Making my Prison Frogs a Real Ecosystem (1 year experiment)

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An aquatic ecosystem fit for three little kings... but along the way this fish tank evolved into much more and we got to watch shrimp, snails, microfauna, crabs, and various fish interact with their environment as the tank evolved over one year. guest appearance from @TheDrPlants
a true low maintenance, no Co2, no fertilizer tank for the people. I'd love to make more
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@leafystreet Ай бұрын

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@Zub_Zer0 Ай бұрын

TOES takes what is RIGHTFULLY hers (and apparently that is your keyboard)

@user-dm5ue3es9e Ай бұрын

Bro can you send me a geko for free

@jessieevely3268 Ай бұрын

hehe silly toes

@SirSqueakins Ай бұрын

Toes is trying to warn us about the end of the universe

@EmpressOfExile206 Ай бұрын

Leafy *I need to know,* what species are the tiny freshwater clams⁉️

@darrinstamand Ай бұрын

You should add a bear to the ecosystem

@Shatterstar Ай бұрын

The bear would solve so many over population problems.

@livthenekomancer Ай бұрын

Water bear

@Shatterstar Ай бұрын

@@livthenekomancerI'm thinking Grizzly.

@leafystreet Ай бұрын

Black or polar

@DreamWalker_13 Ай бұрын

@@leafystreet def polar

@hollisterlasers-ion8939 Ай бұрын

You adding additional creatures to eat the black worms felt like that folk story where they got spiders to eat fleas, snakes to eat the spiders, ferrets to eat the snakes, and so on and so forth.

@Fauthetherian Ай бұрын

Spiders eat fleas???

@noahkendrick Ай бұрын

@@Fauthetherianyeah spiders will eat anything

@sophiedowney1077 Ай бұрын

@@Fauthetherianspiders are great! They eat all kinds of pests. It's like how having snakes in your neighborhood helps keep mice away.

@kiwi6421 Ай бұрын

@@sophiedowney1077 And how having ferrets in your neighborhood keeps snakes away

@noahkendrick Ай бұрын

@@kiwi6421 and how having hawks in your neighborhood will eat the ferrets

@Lucid_Droid Ай бұрын

Why is the fish love scene the most replayed one?..are you guys okay?

@Matilda-eo2eo 14 күн бұрын

@malraj427 14 күн бұрын

We need true romance in our lives

@ThemeParkBeast98 12 күн бұрын

Wait how do you know what scene is the most replayed? 🧐

@HouseBijecarla 4 күн бұрын

I like when the frogs became monkeys for a fraction of the second. Nature truly is a marvel.

@synthicate5030 Ай бұрын

"Getting views on KZfaq isn´t worth bad animal care" WORD! Sadly so many people on Social Media need to be taught this. Thank you for this extra careful approach to anything.

@egregius9314 8 күн бұрын

Ants Canada could do with that lesson.

@nicohusky Сағат бұрын

Well said. 👍

@tanksfornothin Ай бұрын

Dwarf frogs with monkey screeches give me inner peace

@leafystreet Ай бұрын

Still can’t believe that’s how they really sound

@othersunsets Ай бұрын

@@leafystreetjust wait until they start singing/buzzing in the middle of the night if you have any males

@Gatekeeper_Edits Ай бұрын

Innerr peaaacccceeee ☝️🐢

@MellowBeng Ай бұрын

You haven't posted in 8 months you good?

@shreyamsingh2605 Ай бұрын

Hey bro just asking if u forgot your yt password?

@river7048 Ай бұрын

if you narrated a whole documentary like this i would watch the hell outta it

@leafystreet Ай бұрын

ur too kind, thank you

@ToastersToastToast Ай бұрын

I’d watch it every week

@ToastersToastToast Ай бұрын

@@leafystreetI like mini ecosystems, they’re cool :)

@adriannabcustomfurniture Ай бұрын

Me too!

@kastaway28 Ай бұрын

i would watch it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again

@leafystreet Ай бұрын

UPDATE: pond 2.0 is in the works. If you’re looking to get African dwarf frogs please 🙏 buy them from breeders or true fish stores. This was a rare opportunity to buy a creature in a terrible “forever home” and document a before and after. The store has since stopped selling them. And Lebron actually came from a massive fish store in much better care

@Jedi_Jack Ай бұрын

Is it ok to get them from Petco?

@leafystreet Ай бұрын

No petco isnt great. some individual employess care but your business is better spent elsewhere@@Jedi_Jack

@rebel.owl.04 Ай бұрын

as someone who has now seven of these frogs (they've been moved to a 15 gallon, with sand for a substrate, plants, rocks, and drift wood to hide in, two snails, and a fish), we did get them from a local store that wasn't a fish store but a "hobby store". our little guys are happy, and we got them where we did because the owner did care about the frogs and took care of them as best he could. that being said, we stopped giving them the pellets once they got into their new tank, giving them bloodworms and brineshrimp instead. the frogs started to grow almost immediately after their diets were switched, and as of now they're quite happy. all of the supplies we use are from a true fish store a bit further away, although we do continue getting our food from a petsmart as we do frozen for convenience

@fordguy2836 Ай бұрын

@@leafystreet I buy from Petco cause I see animals there and I think to myself you know I could make they’re life better so I bought a few reptiles and frogs from there however we did get a couple with diseases that unfortunately didn’t make it as a result so I agree Petco has some who care but most don’t know what they’re doing

@andrewkim2139 Ай бұрын

@@leafystreet do you remember what song you used at 13:53? I’ve been trying to track it down, but I’ve been unsuccessful so far.

@huntercool2232 Ай бұрын

I had an African Dwarf frog once when I was a kid. I called him “Squishy” and I’m embarrassed to say he lived in my goldfish’s fish tank. Looking back I realize now the environment he was in was not suitable for him whatsoever. Needless to say I didn’t have him for long and he passed away. I’ll always regret getting him and another one after him who met the same fate. I’ll never get another Dwarf Frog again, but I’m just glad to see someone finally properly take care of these amazing creatures for once! Thank you man for giving them a great home.

@sentimentalbloke185 Ай бұрын

frog murderer

@darianromero3532 24 күн бұрын

You were a kid, my man. The real responsibility lays on the adults for not researching what they allowed their child to have. Cut yourself some slack, my guy, I'm sure those frogs would understand.

@ItsNiash Ай бұрын

For a second I forgot I was watching a youtube video and not a documentary, the amount of effort and passion put in these videos is incredibly impressive!

@Pineapple-yc9bj Ай бұрын

@MelioVlogs Ай бұрын

I know it’s crazy! ❤️

@lyladepaula3291 Ай бұрын

There are professional nature documentaries with millions of dollars budgets that are not half as compelling as this. Incredible work I hope Helen, Keller, and LeBron enjoy their home

@michellestares2335 Ай бұрын

Hi😊happy spring

@Samurai-2009- Ай бұрын

I can agree

@Celestial_Reach Ай бұрын

I know right

@bigbodoge9069 Ай бұрын

Lebron is white?

@xrapidfirex1695 Ай бұрын

"I had to move because my landlord is also a leech" 'til then it was really calm and relaxing but I just spit out my drink hearing this

@crossanddream2 Ай бұрын

I've owned a clam as a kid from a fishing trip with family friends, I had been walking around the lake since I didn't want to fish. I ended up seeing something near the shoreline, I thought it was a rock but after my mom got it out of the water. It was a clam, my mom ended up letting me keep it. The clam ended up living in a 20-30 gallon tank all by itself and followed my mom whenever she was. If she was on the right side so was it and same for the left, it was werid to me as a kid since I never saw it move. Well it ended up passing sometime later, i believe from old age ans my mom decided to extract the pearl from inside of it. It ended up being a light pieple nearly white pearl, super beautiful.

@kakangdailyjournal4863 Ай бұрын

aren't pearls technically mummified parasites?

@chesneymigl4538 Ай бұрын

I remember going out on an oyster lugger many years ago as a kid. The fishermen were hauling up raw, live oyster and just eating them, then and there. I couldn't stomach the slimy blob, but I did find a tiny, half formed purple pearl like the one you described!

@ApatheticBlogger Ай бұрын

I had a similar experience with what I think was an invasive mussel. Mom said I could keep it. Well apparently some bivalves reproduce on their own. Came back one weekend to find wall to wall tiny shellfish, literally thousands. Mom was pissed and didn't let me keep them anymore lmfao.

@giftofthewild6665 Ай бұрын

@@ApatheticBlogger rofl 😂

@aster84855 Ай бұрын

I can't express just how much i love the cinematography and sound design of your channel. Came for animals, stayed for animals and camera work and sounds and structuring

@whitetober7825 26 күн бұрын

This unlocked a memory, my 4th grade teacher had one of these as a class pet. We were allowed to feed them sometimes but you were picked randomly. I just remember them being the cutest things ever and my teacher being incredibly protective of them

@septawatt Ай бұрын

i enjoy the way you narrate, almost like a nature documentary but (imo) better cause you know your stuff, care about the animals and environment you’re creating, and are funny. amazing work!

@leafystreet Ай бұрын

that means a ton, thanks for watchin

@dangerxbadger2300 Ай бұрын

Watching the Assassin Snail swirl its creepy little proboscis around in the victim's snail shell was definitely one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

@theonlybrokenpencil Ай бұрын

Did you also grab your landlord with a pair of giant tweezers?

@andrewcullen2527 20 күн бұрын

Bet they also have strange blue ink if you squeeze hard enough

@fightvale57 Ай бұрын

You are one of my favorite creators. Please don't stop making videos. Or if you do I will literally pay you to FaceTime me updates. I hope you continue with longer videos. I foresee much success for you. This genre of YT needs your humor and aesthetic😊

@leafystreet Ай бұрын

thank you so much 😭. It really means a ton

@user-uo2kr8bx7k Ай бұрын

Love Leafy. I jumped on Patreon for extra content cuz I couldn’t get enough.

@way9883 Ай бұрын

4:11 "old landlord was also a leech" yesss call out those landlords

@StickySauce101 Ай бұрын

funny how landlordism is literally modern feudalism yet whenever people dare to call landlords out they face a lot of backlash, the sooner landlords are removed the better for everyone (and ofc landlords always argue they are "helping", yeah but the very system shouldn't exist at all, yet bring up the idea of public housing etc and they flip out as if you summoned demons into the world).

@_staright_5157 Ай бұрын

The “hey, wake up, your identity just got stolen.” Was pretty funny

@foop.13 Ай бұрын

i love how soothing his voice is don’t even get me started on the calming sound effects

@Pineapple-yc9bj Ай бұрын

i dont know... how the fluff do i respond to that? 🤣

@melbapeach162 Ай бұрын

0:37

@foop.13 Ай бұрын

@@melbapeach162 it’s so preppy in here

@dianaheaphy8294 Ай бұрын

You make it all look easy, but the amount of work that must have gone into this tank and this video is inestimable… The attention paid to every little detail is just amazing! I LOVE the eating sound effects! Thank you for sharing your talents!

@cakeeeetime Ай бұрын

The amount of knowledge to keep that balanced O.o

@arimochii4643 Ай бұрын

" getting views on youtube isnt worth bad animal care " WHAT A KING

@sparrowdanielsdottir5888 Ай бұрын

Excellent sound design. 👍

@leafystreet Ай бұрын

thanks a ton!

@azayzelll Ай бұрын

the toes cameo has me doing a little jig in my chambers

@chernz722 Ай бұрын

The Thai micro crab is my spirit animal

@Matteo000 Ай бұрын

3:53 “Where did it come from where did it go, where did it come from” lol I got that reference🤣 Cotton eye Joe am I right😂

@KateCantDraw Ай бұрын

"oop he's on the flo"

@officiallythe_raresoozamsm 24 күн бұрын

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

@Matteo000 22 күн бұрын

@@officiallythe_raresoozamsm lolll

@maries5947 Ай бұрын

Fun fact, Keller means Basement in Germany, so his name makes sense that he can't see very well:D nice setup tho!

@SrSealKing Ай бұрын

Helen Keller is a person who was blind and deaf at 19months

@Gatekeeper_Edits Ай бұрын

Helen and KelluH

@lt7388 Ай бұрын

Kind of like how shit hetero Canadian gangstalkers put implants in my eyes to give me cataracts

@maries5947 Ай бұрын

@@Gatekeeper_Editswell, then it doesn't means Basement in German 😂

@ethancolbourne5908 Ай бұрын

The reason they are called hellen and keller is because Hellen Keller is a person who was born deaf and blind

@DINGD0NG... Ай бұрын

Pond/tank ecosystem get me all wiggly. I live for water ecosystems, especially videos of it evolving from just water to full blown self-sustaining ecosystem

@Ulitka32 Ай бұрын

2:27 “BuT I HaVe A fAmIlLy 😂 I DONT CARE 😂

@fightvale57 Ай бұрын

Please please keep making longer content.Your shorts make my day and your longer videos are legitimately my favorite. If I Give you money will you do it?

@leafystreet Ай бұрын

I accept payments in the form of sending my vids to ten of your closest friends 🦧🙏. Fr thanks for watching, long vids are hefty edits

@fightvale57 Ай бұрын

@@leafystreet more like 2 cool homies, 2parents and 6 aquantences.

@user-uo2kr8bx7k Ай бұрын

I’ll donate $$ too.

@ThePepsiCrusader Ай бұрын

The Lesbian Gecko Guy is moving on to new grounds. Im so proud.

@carlamelid6163 Ай бұрын

I saw that big golden mystery snail at the end! they're so sick, they can change their sex whenever, they make so many babies, and they climb out of ur tank and get ur floor slimey if they can!

@Hidden_Fern Ай бұрын

Truly one of the creatures of all time

@pendlera2959 Ай бұрын

Mystery snails (Pomacea bridgesii) can't change their sex. And they do lay a lot of eggs at once, but they put the clutch above the water line so it's really easy to remove.

@BlondieGurl1129 Ай бұрын

Does the assassin snail pose any risk to them?

@carlamelid6163 Ай бұрын

@@BlondieGurl1129, he shouldn't, mystery snails are quite large and assassin snails are very small :)

@BlondieGurl1129 Ай бұрын

@@carlamelid6163 sweet, thinking of adding one to my tank!

@dracodracarys2339 Ай бұрын

4:53 NOOOOO YOU GOT HER ADDICTED TO HENTAI

@zaba_w_stdni Ай бұрын

YESS FINALLY WHO TREATS THESE FROGGIES LIKE LIVE ANIMALS AND NOT TOYS!!!

@cakeeeetime Ай бұрын

Finaly a comment that cares! :)

@yms4355 Ай бұрын

Well he did not add any filtration and kept putting them in a tiny plastic cup only to showcase the feeding. Transferring the frogs, especially before feeding time, stresses them out. I wouldn't think that any amphibian likes to live in ammonia.

@cakeeeetime Ай бұрын

@@yms4355 Why ammonia? The tank is a filtration system by itself. I thought the transfer was just a one time thing. He build the tank over a year ago, then he bought the frogs. The 'buying animals that suffer' is the part that icks me out, but the rest seems good.

@godschild6172 Ай бұрын

I agree. It’s pretty sad you won’t free the frog. You wanted the frog to experience an abnormal environment to see if it will survive.

@cakeeeetime Ай бұрын

@@godschild6172 It's a realy bad idea to free pets. They either die (often slowly and painfully), because they are bred to live in the wild, AND/or they are a desaster to the environment, because they spread diseases or out compete naturaly occuring wildlife.

@HelmsmanButterscotch_OwO Ай бұрын

you have the perfect sense of humor, and that's not an opinion. out with free will, leafy street supremacy.

@Maestrose12 Ай бұрын

I love how Dr. plants and leafy Street are together

@LifeinJars Ай бұрын

If Dr Plants is unavailable for narration, I will be available!

@Imyourdemongirl Ай бұрын

I have an African clawed frog and seeing those little dwarfies finally having a home makes me happy

@tallmommy Ай бұрын

The "HUH" sound effects on the oblivious crab is the icing on the cake

@user-uo2kr8bx7k Ай бұрын

Alex, I’m not sure if your Leafy Street channel should get a timeslot on Discovery, Comedy Central or both. Loved the cameo from Dr. Plants. More collabs please . You both do Brilliant work.

@LizBizBean Ай бұрын

14:27 "Oh! Yucky!" Me looking in the mirror fr

@jiggyvision2116 Ай бұрын

real

@justashark776 Ай бұрын

real

@CheshireMadd Ай бұрын

When you introduced the assassin snail (to the video), I really appreciated that you blurred everything except the eyes and nose when you mentioned them. It made it really easy to know what in the fleshy mass I was supposed to look at :'D

@DoorsToHideBehind156 Ай бұрын

Wow I didn't know that freshwater clams and tiny freshwater micro crabs were even a thing! What a cool little micro ecosystem! 😊 I also didnt know about baddis fish, they're so beautiful! I thought they were kilifish at first.

@BioWorkAgency Ай бұрын

You didn't know that freshwater clams exist?

@Beamna-ex9hh Ай бұрын

i caught my Crested gecko watching "erotic reptile photos"

@orpheus3342 Ай бұрын

6:48 'THIS, is a Scarlet Badass

@juliemcgugan1244 Ай бұрын

I did the same with Opae Ula (Halocaridina rubra,) shrimp in a so-called 'biosphere.' 8 turned into 200+, so much so that I had to convert them into freshwater (they stop breeding when changed from their preferred brackish water to fresh water. ) When I moved country, thanks to how rare they had become in those few years, I made 6 grand selling them, before leaving. My buyers got a lot of info from me on not just how to keep them health, but also on how to breed them, because they are highly sought after in the shrimp-keeping hobby, there. They assured me that they would make sure the hobby would thrive again.

@FeralSheWolf Ай бұрын

I love your editing. The drag-'n-drop of fish tank from old home to new was a perfect demonstration of reality.

@BigBlueDeep Ай бұрын

The old house to new house graphics made me chuckle

@RND_ADV_X Ай бұрын

I hope the people at American Science and Surplus in Milwaukee see this video.

@user-uo2kr8bx7k Ай бұрын

I keep saying this is your best yet for the last 3 vids. They keep getting better. Crazy talented.

@Lucifersfursona Ай бұрын

“This is a scarlet badass” I love them

@robinthetactician4649 Ай бұрын

Man this was so cool makes me want to make my next aquarium more natrual!

@retnuhretnuh Ай бұрын

If you want to keep clams in a tank, you should put them in a separate container in the tank. It makes it easier to control their location, they won't uproot your plants, and it's easier to make a weekly check if they're still alive. If one dies, and you can't find it, the ammonia spike will suddenly kill your tank.

@denickle Ай бұрын

IT IS TIME TO INTRODUCE A NEW PREDATOR🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🗣

@Hunter-sc9bq 29 күн бұрын

EDP!?!?

@denickle 22 күн бұрын

@@Hunter-sc9bq nah bro me

@juliakaczmarek2191 Ай бұрын

8:50 why in the hell is this so cute???? i literally squealed.

@EinXTRAZ Ай бұрын

Gulp gulp gulp

@jerrimariekeith7879 Ай бұрын

I LOVE my frogs! I have 3. Each one is in it's own 5 gallon tank with a few small friends, some snails, and lots of GREAT hiding spots. I have had one my whole life since I was a teen. They are so amazingly fun.

@Asparagus_stars Ай бұрын

Bro watching your content evolve and get better and better has been such a joy, this vid is absolutely sick!!

@sammansfield21 Ай бұрын

Love your quirky way of doing these videos. Perfect amount of facts and sarcasm/humour. Keep up the amazing work ❤

@It_slipped_I_swear Ай бұрын

Snails learned chakra control

@nathanclarke7162 Ай бұрын

This shit rocks, you really nailed the vibe when it was the crab and then it was like "huh"

@gracielacastaneda3295 Ай бұрын

Anytime I watch this video I feel really calm and like watching how life finds a way

@imjustelm Ай бұрын

stellar. I’ve never been more invested in frogs before.

@khills Ай бұрын

Aw, I love African dwarf frogs. I had no idea they were being sold in hardware stores - ack! I’ve been planning on getting another one; I had one in a full bioactive tank and kept her next to my desk in my bookcase. I didn’t even have to feed her too often; worms, fry, and eggs took care of most diet. Man, I wasn’t planning on starting to set my tank up til I got home from traveling abroad , but that’s like September and….

@wasnlos2676 Ай бұрын

Get at least two, if you're getting any. They're pretty social and do better in groups than alone.

@khills Ай бұрын

@@wasnlos2676 That's interesting - definitely different information than when I had one before. (They were supposed to be kept alone, or with things you didn't mind them eating, because they were both carnivorous and cannibalistic.)

@Garry12222 Ай бұрын

NOO WAYYY I LOVE DR PLANTS!!! YOU AND DR PLANTS ARE LIKE MY FAVORITE KZfaqRS LOL

@laya8880 Ай бұрын

The monkey noises for the dwarf frogs is peak comedy. There's nothing further, we can all go home.

@DreamWalker_13 Ай бұрын

Frick, Toes can see what i watch in the middle of the night!?!😰😰

@ArtsyEwok Ай бұрын

YOU ARE MY FAVORITE CHANNEL. The monke noises were on Pointe.

@PIGEONS_AndAXOLOTLS Ай бұрын

TIP FOR THE DUCKWEED! portal, plastic shapes you can use to make a area to allow light and oxygen into the tank

@owlxowl Ай бұрын

it was so cinematic im sad it ended, 11/10 quality and storytelling

@cobydenny6247 Ай бұрын

The amount of effort that goes into your setups and videos is wild, keep up the awesome work!

@TimmyGC Ай бұрын

I like the longer format.

@tamarrajames3590 Ай бұрын

You are a delightful find, you popped up in my suggestions today, and I’m happy to subscribe and see more of what you do. Thanks for going to all that effort to save the frogs.🖤🇨🇦

@Sofolio 23 күн бұрын

New favorite KZfaqr, we’ve been needing someone who likes creative ecosystems AND is goofy/ lovable ❤

@dont_be_jaded Ай бұрын

I'm unreasonably obsessed with this eco system

@kyoungheekang3993 Ай бұрын

Yo cool appearence of Dr plants!!! Thanks for the awesome video:)

@rainseductress Ай бұрын

This was fantastic! I was so sad to see it end, and my last thought when seeing it was ending was "moaaaarrr!"

@sethjacksonanimation8407 Ай бұрын

Gotta praise your editing, adding swimmy sound fx to all the critters is documentary levels of effort!!

@trishugnish Ай бұрын

I can’t believe I get to watch this for free holy shit 😊💕

@creaturesofsonaria4037 Ай бұрын

THE HELLEN KELLER JOKE NAMES GOT ME ROLLING

@SolidSerpents Ай бұрын

The humor in this is great. Made me chuckle multiple times. Good video!

@American-Jello Ай бұрын

Love this channel. Never disappoints.

@rittikaali101 Ай бұрын

Your videos are so fun and educational. Would love more reptile content.

@timinthewild Ай бұрын

Sensational

@thedesertwhale Ай бұрын

That surfshark ad is probably one of the only ads I've watched without skipping in a long long time, I wish all commercials and ads were as funny and informative...