The EcoSphere (Amazon link: amzn.to/1OQ4WxB) is a self-sustaining ecosystem in an enclosed glass container. By providing each sphere a bit of sunlight, each sphere will be able to self-sustain for years.
The bird was attacking his stuff and just think the shrimp see that thing in the wild they would of been dinner. Its a good thing he has them protected or you know them liberals would be yelling about shrimp abuse as they eat there shrimp dinners go fig.
@@TheArtorres honestly. I barely even took care of them. 1 died within the first year if I recall, but because someone mishandled it and I think it got crushed. I just let them do their thing and cleaned it occasionally and I mean really occasionally.
@@Chasebmf23 thank you for responding! I need to play around w the light a bit bc idk if they're too far from my window, but other than that don't really plan on messing with them
@@TheArtorres If I remember they were on an adjacent wall from the window sitting on my desk. I was also a teenager so it's not like I had my blinds open all the time. Might look into getting another one because they were just so chill.
I have only recently heard about the complaints on these, but we had 2. In the 1st, the last shrimp died after about 7 years, and in the 2nd, the last shrimp died just a month ago, some 14 years!
Larry Cutrone Sad, if you think that they live over 20 years in the wild. Shouldn't it be vice versa, if the conditions in this thing are supposed to be ideal?
Comment from Amazon: Would you enjoy seeing a death trap? I would not, so I created a little better home as I best I could care for them. Couple weeks ago, I saw the link to this intriguing ecosystem from a friend's facebook post and immediately so interested getting these little cute shrimps home. I read couple 1 star reviews and gets the hint that rather than a self sustaining ecosystem, it is simply a death trap. With the benefit of doubt, I researched more about the science behind ecosystem. The brutal fact became clear as I learned more: Manufactures trap a very unique shrimp specie that has very longevity up to 20 years in a eco sphere that cuts their live span to a fraction of couple years, which is still very long compare to what people expect out of a pet, and call it eco sphere. Sorry, there is absolutely nothing eco about it. it just these shrimp can survive the harsh condition of no food for a long time. They will get smaller in size as time pass and they will not reproduce in this sealed glass environment. Additionally, these shrimps prefer in shade rather than in the light, this eco sphere leave the shrimp no place to hide out at all...I will not continue to bore you with more brutal fact as there are already some detailed comments about it and some simple research will tell you more than what you would like to know. So... I still really want the shrimp, but not the death trap part. I decided to set up a little fish bowl myself to welcome the shrimps. I do not have the time to care for a large fish tank, filters and all that, but I know I can care for a small fish bowl. When I say care, there is really not much after the initial set up. Here is what I got in the picture: - 1.5 gallon fish bowl - Rocks - Instant Ocean Marine Salt - Bottled/purified water - Anubias plant (comes in a tube) Not many fresh water plant can survive in brackish/salty-ish water, but the anubias seems doing ok so far. - Marimo moss ball plant. That's the green ball you are seeing. It is shrimp's kitchen. The green moss ball is a plant that grows slowly in that shape. My shrimps love to mounch on it after couple laps of swimming. I do not feed them additional food. - A toy house. It made of clay I think. The shrimp love to hang out on the front porch if you look the second picture closely. They also like to hide under or climb on the house. - Opea Ula shrimp! It might be cumbersome than just getting the ecosphere, but I feel the shrimps are truly happier and less stressed. It was fun to play with my own idea,too. It's worth the effort. With self growing food (moss ball) and plenty hide out spots, they are active. I remember the first time I put them in there, they swim around for hours before finally took a break to explore all the spaces they can get into between the rocks. It is enjoyable to watch them chop the moss ball hair with that super tiny claws and shovel all of that into the mouth after a long day at work(They are small, I had to shine the flash light to see the claws in action). That's my two cents there. How would you like to purchase them is your choice, I just wish you know the fact and get the most enjoyment out of your choice :)
In the 1990's I created a lesson on self contained environments for my science students. I used 1 liter "Big Slam" soda bottles (straight sides large mouth). Three sprigs of anacaris , an aquarium grass, 2 glass shrimp (from local fresh water river) and a pair of guppies. The food cycle was very similar; the grass would die off at one end, the fish would eat the dying leaves, the shrimp would then reprocess the fish "poop" and the grass would absorb it. We sealed the bottles by hot melt gluing the caps. Total cost per student less than $2.00. Lifespan of the experiment up to 2 years survival. It is very important to leave about 3" of air at the top of the
in 2013 I got the globe one that had 4 shrimp, now almost 8 years later 1 is still alive, he's been the sole survivor for the last 4-5 years, the others died within the first 2-3 years. I wonder if he gets lonely. He changes from white color to red color several times throughout the year. Do shrimp get lonely?!
DIY is an alternative for this also. It's a simple concept so recreating wouldn't be difficult. Price point on aquarium and related projects usually incentivizes creative alternatives like this. Haha. Learning more about our earth and it's inhabitants is the plus here. This is a great way of conservation and isolating specific species of creatures. A good balanced ecosystem has to be humane or else it is a dead one. Imo
I'm not an expert - but - you probably want to give them extra light - even more than the instructions - don't worry about the algae growing out of control - if the algae is going to both produce oxygen & feed the shrimp, the algae probably needs a lot light.
Hello. I bought a same ecosphere four months ago . Today, I observed there are so many white and tiny microorganisms swimming around in the tank. What could they be? They’re so tiny that could not be observed easily.
I've seen these around for years and wanted one. I bought one for myself and one for my boss,she was blown away!!!(like minded and keep the boss harpy right?!?) COOL GIFT!!! Esp if taken care of, can last a decade+. This not new tech so go for it,
do you notice a difference in the shape, which one is a better environment? Are these little guys still alive? i have wanted these for a long time but just haven't bought them yet. Thanks for the video.
Just got another one. This will be my 3rd one. My shrimp grew, got red, and looked great. ive had one for 4 years at the longest. I buy one every 2 years
I love the parrot! They all are the same...curious; clowning around; and then freak out when you redirect them. I admit that I watched the parrot several times, but didn't finish the video.
i might be super late but, does anyone know where to buy this ? seems they are not producing this anymore. or if anyone wanna share their knowledge on how to build one ?, clean and simple like this one.
I wanna make my own. I have the orb thingy. And I don't know what kind of plant to put in it: I want a freshwater plant with snails and brine shrimp. But I don't think brine shrimp live in fresh water, do they?
Xdium yeah but they have to have a fresh water type somewhere... I wanna use freshwater snails because saltwater ones are too hard to keep alive in a closed system
+Inappropriate Reefer I fed them Reef Nutrition Phytofeast (LIVE) and for the fry make sure you have nothing but some sand. Oh and also your gonna need water flow, I recommend a cheap ass return pump with only 83 GPH.
happy to hear of every of these things getting shattered and the shrimps saved! =) holocaridina rubra naturally live in coastal pools of standing water. not sure if theyre thrilled about too much flow.
My mom always loved watching the little sea monkey enclosures. We had one for years when I was a kid. I really want to get her one of these but is it worth it for the price?
Rachel Tojio there's algae specifically in there which uses it up for nutrition. the shimpys can eat the algae. the longest I've seen one going was 12 years.
For the record, birds can do nasty work on a keyboard. Might wanna keep them off the MacBook. ;) I work in a workshop where we fix Macbooks, and we've had one such case where a domestic bird "attacked" the keyboard. Didn't just settle for the keys, either. Tore up the electronics below.
+NaigGuy the fish guy I want to say that I have seen them at certain museums (I think Natural History?), but I haven't seen them at any LFS yet. I think at this point Amazon would be your best bet, but they seems to be out of stock at the moment, probably from all us holiday shoppers!
They sell them at gift shops at aquariums but other than that only seen them on amazon I just bought one can't wait to get it. These freaks yelling about oh no shrimp need lots of space in a huge tank I had ghost shrimp in a huge tank and they died in a few weeks id rather try my luck with this.
Well I use to buy my tanks all the most expensive stuff so doubt that was it anyways this time I can't mess up even if they live a year ill be happy. You keep saying this is a shitty life they have friends in the tank at least on top of that I don't plan on shaking it around or being mean to them. I eat shrimp so I mean whats small shrimp really but dinner I do really like to look at shrimp its going to be a great pet for me.
You have no idea who I am you judge me on how I treat little shrimp much smaller than the shrimp people eat tons of everyday get real. If you think about it they have the brain size of bugs if you care about these shrimp this much you i'm guessing would get mad if I killed a fly for getting near me its just crazy to me someone would care so much over this.
The issue is u should have plants in their to constantly pull out more nutrients and also that's not a healthy way for shrimp to live they need a full sustainable source of algae not a here and there source
@Le Baguette So if it were an animal that only ate one type of food in the wild you'd be okay? Like a Koala and Eucalyptus leaves? These guys would be fish food in the wild and not live for very long (yes even though they can live a long time)
@@raxroyale7345 yeah but rhe thing with this is this is an enclosed ecosphere where its permanent closed (unless it breaks). But what you says is completely true.
things you started saying about 1:47 are not right they don't eat there body that is starving to death. if you're starving your body eats itself. these things are horrible and that's why you don't find pet stores. it's a marketing like the betta bowls. there is no such thing as a sustainable ecosystem when you take it out environment you can't have any complete system in a bottle you need more than that. To add to want you said about having animal will you have your dog in a dog crate for years letting him eat the grass that grow under him years. OR your fish without water change or feeding
These shrimp are freshwater and there are pet stores that make their own self sustaining ecosystems and it can be done as long as all the conditions are right. Many people have had great success with them. I do research with self sustaining aquatic ecosystems and it can be successful.
