You jinxed us lmao

That's a cool experiment!

@@LifeinJars This is nothing to do with this but please can you do an update on the fruit flies

@@LifeinJars Hoping you see this, is there a way to intentionally introduce algae into my ecosphere? Overview of rambling to follow: I think algae from on the glass would be good for a mystery snail. Thoughts on that? Algae to target or avoid. If I have the ability to capture it at home, or if I could go and get it somewhere? Now, the wordiness... I don't really have access to a natural aquatic ecosystem. By absolute distance from and legal access to anything, and I walk with two canes so I can't be bold and quick taking a sample, and it needs to be study land for me to be bold and slow. Can I capture any airborne? Could there be some that hid on any living thing added to my sphere? The only non microscopic animal inside is a mystery snail. His world is thin layer of sand at bottom, version one had dead zones and sulfer, a flower pot full of pebble gravel, three plants starting in the pot, and various tufts and snips of aquatic grass in the sand. And two diy CO2 infusers burping in gas. (It's a small world but I needed something to introduce and sell the idea of aquariums and closed eco systems to my girl. It's a two gallon jar that snacks came in but it's thoroughly cleaned. With the displacement of the substrate, flower pot full of pebbles and everything I think he still has easily 1+ gallons of water. Which I know isn't good but I'm not trying to put anything else in there unless it's plants and I'm doing frequent water changes and trying to find the right amount. New to home he lay on his side, moved once and there lay with his hole body hanging out. Did a full water change, short of blasting up 10 and less mil of sand. Picked him up and had him in the air for a few minutes, along with water dunking, in case he'd been too weak to surface and breath. Next day he's on my glass at waterline. So some parts of zeroing in what he'd like I'm figuring out. But can't help but think he'd like algae. I want to make my gold mystery snail a nice little home. And feel like for enrichment and natural diet that a wall with algae all over it would be great for him. But I don't know if that's an easy thing to do. Years back I had a 55 Gallon that would grow algae on the single wall that was near windows, those snails seemed to like it. Did that algae enter my tank from the air, or did it sneak in on a fish, snail, or plant? Only living things added are the plants and snail. Plants came in sad looking store containers in suspended animation or such so they probably had care to not have algae and aquarium snails. And now my little yellow friend who could have algae on him?

That's what I'm wondering. Maybe dragonfly & mosquito eggs & larvae if the top had openings for them to lay?

It was an open topped tank on the roof. Insects, particularly mosquitoes will lay in there every few days. Sicklebacks also eat their own eggs, so there's that.

@@effy_kujo you can literally see him open the lid... Its closed

@@tjmarx No they don't. They guard their eggs and young. And if the babies stray to far the male will suck them in and place them back at the nest.

Didn’t realise they were so versatile and resilient to changes.. as a kid we used to catch loads of them some in one particular pond were big for what they are.. never thought of keeping some in an aquarium though

This is my favorite fish to study because of it's versatility.

Hobbies have kept many spies alive and made reintroduction possible while yes mistakes have been made the benifits have also helped many and locals now making living showing hobist the habits and environment required

Most mutations are deleterious or at best neutral. So any surviving offspring to survive will not have a noticeable impact. If they do have significant changes in genetics traits that give different characteristics, and they survived being in a hot fish tank with them, I am guessing they don't help the fish survive in the wild.

That is not quite how evolution works.

@@user255 I’m not sure to whom you are responding, or what you specifically mean; could you be so kind as to clarify? Many thanks!

@@Jig_up I'm replying to your comment. In order to get even theoretical germ line mutations to the sticklebacks, they would need to reproduce. Also few generations in water tank isn't going to do much of anything (for both; to gather mutations or cause selective pressure). Even less so for mutations that would make any difference in the wild. Thus from evolutionary point of view such things have zero impact.

or patient

@@carlv1379 LOL

I missed you too!

Thanks Kaïn!

i thought it was my phone's audio broken 😅

no he's just traveling through dimensions

Nah that just made it better

How is it going?

Thanks!

Thanks!