Life In Jars: Here’s my update Crab: Here’s my ass

honestly i am surprised considering how much care it takes to manage a salt water aquarium i thought it would die but no. I am impressed

I just realized this was actually the 3.5 month update.... oopsie

When I was in jr high 1988, we went snorkeling in summersville lake in wv and believe it or not there were tons of quarter size jellyfish in freshwater. A year later I had biology class in school, my teacher bragged on discovering and naming two kinds of freshwater invertebrates, I told him about the jellyfish and he said I was lying, right in front of the class, it was horrible. This was before Google so I couldn't prove it but I thought about the incident a couple years ago and sure enough, there is a small freshwater jellyfish in Appalachia that sometimes appears. Hope that SOB found out about them and felt bad but I doubt it.

"This boy is turning into a big boi"

5 month with sea water is HUGE, not to mention fully closed!

Not enough crabs for a proper crab rave :(

Life in Jars, beating the odds since 2017 xD

That crab was like "here comes the main protagonist of the show!" X'D (I want a pet crab :"))

HOLY shit, u just saved a Aquarium loving student from the pain of not having money for the hobby!:)

Sir, you have a cool accent and if I had a nature show, you would be my narrator.

Sorry for comments on old videos but we just discovered this channel recently and are fascinated lol. Love listening to him talk too, soooo soothing

Hahahaha that crab was like "hhhhhheeeeerrrreeeee i COMMMEEEEEE! LOOKATME!" 😂 nice update, been waiting for this :p hope all is going well

I would so love to see crabs in nature, I love watching them for some reason. That and small fish and shrimps. I’m not sure why at all. But it’s very therapeutic for me.

This is now one of my favorite closed ecosystems. I have been studying how to create more sustainable tropical like ecosystems but I haven’t thought of salt water before. I can’t get over the variety of life that jar contains, the crab is very impressive. This inspires me to do more research on closed salt water ecosystems, I am very happy I found this video. Amazing job!

super cool. your adopted crustacean son has grown up so much. what a big boy indeed. this system is totally thriving i find it so crazy how even saltwater closed systems can thrive with no input just like a slice of nature. i have an aquarium and im putting a snail and some shrimp and a fish in it, and obviously i will look after them DILIGENTLY if they die im gona be really sad because ecospheres u can just scoop them up and leave them and they thrive... 😂 but i am taking some tips from nature in my aquarium... im using natural sunlight and allowing algae to grow. i have added lots of plants and a moss ball and dead leaf litter and some wood. im hoping the snail and shrimp will enjoy eating the algae, and to a lesser extent the fish waste, which the plants and algae will also eat... and neocaridinia shrimp breed pretty prolifically, the babies will enjoy the biofilm and infusoria and stuff, and the fish may snack on some of the babies... i am using a filter, and plant fertilizer, and i will be feeding the fish, as well as changing water so its by no means a natural aquarium but nature does kinda know what its doing with these critters so im trying to listen to it a bit! oops i rambled. the important thing is nice video, and nice sea jar!! x

Your one of the few people that do saltwater ecoshere i also have a 2 gallon salt water ecoshere that's 1 year old

Can I just say thank you for keeping us updated on this? I was so worried for the little crab but despite chancing his life on the success off this ecosphere, he seems to fairing rather well and that makes me really, really happy. I've been following this ecosphere since you first uploaded and I'm so excited about all the progress it's made. Out of almost all the videos I've run across on KZfaq for these things this has got to be one of the most thriving ecospheres yet. Poor little crab must be a lonesome little thing though. :(

I love your videos! They are very funny and educational at the same time!

Bro I love your sarcastic commentary, it’s brilliant. Keep it up 😂🤣

I'm just watching a worm wiggle about while jazz music plays and there's no place I'd rather be right now.

02:56 it’s a skeleton shrimp, a type of amfipod that clings to algae and catches tiny animals for food. They can get up to 3 cm in length!

This channel is so calming Thanks

I’ve just been pointed in the direction of your videos and I absolutely love them!!! Thank you!!!

i am fascinated...wondering about the starfish? will check next update?...thank you LIJ,

Your videos are so cool, they always have a calming feel to them. Keep doing what youre doing!

Not only do I love your explanations, observations and work in setting up the ecospheres, but I laughed out loud at your commentary this time. Thank you for your videos!

This is awesome! It looks so diverse! I noticed the sand is much darker at the bottom as it is compared to the top? Organisms are aerating the sand above but the sand below is not aerated so is home to a lot of bacteria! Do you think your crab keeps the ecosphere clean and helps ventilate the water when it moves around? I've never seen such a diverse ecosphere! You have life in all shapes and sizes within this. My ecosphere is nowhere near as impressive as this as my prawn hunted most of the interesting microfauna, thick hair algae is everywhere and it now has barnacles taking over the glass... lol. Thanks so much for these videos I love them keep up the good work my dude

I love how it's taken 7 months for people to realize the starfish wasn't in the video...

That part where the crab walks into the shot tho XD

this channel is where I go to clam down c:

These videos are helping me relax tonight, I'm currently scared Bout dying from my disorder and this is helping empty my mind

Your videos have inspired me to try my own, I've just purchased a decent Mason jar and going to try just mud and a plant or two from my local lake and see what happens!

Its just amazing how you can get this ecosphere. i was follow your videos since 3 months cause i saw you in recommended videos. even i can heard english perfectly i can understand you so good. im from venezuela. keep making this amazing job.

Dont know how i got here but impressed. Thanks for the content.

I love everything about this channel and your accent

Everytime I go back to these videos I'm reminded about how many plants I killed in my early days from over-mothering them to death yet clearly nature knows what it's doing! I'm still impressed that our dear friend Mr. Crab lasted so long

Literally just found your channel. Watched the initial Seacosphere video, then watched the update, watched what that guy Dustin Pak was all about and then... you literally upload an update while I return to your channel to check out some more of your stuff. Talk about an uncanny coincidence! Interesting stuff. Good to know that the ocean is so easy to handle by just scooping up some stuff into some jerry cans, I'll try this out for sure.

Holy crab 🦀 btw I really love your channel. The way you explain things makes it really easy to understand. Your commentary is funny. I discovered you a couple weeks ago and I've watched all of your videos and I'm very excited about the future ones !!

i cant stop watching

Excellent crab discipline

Absolutely love the feel of your videos, keep it up my dude

I have been scrolling through the comments you respond to allot of them, and that's something I can respect love ur vids keep up the grind

so calming to fall asleep to

Thank you for another great video, for Christmas I ordered my 5 grandsons Grow your own Triops along with other S.T.E.M toys.

That's amazing! Great video!

Thank you sooo much - this is fascinating. when i was a kid we had a pond and the life in that pond was amazing. the only thing that scared the heck outta me was i went to catch a frog and it slithered away. the only water snake i ever saw in that pond. we also had teeny tiny toads in the spring jumpimg in the grass around the pond. anyway, thanks much :) 🦐🌱🦀🐢

After seeing so many ecospheres fail in other videos, this is very nice to watch :D

Ok so I’m quite new here and when I heard ‘jarmy’ I spat my coffee everywhere

I knew it was possible to make a saltwatter ecosystem, I hope you continue making videos like this

My dude, This is quite cool indeed. I just moved to Katwijk so I'll try making one of these when things get a little warmer.

This species of solidified algae......supercalifragilisticexpealidocious..... Edit: I love your narration and I couldn’t say that word let alone spell it if my life depended on it!

Got yourself a new sub! :) This is awesome!

What a great channel, subbed!

It was a HUGE update, ahh missed opportunity :) great video!

Crabtastic! I love this video!

This is a bodacious ecosphere, I hope to attempt it one day

Really lovely as always

You are like a more relaxed exotic lair dude...

3:15 that really surprised me tbh like i was all fasinated with the small things and this huge thing just came up

Watched your videos when you barely had any subscribers, I am very satisfied with how you are doing

My goodness you just bred a crab. The next thing you know some zerg-thing will start evolving inside. Wow. Simply wow.

It was cool seeing the crabs again

I’ve never seen a saltwater eco jar before, pretty cool!

Awesome video thank you :)

That is a really cool crab

I really love this, I'm amazed how well the crab is doing as well. I wonder how big he's going to become in this small ecosystem!

Holy Crab love it!

Amazing!

Did this same thing a few years ago and it was thriving for about 3 years before all the plants got eaten and then eventually everything died.

Just started my own freshwater ecosphere, I'm really excited to see how it turns out.

I'm very surprised, I would imagine that it would be near impossible to keep a saltwater jar like that stable but I guess not.

Crab footage + smooth jazz

im not going to sleep through this one! so excited!

Maybe I missed it, but what happened to the starfish?

Well done.

Holy crab! 🦀

This has soothing mr Rodgers vibes...

That crab walking i n like oh boy I can't wait to be in a vid

"It's really special,holy crab" 😂

“That. Or it’s an alien.” You are hilarious!

thats insane its still alive

thank god you're back

You should give the Crab a Name!

I did a closed ecosystem with some dirt, some grass, and moss in a pill bottle. It sustained it's for a whole month, which surprised me.

How did I get here and why am I so fascinated?

You are a hoot :D I think Dutch and Scottish humor must be very similar!

Think I'll make one as an experiment once it warms up again

This is amazing! I'm planning on creating my own saltwater ecosphere, but I'm not sure if I'll use the right amount of each components. I'm guessing it's a trial and error process! Are there any tips that you can give?

“This boy is really turning into a big boy”

Yess thank you I’ve been waiting

thats so cool and you dont have a bad type of algae either.. i have a saltwater tank that i shut down because of bad algae problems.. but i do have an anemone jar :D its a curlique anemone on a jar its still alive and its been a month since i put it on my jar..

Yay, another video

Idk why but I wanna see a closed ecosphere with brine shrimp. I just love shrimp

Cut out and use a piece of circular plastic and cut a hole in the lid that size glue it together and the algae will get extra sunlight.

What music do you play in the background? Really interesting video again 👌

I love to be able to do this next time I'm at the ocean I'll grab when I can just curious as to what type of Jerry you use and lid and I'm a big fan and my kids are as well of what you're doing

Might just be a jar of water and random stuff but it's still better than watching the Kardashians.

You know some crab species can live 20 - 30 years. lol

Who else misses the starfish