Giant Ecosphere

Eco-Sphere is a sealed, spherical enclosure containing plants and animals in perfect balance within an aquatic environment. It is an elegant, completely-enclosed ecosystem teeming with plants and animals in equilibrium. The environment is specifically tailored to support numerous life forms including aquatic plant life and animal life such as small snails, crustecea, and small water-borne animals. The plants provide oxygen (through photosynthesis) and food for the animals which in turn provide carbon dioxide and nutrients for the plants!

This is a larger version of the commercially made Eco-sphere at the Singapore Science Centre. I apologise for the noisy background. The shrimps inside are extremely small so you might not be able to see them in the video. Ecosphere sealed in 1993.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• biosphere
• ecosphere
• bio
• eco
• sphere
• science
• centre
• singapore
• opae
• ula
• shrimp
• aquarium
• globus
• beachworld
• beach
• world

[Wijice83]

0:34 WHO DROPPED THE PLATE

[logik316]

I bought one of the large ecospheres (about 6" diameter), it lasted 2 years. I filled a simple soda bottle with pondwater, and I still have stuff swimming around in it after 4 years. Those ecospheres are pretty interesting, but not really worth the $150+ price they're asking for.

[PhoenixBorealis]

Cool! Seems to be doing quite well.

[khongbox]

Ecospheres are now available in Singapore....

ecospheresingapore(dot)com

[jamiemcxx]

whats that laughing in the background

[Miq2u]

The problem is that without the proper balance of bacteria and other micro organisms there is waste produced that does not neutralize and builds up. The poor Opae Ula used in these things usually die a slow death do to poisoning.

[LipeNoda]

oh, its amazing!

[cliftut]

@taiidan1 The shrimp are pretty tiny, not like aquarium shrimp.

[SirSexyAlot]

@taiidan1 Probably because they consume too much oxygen and food.