r/Ecosphere

I made this sealed paludarium on 5/16 this year and all was fine other than a rough rebalancing but I recently within the last week noticed these cracks on the glass that I’m sure were not there. Is my jar breaking due to gases building up? If so how should I go about emptying the jar? This is the first time in this hobby I’ll of had to put one to rest 😣 any tips on how to prevent this in sealed ecospheres in the future would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance, you guys are usually pretty great. 🙏

My jararium, which I thought was completely dead, turned purple after being away from home for a week. What could it be? There were no animals inside, only red seaweed which turned black after decomposing.

got the water from the shore of my local pond. lil bug on last picture prolly a bettle thats gonna drown:( really could use tips lmk.

I was very impressed by David Latimers experiment. I want to create a similar ecosystem, but I don't know the types and quantities of living and organic materials needed. Could you show me the quantities of materials according to the size of the terrarium?

(I'll share after its done).

This game from an ecosphere I collected on the coast of florida. It was from a lake that the ocean fed into, so this is a salt water ecosphere. I came to look and I saw this super strange centipede-like thing! All of the little things sticking out of it moved like legs before I started recording. Shortly after recording, it retreated and crawled back into the sediment. Anyone know what this is??

This is a little bit of an experimental
Ecosphere im doing. Essentially, its an ecosphere collected from a basic pond that I will freeze for 2 weeks and see what happens!! Im very interested in seeing what is able to re-emerge. Right now the lid is open to help with expansion. What are your predictions!! What do you thknk will be able to survive

Just got into the hobby, this jar is a week old made out of pond mud. I feel like I did not make this jar well but it’s been a good first experiment. I don’t think I added enough plant life, hopefully the algae can produce enough oxygen. Going to keep it sealed until it either collapses or survives! I’m already ready to make a new jar from a river near my house it’s so addicting! I want to make one that I can add a tiny predator fish into

Swift SW350, Galaxy S24

Do I need to close this jar to create an enclosed jarrium?

For now it remains open. I'had adding bubbles to it with a tiny pump, which has actually saved my right jar.

Left jar (2 weeks old): Contains only river water with a single Java moss.

Right jar (2 months old): Contains Java moss and mangrove plants with river water.

Note : yes I have a lot tiny bestiary in it ! Both !

Just noticed it in my pond jar thats about 3 months old now, Melbourne Australi. Seems to be a little worm like thing inside a clear sac or something? Keeps wriggling back and forth in the same spot

Hi! My ecosphere is a little over 3 weeks old, sourced from a freshwater lake. I've got some guppy grass in there, snails (that have just laid eggs), and these little specks that are swimming around. I've identified some as ostracods, but recently a population of tiny white stripes has exploded, along with tiny sperm shaped specks that hang out around the glass.

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.

This white stuff has been developing in my ecosphere. It’s about a year old, open, and stocked mostly with hornwort and Daphnia from northern Germany. I didn’t put anything in there that could have melted, and the Daphnia seem completely fine around it.

I don’t think it has anything to do with the weird yellow algae/bacteria colony (i would also be curious what that is, but it doesn't seem to cause any harm.)

Any ideas what it could be?

Let's see how it looks in a month.. :D