My Closed Terrarium After 7 Years of Life in a Jar

It's wild to think that this terrarium is now 7 years old. So much has happened in that time, especially my journey as a content creator. That video really got my channel going. I couldn't be happier with how it's progressed and evolved over the years from a jar with a few plants to a fully mature ecosystem this many years later.

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[SerpaDesign]

7 years!? It feels like just yesterday that I made this terrarium. I know that many of you have been watching since then as well which is crazy. I greatly appreciate your support all these years later. What do you think of the terrarium now? Let me know and have a great weekend SerpaSquad!

[luxurypetscz]

I wonder what the springtails' lives are like. It's been 7 years so for generations they only lived in this glass... the glass is their whole world. No predators, no bad seasons, just endless food and friends. Sounds like paradise

[MattyMonk]

seeing you age over 7 years was the most surprising, I swear had not noticed, but videos like this remind us we all are in the circle of life together

[ProximaCentauri]

Now this made me emotional. This is the first project that I ever saw from this channel in 2019 and I watched it with my mom while she's battling breast cancer and she expressed that she wanted to try terrariums. She died that same year before we could even start the project. Thank you for revisiting this terrarium. It's my favorite!

[jmarshal]

I started watching your videos in your terrarium age. I had always appreciated terrariums aesthetics but had never been a green thumb. But I’d started tentatively doing some gardening and growing house plants and decided I wanted to try a terrarium. Your videos were the first I found and I felt like I was in good hands straight away. My substrate is your mix, and I follow your layouts for the bottoms and I’ve only had success. As I’ve gotten more into this hobby, I’ve started appreciating paludariums and want to try my first one as soon as I organise my house so I have room for it. Thank you for supporting us in this hobby with your great advice and enjoyable videos, and most of all for being you!

[cherylmartin]

I love that you can fit in the size of terrarium to the size of the space you live in. An ecosystem in a jar can be a fascinating thing to watch develop. Thanks for the update!

[carsonhawley]

I recently moved across country and lost a lot of established plants. Glad to see this iconic terrarium made it! Here's to another 7 years 🍻

[woodfield]

Wow. Beautifully written. You must have an incredible archive. I'm so impressed with your storytelling. I appreciate all your varied projects and talents.

[colecarlson]

I think the terrarium is still a gorgeous piece of art. It really shows how much you love your craft

[Elzeria]

Talking about changes passing through years, I love the way you're adding more and more humor in your videos (for exemple the breathing sound for the moss that dried out made me laugh 😅) !

You are inspiring me so much years after years, can't thank you enough for the amazing job you've done so far
Love you, wish you the best in your new home !

[francisrodriguez]

When you do recaps like this, it is a realization of how long I have been watching your videos. I remember you making this one! Your techniques from years ago to now has definitely improved.

[gozerthegozerian]

I have a tiny homemade terrarium in a pint jar in my kitchen window. It had grown quite a lot of moss and algae on the glass, so I went out to our back yard, caught a few (3 or 4) pill bugs, put them in, and resealed. It’s been about six or seven months now and they keep the jar spotless. They even clean up decaying leaf matter.

[zyishere]

“The biggest change was me” how poetically beautiful, as we all pass by nature is the only thing that remains ❤

[dinnae]

I had one, too, for about 6 years. I used a scoop of soil from the forest, so that had some interesting creatures living in it. The earthworm lived for a few months. After a year or so, all of the moss started thinning out and dying. After 2 years, one single plant had entirely taken over, and for the rest of its life the whole jar was basically filled with it all the way to the top.

All I did was clean the glass every now and then, and add a little water back in.

It even survived a move across the continent (in the back of a van for a few days), but it didn't like its new spot in my house, so it started looking sad, and we parted ways.

Now that I think of it, it was probably your video that inspired me back then. So, thanks!

[jiminiechubbycheeksj]

Your ability to keep track with all of these long term projects never fails to blow my mind!

[Tser]

lol "their adversary creeping fig"...

I have a many-years old jar terrarium with an Anubius, random wild fern, and creeping fig quercifolia. I left it alone for well over a year this last time (I mean it still looked green and great so I couldn't be fussed) and it was *completely* full of creeping fig from top to bottom... you couldn't even see that anything other than the Ficus. No hardscape, no other plants. I just opened it up for a trim a couple weeks ago, finally, and the fern and Anubias were still thriving, just not visible. The Anubias was buried under a mound of Ficus and still looked green and lovely! One time I was doing aquarium maintenance and pulled out an Anubias and tossed it into a bucket to move to another aquarium, and put the lid on to keep the cats from drinking the water. And then forgot about it. For several months. When I opened it up, it was *fine*... still green and happy, hahaha. They grow so slowly that they can go so long without sunlight without it affecting them, haha.

I trimmed probably five terrarium's worth of Ficus out of the jar and tossed them in a random mini aquarium on top of some wet sphagnum moss (I guess it's time to start five new terrariums), pulled out the fern for a larger home, and sealed it back up. I was a bit worried the Anubias would get a sunburn from suddenly being uncovered and having access to light, but I just turned it so the rocks were facing the window to give it a touch of shade, and it's doing great.

Now I'll probably neglect to do anything with the handfuls of Ficus in the wet-sphagnum-moss aquarium for a year and that thing will turn into a

[cody.nature]

“life will go on as it always does” made me emotional😭 such a good video

[MsLeenite]

Love the mosses and creeping fig. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Tanner. Your videos definitely pass the sniff test!

[Alicia.Marie.]

That is the first build I ever saw from you. It was recommended to me by YouTube and I'm so glad for it! Been here ever since!

[aprilwilliams]

So glad to see that its still doing well. That one was the one that started my love for this channel. So beautiful.