Make a Tabletop Biosphere

[guineapigdude1]

Could i use tank water and grvel from an established fish tank?

[123456789robbie]

the earth can't be a biosphare, live couln't exist here without energy with the sun :S

[FannySMUDGE]

@123456789robbie Nor could one of these jar biospheres.

[rapelpecho]

in the pdf you don't mention saltwater, yet we have to use saltwater shrimp. The Amphipods from the pond can't survive in saltwater, so how am I supposed to mix the two???

[hhmm89]

1:39 did he say MILF-oil?

[twisto]

that's some crazy duckweed

[lilah66]

is it bad if theirs no air bubbles coming off the plants? One more thing could I have more than 1meadum size snail from a pond ? Thanks if you answer .

[TheChickenrun3]

@lilah66 bubbles won't come off the plants because they are dissolving the oxygen produced into the water... duh

[zenar154]

Help! I made it yesterday and then I woke up and an Ape was in my kitchen, what do I do wrong? Less oxygen? Please help

[lichtungdesseins]

IT IS ANIMAL CRUELTY.

[yumyuminmetumtumify]

@lichtungdesseins  how?

[RebuildReach]

bre pet-us?

[SuperBandgeek23]

my biggest mistake was i put snails in it. within six months the snails breed to the point were their was not enough food or oxygen left in the biosphere :(

[StricklyPhone]

Who was hoping for "Biosphere - Make A Tabletop" ?

[leftatmars]

Link to the PDF please...

[hansi98]

did it work? what happened to it?

[WtFCBermudaCake]

@hansi98 this is a late message, but the biosphere has been running for about three years.

[TheMagicalHotDog]

im gonna use it fir my science projectand us seamonkeys lol

[byjpan]

could you post a link to the PDF file?

[0YtsanBlowout0]

1:32 Turtle!

[B4IRUTUARU16]

@0YtsanBlowout0 1:32 i like turtles

[junoluxepifanio]

or can't you just use distilled water because that has nothing in it and then adding the nutriant?

[FishyMoe]

Algae FTW!

[kylaskicuspus]

that was cool huh huh huh

[monimoni0147]

is that bucket in my backyar full of water and green stuff a biosphere ??? o_O

[Qber4life]

Nope, it's not a "contained system" like Bre said at the start of the video

[PDMLJC]

@monimoni0147 yes!

[MrBajaboy5b]

@monimoni0147 yes

[3m0HaSs3R]

@monimoni0147 no...thats just....disgusting green sli... green something

[TheChickenrun3]

@monimoni0147 not a closed enviroment... unless theres a lid on it

[AgentGurp]

@monimoni0147 nope, that bucket isnt a sealed environment.

[cherryquf]

i think that's too much plant.

[poyamaleki89]

Awsome! But what will happend when the shrimp dies?

[Nanovirus5995]

Time stops.

[MrChockablock]

@poyamaleki89

He'll eat it , duh.

[darthnacho28]

@poyamaleki89 u put 2 females srimp and 1 male and it will breed then then die and the babies will do the same

[Pieishman]

they decompose and their eggs hatch, thus making more

[jewelvenus]

a frawg

[thevampiresong]

what the heck is at 1:34 ?

[italapino12]

its a turtle... lol

[videoGunZ]

Z-OMFG!!! NO!!!! the bananas D:

[crazybeavers155]

insted of going to a pond do they sell the parts like the duck weed and plants and the anmals

[tastythighs180]

for a buttload of money yes

[crazybeavers155]

lol do u know what pet store

[crazybeavers155]

ok uh some one marked u as spam and thanks

[bxiao6]

So he basically made an aquarium?

[imran3216]

to bxiao6

aquarium=fish

biosphere=everything else

thats what i think,but i'm not sure

[mastakow1]

an aquarium that runs its self no maintenance required, unless you messed up then pretty much everything dies

[bxiao6]

To tell you the truth, there's nothing in that aquarium to absorb the toxic ammonia in the jar. Some people might say, "But the nitrfiying bacteria will take care of that!" Well, since it takes about a month for them to colonize, eveything would be dead by then.

[mastakow1]

well on the article on their website apparently its been running for 2 years...and im not that stupid, i know that, i was just explaining to somebody what it was in simple terms...

[seebaas1000]

just put water that already has bacteria in it! from a running aquarium for example! EASY! :P

[caelcynndarr]

@seebaas1000

The water is not what contains the needed bacteria. It's the substrate.

[tomsouthlondon26]

bet that shrimp died

[allstarhem]

fliping aesome

[simplycranky]

mother nature hates you.

just sayin

[Ariel81937]

u don't tell me what to do

[zalgocomes1]

He said all of the supplies/instructions are in the article.

[Kotaro94]

There could be any thing in that alge,just to tell u you have some on your glasses;

1:41 .

[Jabulon666]

Had mine for >2 years, but i made mine all-natural and it pretty much sits there with some snails and a big seaweed. As long as something is alive I'll keep it but I might make a new one non-aquatic. But that's way harder!

[italapino12]

thats preety cool but would they sell freshwater shrfimp in a petshop in the UK or would i have to order it online

[kidmoney2007]

I bought mine for 65 dollars at a store called brookstone and I had mine for 3 years now and everything is going good

[Squotebrothers]

i fuckin want one!!!!!

[milroxsox]

ive had one for like 3 years. its a lot bigger tho

[WINGofaBLASPHEMER]

i made one of these once it died ='[

[Pieishman]

I made one last May and its still going fine.

[WINGofaBLASPHEMER]

Good job?

[havocdaemon]

Wow. I need to get me these podcasts, because that video made that seem a million times easier than I know for a fact it is.

[KuroJenny]

He led it sounds easy. But the plants he put in it (the little leaved plant from the pont most) will dubble every 24 hours or so. So within a week his biosphere will be so everpupuladed that every little thing in it dies.

[dinoanimal15]

its hornwart dude

[KuroJenny]

I mean Lemnaceae

Better known as duckweed. The homwart where where not from the pond.

[koenstr]

i think he means duckweed...

[dinoanimal15]

then where do i get those small curstaions

[54spiritedwill54]

Awesome job man.

[dinoanimal15]

wats the plant called u used?

[mawehe63]

it looked like hornwort i used to have it in my 10 gallon the tiny leaves kept coming off and clogging my filter but that usually only happens when the ph is too high for them but theyre still great plants for an aquarium

[marshallspikebanana]

Drink it, DRINK IT!!!!

[Hackermarket]

ok but it guna ate healthy with all that gren!

[theinsane102]

SEAMEN!

[duhCider]

I made one just like yours with a Statue of Liberty bric-a-brac, and it was GREAT!!! But boring. So, I added this bratty neighbor kid, and I came back some time later and Lady Liberty was beheaded and monkeys were running the biosphere.

[Timbo992]

What ever happened to bre?

[nscott8888]

Rumour has it, 'e went insane I tell insane, got taken to the old negro patrol where he was eaten by Kippery Kerdersherry. This is just a legend but elements of truth are involved

[smackthedrunkmonkey]

get a fish tank and fill it with fish; an easier biosphere.

[Lakopa8]

You have to cover the top too.

[gur1337]

lol good luck with that.

[hellsmond]

xD mine biosphere died within a week, it smells like hell0.o

[chewykiller]

well if u listen to at the end. he says that theres a mix that has to be right if it is it will last a while the only problem nex would be food...

[NvPGulstab]

I think, don't take my word for it, but I think the plants can be eaten and then grown back.

[chewykiller]

oh duh =P sorry

[NvPGulstab]

Also plankton.

[chewykiller]

yea i havnt been thinking i was working on a report..still working right now...yet its about this -.- somewhat...

[NvPGulstab]

I want a really big biosphere in my backyard with a little spider monkey running around eating bugs and throwing feces at the glass and clogging up the air holes... And then I'd have to take a little toothpick and poke the holes back open.

[chewykiller]

lol good idea....

[NvPGulstab]

Maybe put a couple alligators in there to make it interesting.

[chewykiller]

lol ill try that

[NvPGulstab]

Don't forget the malaria-carrying mosquitoes!

[chewykiller]

yea and my sisters

[NvPGulstab]

lulz

[uncooltaquitos]

you!!!

[ironman2530]

lol....or light a small fire....

[rangerjoseph1]

the way it works is, the big animals eat the small animals, the small animals eat the smaller animals, and those animals eat algee, the plant, and minerals in the swamp muck, and when the big animals die they restore the minnerals... if you make a bioshere properly itll survive for years, no food! no water!= easiest aquarium ever

[jazzpoliceman]

mine tried to kill me... damn swamp thing

[diehard951]

lolololol

[Hotelfboy55]

that be cool if there was a salt water version. probobly be impossible to maintain. probobly have to mess w/ PH, slat to water ratio, and u would need a protein skimmer. worth a shot though!

[denolaj]

this looks really cool! So basically, you don't have to take care of it anymore afterwards?

[racewets]

hay you just let it sit every thing is takin care of... :P

[diseaseddragonfly]

ive seen every one of ur videos at least 10 times!!! Dude, I need a girlfriend badly. Also, u should do a diy on a simple robotic hand with the arduino

[mousepotato64]

Needs a girlfriend, wants a robotic hand....man, that is just wrong!!

[afiALLWAYS]

i dont think that would work were i live (the desert)

[conrad2468]

its pronounces "sicklid"

[afftonpimp]

"its pronounces"

What a douche LOL!!

[conrad2468]

my bad it was a typo "it is pronounced "sicklid"

[amazula]

douche, HA!

[Vikingguy01]

ok wow thx for helping me guys thx a lot

[amadoraa123]

i got an extra A+ in science for this thanks bre!

[Vikingguy01]

someone plz help me i was wondering if u needed those things from the pond because since i am trying to do this in winter i cant find any so will a clam or shrimp or anything else work for it thx!

[jerrylambert]

I've got a challenge for you Make guys hat I believe you will fail:

MAKE love to a woman....hahahahaha....

[oppositronic]

you should emphasize week, not end

[TacoForPaco]

Cool. I'll make this because my class is reviewing biomes.

[hunterxd2]

can you somthing like that but than whith incecst on land and not in water? would be fun um going to try

[hunterxd2]

ow w8 i have a idea trees transfer Nitrogen Dioxide in to oxygen so if i plant some gras in a jar or somthing and do some research about incects what the eat and how they live and create a biosphere for that sort of incect if you have an other idea let me know and make a video response on my video biosphere ideas what im going to make now

[pyrowuzzup]

lack of periods makes my eyes hurt

[xLordxcheeriox]

can we put fish in it?

:/

[RyuuHatake]

There was a fish in it, didn't you see it?

[xLordxcheeriox]

Just a shrimp,

I really don't consider that a fish

xD

[RyuuHatake]

No look at the end, there is a black fish swimming around

[Kagurath]

It isn't a fishtank. If it was a fishtank then you would have to feed them.

[RastafarianPilgrim]

that's kinda why you call it a biosphere - because it (unlike a fishtank) "takes care" of it self...

[AlfaTampio]

Nice as allways. lol

[dimitriii]

to all the people who say a fish tank is a biosphere.

it's not

a biosphere doesn't need ANYTHING from the outside world, not even food, except maybe sunlight

[Mclaineadams]

i got 1 of those yeah its called a FISHTANK!

[joeydmk]

ha ha nice

[fieragoax]

NOT a biosphere man did you even go to 6th grade we did this and i loved it

[demoniclyevl]

Isn't that like playing god?

[gamer1324]

Isn't god playing god?

[demoniclyevl]

I never thought of it like that before.

[Rathearia]

Isn't your comment like you being a dumbass?

[demoniclyevl]

No, not at all.

[MisterSym]

Any updates on the status of your biosphere, Bre?

[shadowmirage2]

wouldnt be cool to have a gym size building to work with and anti gravity dirt ball with a heater in the middle and then make a mini earth lol

[arixshow]

I saw some of these selling at Brookstone at the mall for $65-$250!!! And I'm glad I saw this video before going there, lol, cuz i would have bought one >.<

[superbooks7]

Interesting idea. Thinking a biosphere sounds good, and easier to maintain than an aquarium or terrarium.

[ducttaperulestheworl]

it does looks like sea monkeys.cool.i'm gonna try making it

[Alas777]

wont the animals die though?

[whirly22]

lol dont complain that all the critters in the jar will eventually die becouse it a scale expirament all the critters on earth will eventually die to

[professorM]

they'll from lack of food & O2. You need a much bigger container like a 5Gallon tank with the lid off.. What did we learn from the biosphere project?

And try adding a little of potting soil too.

[CanasOfBadon]

The plants give off O2. I made one for school, and it did pretty well (it collapsed after I dropped it, and it shattered). The small larvae provide food.

[UndergroundSolution]

The idea is pretty cool but still depends on the weather from outside (sun/heat etc.) So it is not really independent.

[therealspacejunkie]

It is as independent as our Earths life is of such things. This is probably good enough for off-world colonies or arctic research stations. We might need to consider a way to get light down to deep sea or out to deep space research spheres though...

[dienized]

yeah you wouldn't need that, if u actually use sea plants just get some that dont require light, like types of sea weed ect,

[cheese671]

yeah that would be hard because all plants need light

[PublicAbuse]

wrong plant's from down in the bottom of the ocean have a system tht allow's them to seek great mass's of light out of darkness like having realy huge puppile's in your eye's like a walking tree (those things are scary)

[a10fjet]

no plants at the bottom of the ocean use chemicals from underwater volcano vents for energy, not light.

[DominickBlack]

Bre,

Love your shows!

[theMrScienceShow]

Wow! if they live or die in the jar what does that tell us about how we will survive in Earth's closed environment?

[Alas777]

what are you trying to say?

[theMrScienceShow]

I'm suggesting that we should consider their survival in a closed system to be a possible representation of our survival in a closed system. If we can't understand their simple ecosystem then how can we understand our complex ecosystem? i hope they live!

[skiball25]

the little critters are mosqueito nymphs  (young)

[Alas777]

you're pretty smart!

[vusiliyK]

thats pretty cool

[Alas777]

no joke! I wish i could make one, I've been wanting to make one but it looks complicated. I dont even want to get the chemicals that you need (lol, i dont know where to get them nor the plants), I know he tells you in the vid but ummm, i'm too lazy

[vusiliyK]

u get them in like walmart or in pet shops. i cant make one in water but im making a plantone that i dont have to water

[netsniper00]

its not as cool if its water, i thought it was like clouds in a jar or something.

[finky45]

you're retarded.

[netsniper00]

why? if thats considered a biosphere then i have one in my room. Its called a fish tank.

[itstheawfultruth]

but you have to feed your fish.

[yanijoe]

no you dont it eats the algae or other crap you put in there so yo9u never have to touch it

[therealspacejunkie]

With a biosphere - you never have to put anything else in there. ONce it is sealed, that is it. If you get the balance right, you get stuff to live for ages. It you get it perfect - well there is life indefinitely.

[netsniper00]

oh i see now. thanx therealspacejunkie. atleast you explained it to me.

thats kinda cool then. but wont the organisms get tob ig eventually or reproduce and die? wil they have little wars and spread aids then blow each other up with mini nuclear weapons???

[therealspacejunkie]

umm - nope, they will stay about the same size, float around a bit, eat, poop, hoepfully mate, and die. If you are lucky, they will actually produce offspring. The choice of organisms generally prevent them becoming oversize.

[netsniper00]

yeh, my 2 turtles wont get any bigger cuz my tank is a little small. Ive seen turtles like mine but 4 times bigger becase the tank is larger. its really amazing how animals adapt. I wonder if they can shrink also.

[scooter952]

haha yeah... that'd be an interesting thing to see....

[professorM]

you can't make a true biosphere in a jar like that.. All the critters will die.

[greenfisch]

pofessorM is so right. you must use a mayo jar. the critters will live forever! Go Bre!

[testorgguy]

dont stop makeing!!!

[evergreencreativeart]

Keep up the great work!!

LOL, hope things stay in balance after a few weeks.