u/Accurate-Pay-7006

seeing lots of worms and water mites so far! tank contains what i think is musk grass, and watercress i picked up from the creek.

*watch the whole thing or skip through to see how he swims* he's def shaped like a damselfly but he's so tiny!! he's also very into light. when i turn on my lamp he sits right where it shines in the tank.

as u can see he's slow and docile. first saw him about 2 weeks ago i always think he might be does but he starts slowly crawling around again. this is apparently not characteristic of mayfly or damselfly larvae.

they are seriously beautiful. they have some purple coloring that isn't shown in the pics and bright orange mouths! they are plant eaters if u don't feed them enough, so beware. so cool and amazing to watch. i just really dont have the space for them and prefer my bladder snails. quantity and cost can be worked out by messaging me but i believe i have about 10 adults!! largest is about 1 inch long. i also have over a dozen babies.

sorry for dumping posts, but i figured
you guys would wanna see this! he must be over an inch long if you include his tentacles!!

who are these guys??? as you can see theyre all black but have orange upper lips. Found in East Tennessee creek. The first one is covered in silt but they are all smooth and black.

UPDATE:
It's a pleurocera gabbiana! i used this key:
Dichotomous Key

they're all the same and there are hundreds of them in our creek. they all have orange mouths like in the first pic and they're all black. the second one pictured is the largest in the tank at about 1.5 inches

that is a pea clam, confirmed. there are 2 others of the same size and an older one. do i need to ditch this jar, or is there any possible way of keeping these guys alive in here???

this was not in my jar when i left 3 days ago, the leaf has been dead for awhile so i dont think its coming from that. if u can see, it is also at the top of the leaf rather than the base, where the stem would be.
if u need more info lmk. i'm getting pretty good at identifying things on my own but i can't even begin to describe this thing? lol

pls ignore the sound. it is copepod shaped but seems to have fin like appendages?

I have no clue what the first worm is. I think the second, thin one in the same clip is a tubifex worm that isn't wiggling in the silt (get back to it ur on the clock!). I believe the little blue guy is a water mite. I also have a few planarians ominously swarming a baby snail. the last clip shows more detail of the little guys in the jar. i'm not good at identifying the tiny ones and i don't have a macro lens, but i think i have ostracods, water fleas, and i have seen a couple copepods.

this is my second attempt at an ecosphere, the first was a creek sample that died in 2 weeks, mainly bc i accidentally left it outside when traveling i think, and bc at the time the weather was harsh and going from 80 degrees to freezing.

Anyway, this time i took a sample from a pond! i appear to have one adult bladder snail (in the video he is skimming the surface) and several little babies. as you can see, there are LOTS of ostracods.
last night i noticed approximately 10 little white worms on the glass and was interested to see what they were. i found out they're planarians. i also had a little snail leech. i panicked, i know we're supposed to let the jars run their course but my adult snail was getting plotted on and it made me cringe to see, so i took out all the planarians i could find with tweezers, being as careful as possible to get them in one piece, or take all the segments out. i also got the leech. the rest ran away (i guess they're smart!) ive see a few still in there coming and going. Ik ostracods have a rep for harrassing snails, and planarians are some of their biggest opps. do you guys think i did damage to the flow of the ecosystem? and do you think my snails stand a chance in this environment, now that there are less planarians?