to mention both mites and springtails , but wound up forgetting to mention the mites. Looks like I dropped the springtail clips off instead of the mites and made that mix-up happen haha. It's funny how they both do very similar stuff but in a lot of hobbies that use springtails, seeing mites is taboo

[@aldintv7687]

I can not send soil why

[@TerraTinkering]

We would love to accept soil from everyone, but unfortunately there's laws in place that makes it illegal for us to ask people to ship us their soil from certain states or counties within the US, as well as internationally. A lot of it has to do with parasites and pests that could be present in the soil I believe. I'm sorry you won't be able to send soil from the sounds of it, but we're really happy to have you along for the project at least as a viewing audience!

[@kat369-mine]

Invasive bugs, plants and animals have ruined entire ecosystems. And it would be horrible to be the person who let loose a bug or plant, which is environmently controlled in your area naturally. That would ruin Tims state because there's nothing to stop it. If you want an example, look up rabbits and frogs in Australia. And kudzu closer to home. I don't know why I called you Tim. I have no idea what your name is. So many T's I guess, lolol

[@TerraTinkering]

@@kat369-mine Haha, it's ok, my name is Travis and my wife's name is Erika. Everything you said is accurate though. The very small area of Virginia that's not allowed to send soil is actually the part we're in, but luckily it's only illegal to send soil from our location, not to receive it, so on the bright side we can still do this project like we'd hoped.

[@jeezymclovin2215]

Such a gay intro but I loved it still

[@TerraTinkering]

I was indeed pretty happy! Haha, glad you enjoyed it. It was originally going to be used later in the video to sort of illustrate digging up soil from your backyard but in editing it just didn't work out the way we'd planned. It was definitely an attempt at a new sort of style, but I don't think we'd use this for every video, just this one.

[@Hmmm3116]

I like this video but it felt cheesy in a way I didn't like

[@TerraTinkering]

I could see that grating on your nerves, it really shreds me up but we'll try to use it to improve in the future. I'm sorry it wasn't quite Gouda - nough.

[@Hmmm3116]

Stop it you Muenster

[@TerraTinkering]

I may not have matured the most, but I'm certainly no Munster.

[@Hmmm3116]

Please fondue not make these jokes

[@TerraTinkering]

You might curdle when reading some of these, but you've ricotta admit we've both gotten whey over our heads with these puns. Casein point, you're still making jokes of your own. ^.-