Sealed Aquarium Ecosphere (Aquascape in a Jar)
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- "Make an ecosphere using aquarium plants" you say? I've been getting requests to do this for awhile now, but say no more because it's here! I had a lot of fun doing this one and I hope that it works out long-term. Obviously it's somewhat experimental, but I don't see any reason why this shouldn't work. Time will tell!
I should mention that some of the plants used were grown immersed, so you may have noticed some melting leaves near the end of the video. That's nothing to worry about though. It just has to run its course until we get some acclimated underwater plant growth.
If you have any comments, suggestions or questions, leave them down in the comments! Also for additional content like this, photos of my projects, updates and more, then be sure to follow me on Instagram @serpadesign.
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#ecosphere #sealedaquarium #serpadesign
I've been getting requests to do an ecosphere like this for awhile now. Like I said in the video it really needs to grow in, but let me know what you think about it in its current state. Enjoy!
Are you going to add any snails or shrimp?
Talked about that at the end of the video. Ideally I want scuds and seed shrimp.
Looks really cool!!! Would live to make one of these sense I have a cat that loves eating plants lol
Looks cool
I really liked this one but i wonder if it will fail or not.
This is legit one of the most visually satisfying decorations you could have made for the home.
I discovered this channel yesterday and made my first terrarium today. It's a cool hobby.
Are you still making terrariums?
@Speed Services I just do
@Speed Services how you speed
Do you like it?
Greerings from Genova
"Accent stones were placed..." *proceeds to chuck stones into jar*
Very nice Work :)
Pet store employees: perfect room for a few Cory cats, a goldfish, and a betta! Dont forget the apple snail :D
And don’t forget to fill it up with aquasafe
definitely big enough for a Betta, especially with the plants in there 😂
Maybe an arowana too, why not?
And don’t forget the Amanos
Oh, do they not need oxygen to live?
Ever since I found this channel I've used every single container in my house and within in a mile radius of my house just to make terrariums and ecospheres-
and I love it.
I've tried a salt water ecosphere once and it looked amazing for a week.... then everything died! I still have it sealed about 8 months on and algae has started to grow, hopefully something happens either way it was a great experiment to do with my 6 yr old.
I was wondering if you still have the Jar. Really interested in what became of the algae.
We must know man, is it dead?
Is it still okay???
TELL US PLEASE
Plz tell us inma make one soon and I wanna know how it will go
This has to be one of the most deceptively simple, yet stunningly beautiful ecosphere's I've seen to date. Thank you so much for sharing your fabulous work with us.
You are amazing, do you think that you could make a tutorial for a terrarium with a small, shallow saltwater pond suitable for hermit crabs(15/20 gal)
Like so it filters to the top so he will see this!
Maybe some day. Not too sure home much hermit crabs interest me. I'd be much more interested in doing something for fiddler crabs.
Oh god no please I just setup an enclosure of them and yours I’m going to make mine look terrible!
@@SerpaDesign From my (amateur) understanding of hermit crabs in captivity, I'd much rather see you focus on animals that are sustainably bred rather than wild-caught, and that can actually live full happy lives in captivity. I feel like we shouldn't really encourage the keeping of them as pets when there are other options that are better suited. Love your videos, long-time fan
@@madelineharris6757 Exactly! I didn't want to get into any of that, but I totally agree.
I'm actually quite interested in this as well, Great Idea!
could we get a 1 week update on the ecosphere? would love to see the changes. amazing work by the way
what changes are to be expected? none of it is biologically attached to anything. should just stay the same forever or deteriorate slowly
@@omginvalid the plants will grow but thats about it
At least it doesn't work. So you'll never get an update 😂
Everyone:
People who use tik tok: LETS PUT A BETTA IN
I don't get it
@@s1ump659 alot of people put betta fish in cruel small bowls and containers because it looks nice and they are uninformed..
@@s1ump659 hes also saying people who use tiktok are idiots
TheitaniofRome good thing I don't use that cringe infested application
I use tiktok and there are people on there who are like : YOU NEED 1 MILLION GALLONS FOR A ZEBRA SNAIL :)
This is so creative, I love the look of it. I wonder how the algae growth will be.
We'll see. It may or may not be an issue based on what I've seen with my other ecospheres.
if it gets algae the way my 5 gal gets algae, this thing will be ridden with it in an hour😂
That’s what I was wondering, but I think he’s perfected his substrate AND cleaned his plants from any foreign attachments because they’re from his own clean tanks - not a dirty pet store.
It also looks like he's planted heavy enough to not have too many excess nutrients
@@SerpaDesign could you add maybe 1-2 snails for that or do snails need air??
couldve been stocked with some small invertebrates like copepods, ostracods, nematodes, amphipods, snails, etc. After all, plants need co2 and poopie
Ur Mum hi mum
Yes, I give my plant poopie everyday
He's so careful like he's holding a baby I love that
This makes me appreciate earth and the magical things it can do
clever ! We need a closed ecosphre in a closed aquarium ecospher :D
LOL Maybe some day...
An enclosed terrarium inside a paladarium inside an acuarium inside a vivarium!
@@licebmi Yes but actually no.
@@SerpaDesign you always say that we want and ECO-SEPTION and we want it soooonn!
ps: love the video
@@licebmi I am familiar with the concept
This turned out absolutely and amazingly beautiful; you're so creative--a true artist. I was shopping for my first aquatic plant, and a nice customer helped me choose the best one. It turns out that we are both avid fans of your channel! Peace, Be.
5:15 **FYI, you can fill the "air pocket" at the top by using a piece of tubing.** Insert one end into the air pocket and the other end connected to "room air'. The pressure of the water outside the jar will force the air out of the pocket. One thing to note, the level of the water outside the jar must be the same or higher than the level inside the jar.
Tanner, I love it that you make setups that would make someone seeing them in person say, "How in the heck did he do that?" Thanks for showing us your skills! 😃🌿💦👍
As always, amazing work. Been watching for a couple years now, it never ceases to amaze me how creative these build are.
I just made my first terrarium thanks for all the tips and information! Love the channel!
The patience every time is just next level impressive. Cool dude Tanner 👏
Love the attention to detail and can see how satisfying this hobby can be.
This has to be one of my favorite builds so far, love the creativity!
You’re my favorite CZcamsr! I’m so excited every time one of your videos come out. Also, you’re the reasons I have multiple terrariums and isopod cultures! Keep up the good work and serpa squad up!
Thank you! Really appreciate your continued support! 😎
Tanner, your videos are inspirational to me and have helped me find a new hobby that i never would have considered in the past.
I've been blown away by a lot of your work but this just takes the cake. It's absolutely stunning!!
This is probably one of the most awesomely creative ideas every!
Chances of me doing this are 0 but I’ll watch it anyways
Gave this a go as a first timer. Took two attempts as I tried to cheat with cheaper materials, but second time around it turned out really well. Easier to work your way from front to back, so plant at the base of the jar first, add whatever ornaments and then plant the sides and front. Much, much easier way of working
Who is thumbs downing this guy - always informative
Yes I do also collect moss - thank you for the inspiration
I remember when the springtails video released, that was the day I found your channel. Keep up the great work! Heres to so many good vids and many more in the future!!!!!!!!!
Thanks I appreciate you sticking with me so long!
Yes
Finally
I love sealed aquarium
I mean really love
It’s so aesthetic tho like damn
Stop
pickaflower xx do you even know how to use the word « aesthetic »?
@@kayla-fi2jm stop
This gave me an idea for something fun that doesn't need water, fish or so many soils.
THIS IS SOO COOOLL. YOU’RE SO COOLLL OMG. So glad I stumbled upon these vids !
Holy cow! I haven’t watched your vids since you were sub 100k and the video quality and editing has gotten so much better
Thanks still trying my best to continue improving.
I think this is one of the coolest how to I've seen in a while. 👏👏👏👍👍
The finished product is way cooler than I was expecting from the thumbnail in my recommended 👌
That's an interesting "ecosphere " you have designed ! I like how you managed to find a way to maintain it also . I'm not going to make one any time soon but it is a good idea none the less .
Accidentally read that as “salad aquarium ecosphere”
You come up with the coolest designs!
I cut myself off all news sites and ended up subscribed to your channel. A few massive video binges later and I'm ready to try making my own terrarium 🎉🏞️. Great content! And good walk throughs. Thanks!
Any chance of a quick 6 month update? Would be interested to see how it's doing if it's still going.
Cool idea for a hobby, I might try this some time.
Once again you've expanded my mind. Love it.
These videos are so entertaining its really awesome what you can do with seemingly so little.
That looks really awesome, it would be nice to see some shrimp in there.
And "some shrimp" go to hell with this idea.
I have a jar about this size sealed and I’ve had shrimp in there for over a year
This is so much like “How it’s made” I forgot it wasn’t “How it’s made”.
One of your coolest builds ever!
Amazing build man. I love the way it stands out at the angle
Do you mind or plan to make a short revisit on this one - if it still exists?
Love the weekly weekend posts!! I like how your branching out into bigger jobs like making terraruims for others like last video but you still come back to the 1 on 1 videos like how you began
Thanks dude! I appreciate your continued support. My goal is to deliver a very diverse amount of content. Stay tuned!
@@SerpaDesignIt's a given, we will all stay tuned loving your art and being inspired!
This is beautiful. I'm glad I came across it.
The DIY tools are awesome 👍💚 😊
Very cool ecosphere aquarium. Will make my own soon
It looks great! I'm interested to see how it will age. Cool way to fill it up!
You have loads of imagination! Another set up I would love to try perhaps a variant: local seashore algae perhaps. A nano cold marine 'aqua-terrarium.' Keeping it cold enough might be an issue.
Thanks for being creative and showing the rest of the world.
This is absolutely incredible.
Wait but if the water doesn't touch air, where do the plants get their co2 from?
that's what I was wondering too. there shouldn't be any animal life in there to cycle CO2.
Tokkie v.3 they breath it out and produce it themselves.. duh
They go to the store duh.
I was so wondering about the glue. It would eventually break down and cause a chemical problem in the water
@@stayshamassie1942 Idk people use super glue in aquariums all the time, I think it's ok?
Looks absolutely incredible. Quick question though, where do you go about getting all of the specific plants you use to make up your ecosphere?
I went to a lake for myself
Well that's the most amazing thing I have ever seen.
This looks amazing! Great job
Is there an update on how this has been? i would love to see it now after a few months @SerpaDesign
he has probably already made other stuff with it, you can search his room toor 2020 and see how all his ecospheres did!
Amazing! Do you mind or plan to make a short revisit on this one - if it still exists?
Awesome as always! I look forward to your videos every week.
That's so cool, thank you for showing me!
These videos are really awesome and I really want to build one myself but there is no space in my room 😬❤
Come on... you have room for a 2 liter jar!
@@SerpaDesign
It's literally packed, mostly because of my turtle aquarium in my room. I made aterrarium with a big glass jar and it was taking too much space, so I kept it in the living room and my mom was annoyed😂
Lol! I remember those days all too well.
@@SerpaDesign 😂 haha
"Life in Jars?" on CZcams is probably why this was recommended to me. Check his channel out if you haven't. 👍
Pretty amazing! Great to see someone thinking out of the box (tank) 💖
i'm very excited with the ideas that you bring us each week, tanner. nicely done. cp.
i will make this for my little brother
these videos are so therapeutic! I appreciate the effort you put into the videos!
(p.s. I would love if you can do an ecosphere with multiple and slightly more complex organisms!)
looks great, love the fact its a little self sustaining ecosphere
Thanks for including how you would do maintenance! Such a beautiful and unique design!
5:19 "To remove the aair pooooowckeeeht"
Which region is this accent?
Why does he want no air bubbles? Is it for the looks of for the success of the ecosystem?
@@SRC267 North East US I'm assuming
do you think any inverts would be able to survive in there?
Simply breathtaking
It looks absolutely amazing, great job mate. 👍
How do you keep the plants alive with no source of co2?
opens it from time to time
Plants produce CO2 all the time as a metabolic product of respiration, but when light is available, they can use and fix some of this CO2 as a substrate in photosynthesis.
im gay
Plants are a CO2 source
@@valdemarjrgensen8072, they can't produce their own co2. They need co2 to breathe and they then produce oxygen not co2.
In my imagine: After i made that, my brother come too see that
Christian Chandra what?
@@najwannawi7401 my lil brother
@@najwannawi7401 😂😂😂
@@chistianchandra2057 that was my big worry ...that my niece would think it's a big snow globe and shake the crap out of it
This is gorgeous. Can't wait to try it out!
Very creative. I like how it came out. Love your work. Thanks for sharing
I got some indica just not the type you place in a jar filled with water lmao.
Florida Man eyyyyyyyyyyyyy
aaayyyeeeee
but for real this idea is pretty dope
Saaame i also have dabs but not the silicon kind
@@ras_krystafari3333 👌
You might need an air pocket to help with gas exchange
See this was my question too... what happens when the plants run out of oxygen? And there isn't any air to allow gas exchange... it is absolutely stunning though!!
Beverly Laster lol are you dumb?
that was dope, 10/10 will create
Great video, great idea, can't wait to see it when plants grow up
This is so beautiful 😍 I wish I had the creativity to make something like this! All my aquascapes look kinda bland! ( You could also add a snail perhaps to keep the glass alge free!?)
I wish he would do vids on how to aquascape. i bet he could teach it better than other channels. i HHHAAAAAATE all my aquascapes.
Zaku186 that would be such a good video series! He’d be an amazing teacher!
Definitely a topic I'm going to have to discuss in depth. Scaping is a universal art form. If you can scape a terrarium, you can scape an aquarium and so on. The only gap is in understanding the materials.
@@SerpaDesign Well would really be interested in an art class from you. juuuuust sayin.
And what will happen when algae takes over inside the jar? All surfaces will turn green, and the water too.
That is probably part of the maintenance, I do a similar thing in an aquarium but dry. I usually put a critter in temporarily to photograph them.
Its beautiful, it kind of has something magicial I think
Simple yet complex and beautiful
Imagine one day the aliens will find this and it's the only thing left on earth
You should have added some Daphnia and Cyclops eggs into it so they would hatch and grow, maybe added in a Malaysian trumpet snail or two.
Boom my mind is blown! I didn't think this would be possible without air O2 exposure, love it!
This is the first time I watch your videos,an this is AMAZING you're so creative
Well the fact that I am an aquarius is cool but I love aquarium and the ones you do are so tight I am an aquarium I live in aquariums there a whole nother world
Looks nice, but I can't imagine those plants are going to do very well without a source of CO2
reichrunner1 Was also thinking this
The plants themselves are a CO2 source, but it will be pretty limited and they will probably barely grow.
@@valdemarjrgensen8072 While they'll give off some from respiration when lights are off, they obviously cannot put out more than they use during photosynthesis. So the plants aren't really going to e able to do much of anything at all
@@reichrunner1 they respirate 24/7, not only when the lights are off. But that'll just cycle the carbon around. When they have used the CO2 already in the water they'll stop growing, and that'll happen fast.
You could use water fully saturated with CO2 and then for every maintenance session make sure the water you open the jar up in is fully charged with CO2 as well. Might work. No Lights for sure! just room light with nothing direct. It's beautiful. I hope it works. I would think of it as a labor of love... I mean, you have to fill up a 10-gallon aquarium to do maintenance
This is a beautiful piece. Great detail and excellent lighting
Never seen this type of aquatic art work simply awsome very creative! thanks for sharing