Aquatic Ecological Succession - Leaving Water Outside For 2.5 Months

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  • @theodoreluo2791
    @theodoreluo2791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5360

    That was a very convincing act of filling the tub

    • @RankedZero
      @RankedZero 3 ปีที่แล้ว +273

      healthy, must drink lots of water

    • @carollyncheeyen
      @carollyncheeyen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I read heaty. Heaty, need to drink lots of water

    • @liammurphy2725
      @liammurphy2725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Convincing? Yes. I was convinced he has a problem with his prostate gland. He needs to get that fixed.

    • @5k1nny
      @5k1nny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Very healthy water

    • @gregjones3660
      @gregjones3660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Swamp water

  • @shadowdemon553
    @shadowdemon553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +626

    Eventually a dead tree started growing, that was quite weird, and then a Boulder grew, even weirder, lmao, love the comedy

    • @MalhaIIa
      @MalhaIIa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The dead tree I didn't get, but earth do push up boulders. Saying that they grow is just a twist.

    • @adnan7919
      @adnan7919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@MalhaIIa bruh read again a *DEAD* tree *GREW* LMAO

    • @lightdark00
      @lightdark00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MalhaIIa Usually heavy things sink, they don't get pushed up. There's rare exceptions of course. That boulder got there in an ice age for sure.

  • @renevank
    @renevank 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3011

    This is the only channel that is able to keep my attention for 11 minutes, talking about a tub of water. Well done

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Haha great

    • @dennisscherpen6591
      @dennisscherpen6591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Its a very cool tub tbh

    • @EuriEuropa
      @EuriEuropa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Perfect example of why context matters

    • @spoopyscaryskelebones3846
      @spoopyscaryskelebones3846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@EuriEuropa Umm.. context isn’t real 🙄

    • @piscye1806
      @piscye1806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@spoopyscaryskelebones3846 sus

  • @James2005.
    @James2005. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    The brief silence behind “this one looks like it might be dead” is priceless.

  • @hadrian.2796
    @hadrian.2796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1381

    the excitement when the leaf's fall in the water

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

      Boy I can't even begin to tell you how excited I got

    • @_neophyte
      @_neophyte 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      leaves

    • @spoopyscaryskelebones3846
      @spoopyscaryskelebones3846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@_neophyte badumtss

    • @_neophyte
      @_neophyte 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spoopyscaryskelebones3846 i don't understand your reply

    • @Thunder-wd6tm
      @Thunder-wd6tm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@_neophyte ok

  • @Yippes
    @Yippes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    This man has Spore in his backyard

  • @blaineishere3851
    @blaineishere3851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1156

    Little microbes could have entered the system through birds. They’re known to carry things from one body of water to another unintentionally.

    • @Strongbadia_The_Free
      @Strongbadia_The_Free 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      I have a little pond outside I made. I only put goldfish and a sucker fish in them. A year later I noticed I somehow acquired minnows from birds. There are a lot of ponds and rivers in my part of Florida so my assumption is that birds carried them in.

    • @lucidnode
      @lucidnode 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @@Strongbadia_The_Free Are you sure some homeless man didn't make it his mission to place minnows in random ponds when no one was looking?

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Strongbadia_The_Free Birds aren't what you have to worry about. It's rats

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@lucidnode I would like to be visited by these minnow fairy

    • @moonboy5851
      @moonboy5851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They’ve also been known to do it quite intentionally.

  • @EddVCR
    @EddVCR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I love these biology videos. What to most humans see as gunk and dirt are actually the lush gardens of life.

    • @sneersh9107
      @sneersh9107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it gives you hope that even when humans destroy the world, life like this will survive and evolve into more and more complex life as the cycle continues

  • @RichieRah88
    @RichieRah88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +540

    The only issue I had with this video is the length, too short :D I could watch that with your narration for hours. so informative too. You deserve a way bigger following. Thank you!

    • @Aengus42
      @Aengus42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Seconded! Fascinating video. It was over far too quickly.

    • @gregjones3660
      @gregjones3660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I second that Lionel Richie

    • @TheVarkol
      @TheVarkol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You might also enjoy the channel "welcome to the microcosmos"

    • @Last_Chance.
      @Last_Chance. ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@gregjones3660Lionel?

  • @coolguy73283
    @coolguy73283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I love how a whole ecosystem formed out of just mostly leaves and insects.

  • @Shaden0040
    @Shaden0040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    When it tirned brown that was due partlyto tanins from the leaves Also diatoms use silica to build their bodies and turn the water brown.

    • @doxscund8821
      @doxscund8821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I don't think there were nearly enough leaves in the tub for it to turn such a deep shade of brown though. I'd be curious in a future update for taking a sample from the bottom, I wonder if it was a form of anaerobic bacteria that quickly died when the cyanabacteria colonized it

    • @Danquebec01
      @Danquebec01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@doxscund8821 I suspect an anaerobic bacteria too. When I tried to make dandelion fertilizer, the water turned brown like this and smelled really bad, like human waste.

    • @BruceNJeffAreMyFlies
      @BruceNJeffAreMyFlies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Danquebec01 Could it not just be a brown algae?

    • @Danquebec01
      @Danquebec01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies Perhaps.

    • @terranovarubacha5473
      @terranovarubacha5473 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies fun fact: brown algae is animal life, not plant life :)

  • @thecosmics3542
    @thecosmics3542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Would love to see a follow up video to this. Seeing what has come of it would be really cool

  • @janpack1569
    @janpack1569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +482

    Loving the new microscope views and, as always, your wonderful sense of humor.

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      That's great to hear!

  • @sevenoctobers7471
    @sevenoctobers7471 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you to the patrons of this channel! Those wonderful images under the microscope wouldn't have been possible without you.

  • @heykerryann
    @heykerryann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    Aww your own Malaria at Home starter kit instructions 🤣🤣🤣

    • @wjdtpduqcjswo
      @wjdtpduqcjswo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      lmao

    • @mcstudios4374
      @mcstudios4374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @tdotitan8855
      @tdotitan8855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bill Gates would like to know your location

    • @goku445
      @goku445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tdotitan8855 he knows it already if you're using windows.

  • @vinny142
    @vinny142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +598

    "This one looks like it might be dead"
    *Shows a pile of gibs.*

    • @con3879
      @con3879 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      When?

    • @mrkrieg1963
      @mrkrieg1963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@con3879 7:44

    • @Ggyhhggtyyy
      @Ggyhhggtyyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What are gibs?

    • @olivevkb
      @olivevkb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Ggyhhggtyyy Just the innards and guts of something, someone.

    • @The_Dastardly_Dan
      @The_Dastardly_Dan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The stone faced tone to the circle of life 🤣

  • @floppy_hands1770
    @floppy_hands1770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    How can you be so consistent with long term projects and upload regularly??🤯 Really love the channel

  • @bobbyhill7948
    @bobbyhill7948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Thanks to you I have a bunch of jars filled with dirt and water now I wanna get the microscope so I can look at the things that are in them

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Are you blaming me or thanking me? ;)

    • @ikeartfilms7783
      @ikeartfilms7783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I read this in Bobby's voice and it's such a Bobby thing to say I love it lmao

  • @djmouton251
    @djmouton251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Damn I was waiting for a forest to grow in his tub

  • @wataehebro1543
    @wataehebro1543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    look at those microoscopic shots, just amazing, I really hope your channel grow up more and more

  • @jefftan9800
    @jefftan9800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Mosquitoes in our country : "It's free real estate"

    • @SockDrawerDemon
      @SockDrawerDemon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think I might be actually banned from copying this due to mosquito control laws!

    • @tuipaopao
      @tuipaopao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Totally not recommended in tropical countries

    • @frds_skce
      @frds_skce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can't even do this cuz i know there's gonna be bunch of larvae and mosquitoes shits in there

    • @plantae420
      @plantae420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You could also put some leafs and water in a closed jar then you could maybe witness something similar without the mosquitos problem.

    • @sandro5535
      @sandro5535 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What if you add something that will eat the larve? Such as Guppies.

  • @Goldkeeper08
    @Goldkeeper08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Wow your drawing skills are perrrfect lol

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Why thank you

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      when you are grammer is bad.

    • @hellohello8934
      @hellohello8934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@rizkyadiyanto7922 R/woooosh bait?

    • @madworld.
      @madworld. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hellohello8934 maybe , but the remark is correct it's yours drawings skills not you're .... a grammar nazy bait too ? ^^

    • @oranges9319
      @oranges9319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hellohello8934 not an r/woooosh bait, comment isn't a joke

  • @dapeep6704
    @dapeep6704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Sometimes I wish humans lived even another hundred or so more years so we could witness more of natures power over time in our lifetimes.

  • @Unimportant
    @Unimportant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    That new microscope footage is so good!

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm glad to hear it

  • @alansmithee419
    @alansmithee419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I don't know why but the "This one looks like it might be dead" with absolutely nothing else said on the matter was hilarious.

  • @Aengus42
    @Aengus42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    The part of this process that interests me is how isolated bodies of fresh water become populated with fish. I think you'd need a tank large enough for water birds to land in for most vectors of fish. Do you know anyone with a swimming pool they don't use? 🐟🐠🐡

    • @DJPacoRamirez
      @DJPacoRamirez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That'll be cool. Even better. Above ground huge pool with...... a viewing panel. Right on one side.

    • @Attrixine
      @Attrixine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DJPacoRamirez aboveground pool with a transparent version of the liner for a window into it

    • @hugebigpenis1
      @hugebigpenis1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It is quite interesting how remote bodies of water gain aquatic vertebrate populations. The most well known is aquatic vertabrate species surviving collection then dropping from bird species but other methods can be from flood events linking bodies together and species of aquatic vertebrates which are able to traverse between bodies and pathways of water. The last one is often only possible during the juvenile period of migratory aquatic vertebrates. Good examples which have been studied are kettle lakes which then gain populations and how those populations handle the remote and often fragile systems.

    • @Aengus42
      @Aengus42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hugebigpenis1 Yep, and fish eggs can stick to feathers of birds. That's another avian vector.
      Eels (Anguilla anguilla) can survive out of water for long periods & are known to crawl between lakes, ponds & ditches on rainy nights.
      You can't mention Eels without talking about their stunning migration. They live & grow in the UK but breed in the Sargasso sea in the Western Atlantic! That's an amazing swim for a little fish. Plus the getting out of a pond or ditch, finding a river, coping with salinity changes & predation by man & wildlife.

    • @thesolaraquarium
      @thesolaraquarium 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree. How large fresh water fish end up in isolated bodies of water (man-made bodies of water) is a real mystery to me. Also how a pool of water (a clay dam) can become dry and all the fish die and the next season when the rains come they start again. Someone told me last week that large fish species (approx 30 cm long Carp) (or their offspring?) can survive in the mud layer under the dam even though the dam looks dry for say 2 months. Amazing. Transfer by birds just does not seem feasible.
      I don’t believe a large fish can survive in the mud under a dam, BUT I see this fish come back every time the dam fills again? How? Even the small live bearers do the same (gambusia, mosquito fish)? How?

  • @FatherFish
    @FatherFish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful. As an aquarist I am grateful for your continuing efforts to explain the nature of living systems.

  • @howardyanow2883
    @howardyanow2883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    Alternate title for this video: Life, uh, finds a way.
    Jeff Algaeblum?

    • @jeevananand4810
      @jeevananand4810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Jeff Algaebloom?

    • @ianh1504
      @ianh1504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you have a brother named good nyou?

    • @ajanshark
      @ajanshark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ian mosscom

    • @bluecat5669
      @bluecat5669 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ianh1504 do Yanow his brother?

  • @mr.etgarguy9783
    @mr.etgarguy9783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    When you realize you'll probably have to wait another 2.5 months for part two

    • @corsai7506
      @corsai7506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still waiting

    • @usbgamers123
      @usbgamers123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@corsai7506 Still waiting...

    • @corsai7506
      @corsai7506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@usbgamers123 we really are

    • @GIGACHADINDIA
      @GIGACHADINDIA ปีที่แล้ว

      Well...

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Joke's on you

  • @DannysAquariums
    @DannysAquariums 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I’m excited to watch this one! Always so informative and interesting to watch. 🤩

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks, and go to bed!

    • @DannysAquariums
      @DannysAquariums 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LifeinJars I was but your notification woke me up!! Jk 😩😂

  • @TreasureHuntingNana
    @TreasureHuntingNana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I needed you in school. The way you informed us on how the plants and animals die and build up the soil was great especially with the visual drawings too. Well done :)

  • @xtensioncord8775
    @xtensioncord8775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    you are probably my favorite human

    • @k2a2l2
      @k2a2l2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      agree

    • @theguywhoasked4235
      @theguywhoasked4235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Agree, others are too stupid, this guy seems to have the same level of intelligence as us, we will abduct him to our space ship soon

    • @DeoMachina
      @DeoMachina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He is definitely a human
      Of which I am also

    • @theguywhoasked4235
      @theguywhoasked4235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DeoMachina yes, my human friend, I ate a sandwich yesterday, like humans do

    • @chairwood
      @chairwood 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      how 2 b ur favorite human

  • @Blizo123no
    @Blizo123no 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Killed me with the filling process, take my like.

  • @BroBurg445
    @BroBurg445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Very interesting stuff. I'm curious if we will ever see crustaceans emerge like ostracods or copepods. Probably not, but if so the implications are that wind can cause some creatures to be incredibly prolific!

  • @microska2656
    @microska2656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please please please, don't stop this series

  • @besacciaesteban
    @besacciaesteban 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    If i were to try that here, the mosquito cloud generated would be detectable from the ISS XD

  • @lark7655
    @lark7655 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I. don't think I've ever seen anyone get so excited about a tub of dirty water. and now I'm excited about it because it's not just a tub of dirty water!! It's a whole ecosystem!! I love watching videos and hearing stories from people who are very interested in a specific thing, it makes the world so much more magical and wonderful.

  • @implausibleimpossiblehypot4006
    @implausibleimpossiblehypot4006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Been here for a while and I have a feeling it’s gonna be a crazy ride

  • @Bleats_Sinodai
    @Bleats_Sinodai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1995

    This experiment is unfortunately a bad idea here in Brazil, cus of Dengue and Zika mosquitoes 🦟
    Edit: just saw the ending haha 😅

    • @RNCHFND
      @RNCHFND 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      I've had dengue in the past and this triggered my fever dream memories. Not great at all

    • @thecommenter578
      @thecommenter578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Put a fine mesh over it so mosquitoes won't land on the water

    • @tonykristhiofan1113
      @tonykristhiofan1113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      @@thecommenter578 kinda put a wrench into the whole experiment. You want biomass and animal to be able to get caught in the water, putting a mesh on top of it will block any amount of biomass to get inside like the leaves and insect in the video

    • @akpsyche1299
      @akpsyche1299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      The mosquitoes up here in Alaska don't carry any diseases (fortunately; i probably would have caught something by now if they did), but we still have a lot of them and they're really annoying, so it's probably something I'd want to avoid as well.

    • @vitorpovoa7011
      @vitorpovoa7011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kkkkkkkkkj sim véi

  • @sofastealeroffensive
    @sofastealeroffensive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your the only guy that makes talking about a tub of water really entertaining:)

  • @Gooney_Tunes
    @Gooney_Tunes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    How do fish get into bodies of water naturally? Legit question, I’ve seen fish in some pretty remote bodies of water.

    • @weebmelon9051
      @weebmelon9051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      I believe it’s actually from birds! The eggs can stick to their feathers and feet from one body of water and then they’ll transfer them to the next

    • @FieryCoal
      @FieryCoal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      I think the main way is temporary flooding, creating a stream in which fish can pass through. When it stops flooding it has a tide pool effect.

    • @sansthefox353
      @sansthefox353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      some fish have realy small eggs its not that hard to carrie

    • @B_Clem
      @B_Clem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Johnny Fishseed. Planting fish one remote pond at a time

    • @bioodfox7805
      @bioodfox7805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Steven Keck I used to have a pond in my meditation area, and one day when I went to check on it, to my delight it was full of minnows! Not even frog tadpoles, honest minnows. Still have no clue how they got to such a remote place.

  • @TestSubjectCoco
    @TestSubjectCoco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To be honest, your drawings you did are very pretty, and I think people would actually buy and hang it on their wall. It got real nice aesthetic about it.

  • @ralfgerritse2296
    @ralfgerritse2296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fellow member of the Netherlands, your accent is Amazing!

  • @Dcvmnaturalist
    @Dcvmnaturalist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whoa! Thank you so much for showing the Vorticella! I took a video of one a while back and had no idea what I was seeing, so you definitely solved the mystery.

  • @FieryCoal
    @FieryCoal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    When you have to go you have to go, that’s almost as much as after you go to a movie.

  • @Lahsuk9891
    @Lahsuk9891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have just found your channel right now. I am also subscribing to it because you cover complex topics with an air of simplicity, while talking like someone who lives just next door. I empathise with your frustration and I hope that others like me also discover your channel. Have a peaceful day ahead, LiJ.

  • @tamarrajames3590
    @tamarrajames3590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love both your curiosity and your sense of humour. This is a fascinating experiment.🖤🇨🇦

  • @maxschmieder232
    @maxschmieder232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey, Biology student (and botany nerd) here! I believe the large algae you've looked at under the microscope are indeed eukaryotic Algae and not cyanobacteria, specifically Zygnematales.

    • @xrete
      @xrete 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      im also interested in botany
      do you have any book recommendations? anything you found interesting lately about botany or biology in general

  • @aaronachnid
    @aaronachnid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I swear bro. One day you're gonna grow some shit in one of these tubs/jars that's gonna take over the world. you're playing with fire my friend. FIRE! (and water).

  • @quizzically3263
    @quizzically3263 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guys commentary is so genuine and interesting he got me excited about a leaf falling into a tub of water

  • @doifhg
    @doifhg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    amazing how fast the algae bloomed, I was thinking it's possible some of the organisms were in the water out of the tap, water treatment is different the world over but I'm fairly certain even in the cleanest water some life exists, I wouod even wager to say that about distilled water because old piping isn't always super clean

  • @akaitstre3523
    @akaitstre3523 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It takes a special kind of talent to make over 150,000 people watch a 10 min video about a bucket of water. Props to you my friend

  • @DanaTheLateBloomingFruitLoop
    @DanaTheLateBloomingFruitLoop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am absolutely fascinated how a thriving ecosystem can form from seemingly "nothing". I subbed and hit the bell in hopes of a sequel.

  • @remuj6457
    @remuj6457 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So this is why the buckets of water I leave outside for a long time after yard work/ outside cleaning project look so discolored. Awesome video

  • @polytechnika
    @polytechnika 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Your neighbours will not be very happy about all those mosquitos stinging them :)

    • @Velcraft
      @Velcraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think people living in Asterdam have a lot more bodies of water to worry about than a tub on a terrace.

  • @renzdevera5404
    @renzdevera5404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You actually inspired me to do ecospheres! I'm doing a modular ecosphere now.

  • @RookwingsKirk
    @RookwingsKirk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Congratulations on the microscope!
    Almost everyone I know who has got one did the same thing the very first time they used it, including me - look at our blood.
    Is that what you did first?
    Please put a stick in the tub because I collect rainwater for my dogs [Norfolk tap water is disgusting and smells like bleach] and young birds will drink from it and I rescued one that fell in.
    It will also help you get the daphnia etc. faster because the birds feet carry them when they use the stick.

  • @Zerg435
    @Zerg435 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have 110 cm water container on my balcony. It is there for 3 years now. It has a single waterlily, some sand on the bottom, duck weed and 3 goldfish. There is much to see, but the goldfish have gone to big. I have to add new duckweed every year, and guard some in spare containers as well. Every summer it's a true miracle when a lily flower surfaces. I hope to have two this year, but I only saw just one blooming on the bottom.
    I love your article here.

  • @apart-timeastronaut6530
    @apart-timeastronaut6530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When are you gonna make a professional logo? Your content deserves it

    • @COLDCHEMICALpresents
      @COLDCHEMICALpresents 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I dunno, the crudeness is very on-brand for his sense of humor.

  • @cosmicblaze6353
    @cosmicblaze6353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "This one looks like it might be dead." *proceeds to the next microbes*

  • @DarkShroom
    @DarkShroom 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i enjoy your channel already but the addition of that microscope really shows you how alive stuff is, that's just brilliant

  • @Error403HRD
    @Error403HRD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man, I wish I could do this, but mosquitos love my home, as do raccoons and squirrels, so I can't imagine it would go very smoothly lol

  • @maxdonovan4117
    @maxdonovan4117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm SO EXCITED to see the updates for this. I'd love to follow the progression every month!

  • @collectaBK7
    @collectaBK7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:48 February 34th?

  • @wierdthings2715
    @wierdthings2715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We can go out of comments but this guy doesn't go out of content!

  • @tambaloneusderpaloneus6626
    @tambaloneusderpaloneus6626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks! I must have said "that's so cool!" ten times or more. Are you able to share your microscope setup with us sometime? I'd love to know how to do something similar, the tiny world is extremely fascinating!

  • @ldelgg
    @ldelgg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve actually only learned about terrestrial ecological succession. Interesting to see the other side of it

  • @tragic6162
    @tragic6162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My man almost burst his bladder
    Also im wondering what would happen if you put like a 4cups of salt or something

  • @bobfels5343
    @bobfels5343 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your combination of humor and sience is perfect, thanks!

  • @trappussi5545
    @trappussi5545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I remember this level of SPORE

  • @StwR1989
    @StwR1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idea for video. Take one of your ecospheres and put it in the freezer. Simulate an ice ace. Then let it defrost and see what survives

  • @dewinmoonl
    @dewinmoonl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    nobody
    this man:
    let's breed mosquitos outside my window

  • @elbrockoli726
    @elbrockoli726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We have a fountain that was left untouched and untreated for a long time to the point where river snails started to sprout up along with microbes, larvae, and algae

  • @TheGuineaOfficial
    @TheGuineaOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The entire tub filling skit killed me. Im crying from laughing.

  • @priyanshugupta4422
    @priyanshugupta4422 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was the type of channel i was searching for a long time...goodd youtube recommended it !!

  • @kazooo.
    @kazooo. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Update on this tub of water please

  • @IdiotWithEducation
    @IdiotWithEducation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *I think this would be a good video, and I hope you read this!*
    If you put slides on the surface of water, the surface tension will let them float for a few days, if you leave them in for a day then you will get formations of colonies, algae, bacteria, and lots of microorganisms, essentially a coral reef of life, this would be an interesting video, just because of the different "reefs" that could form in different micrological ecosystems, please do this!!!

    • @LifeinJars
      @LifeinJars  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've actually played around with this before and it is awesome! I will definitely try to do that with this project as well, but a single raindrop or gust of wind could ruin it...

    • @IdiotWithEducation
      @IdiotWithEducation 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LifeinJars that is true, you should try putting a slide in with an ecosphere and letting it grow in there

    • @NotUltimm
      @NotUltimm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh wow good idea

    • @IdiotWithEducation
      @IdiotWithEducation 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Mia - Sᴇx Cʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ 18+🅥 your pfp and name tho. . .

  • @redtsun67
    @redtsun67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I like to imagine this is how god created the universe: just make an empty void, fill it with containers, energy, and random elements, and wait for one to fill up with stuff. Call it a day.

    • @gilbertvallian559
      @gilbertvallian559 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm pretty sure that's exactly what happened.

    • @tinodethuong
      @tinodethuong 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      God: hey look the first gasses are being created!

  • @FatherFish
    @FatherFish 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Working on aquatic food web for the aquarium. Your work is fundamental to this process.

  • @wataehebro1543
    @wataehebro1543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    you should make shorts videos for tiktok, Is easy to be viral, and the things yo do are really interesting, I think doing that you will reach more people, just an idea

  • @theabzentmommo7597
    @theabzentmommo7597 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best videos to watch for when you are high. 10/10

  • @peeg275
    @peeg275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fill a tub with clam juice and leave it for a month

  • @Ok-vj3dw
    @Ok-vj3dw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i made a little in ground pond with a kiddy pool. only two small doses of pond water have come in with aquatic plants that i collected, and birds frequently use it so its quite possible that they brought organisms in as well. the biology that has appeared in there amazes me. there are multiple kinds of what i believe are copepods/ostracods, multiple kinds of snail, worms, larvae of hoverflies, damselflies. its so amazing, most days i just sit there seeing all the life for a while. so, so cool.

  • @bebcho5229
    @bebcho5229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Spore IRL

  • @TheLastSecretGarden
    @TheLastSecretGarden 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congrats on the microscope!! I am so excited to see this channel continue to grow!!

  • @Tim-Kaa
    @Tim-Kaa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video. Please keep this water forever and give us video updates on a monthly basis

  • @brentduganiero1631
    @brentduganiero1631 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just spent 11.5 minutes of my life watching a tub of water... turn brown... then turn green....
    I am HOOKED! 😂. You have a new subscriber!!! I found your channel via Father Fish. This is so educational. I wish I would have had a teacher in grade school do this.

  • @onehitterquitter2130
    @onehitterquitter2130 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm a tropical fish keeper. I use a lot of live plants, moss, and algae to help filter my water. I wanted a self sustaining tank but found out if I had some of the stuff growing in your tub it would screw up my whole tank. Cool vid I wish I could do this with my tanks.

  • @eminbasavul9643
    @eminbasavul9643 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Came for green water, stayed for microscope. That was so cool to be able to see those small things moving. Great video bud.

  • @thomasl.seidman2223
    @thomasl.seidman2223 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your sense of humor (as well as the love of nature).

  • @silvercatshadow
    @silvercatshadow 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’re so soothing to listen to, man. It’s nice to hear you talk about something you’re so passionate about ☺️

  • @magencrisis1682
    @magencrisis1682 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was proudly watching this very educational video on full screen while my mother was in the same room.
    And then 0:40 happened.

  • @AdrianGhastly
    @AdrianGhastly 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Continue this experiment and update us every few weeks ! I would love to see what hapoens

  • @shockbox4289
    @shockbox4289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This reminds me of the time I discovered a wheel barrow that had been collecting rain water for who knows how long. Looking inside it had a thick layer of organic material and strange green tendrils of what looked to be algae growing from the bottom and connecting to floating algae on the surface. Glad to know a little bit of how it got that way. I hope that tub doesn't stink as bad as the wheel barrow though!

  • @Kraus-
    @Kraus- 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The microscope is super cool. I'm hyped for whatever you find next in the water.

  • @aubryellaotero1064
    @aubryellaotero1064 ปีที่แล้ว

    WHY WAS FILLING THE TUB SO FUNNY?? I love your sense of humor

  • @bryan23361
    @bryan23361 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The piano music feels very fitting when looking at algae up close

  • @Goggi88
    @Goggi88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You probably have the most interesting videos on this site!

  • @Jay-jl4zx
    @Jay-jl4zx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How cool is that. Who would have thought a bucket of water could be so interesting

  • @shivaanrambally9611
    @shivaanrambally9611 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I last watched his vids like five months ago, and the improvements in his English are phenomenal!