Seeing What Lives In Rainwater By Making A Closed Ecosystem

It has been raining a lot and I've been wondering what lives in rainwater, so I decided to make a closed ecosystem using rainwater. This ecosphere contains some animal life as well as a lot of smaller life.
Enjoy!

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Patrons: Claudia Watrin, Justin Duch

[LifeinJars]

As some of you have pointed out the 'more distinct' larvae are actually pupae.


Those small organisms you were seeing were probably rotifers.


Thanks for all your comments!

[tvljbnz]

"Never let what anyone thinks stop you from putting rainwater in a jar"


A timeless quote for the ages

[gijose]

"If you recognize this place, please donnt stalk me."

This guy is killing it today.

[maxii]

“Now I’ve acquired rain water, but I want


M O R E”

[royalspin]

I've been through this before where people will give you a weird look because you're collecting samples . I like to get plants like vallisnaria from a local lake, plus the sand is really nice . I'll occasionally catch minnows for my pond or catch some sunfish aka Pumpkinseed fish . The adults will keep their distance but it's always the kids who are curious about what I'm doing and will ask me tons of questions about what, why etc . That's the fun part when I get a chance to educate them about nature and spark their curiosity . I always enjoy answering their questions and seeing how much fun it is for them . I was one of those kids and remember having a mentor who got me interested in the hobby when I was 7 . One year I made a native vivarium display for my son's class that had tree frogs, Oregon newts and some salamanders and stickleback minnows . The kids loved it so much that the teacher had to cover it up during class till it was time to view it . It became a hit with the kids and even the visitors to his classroom . If people want to act like I'm doing something odd I don't care . It's not any different than what a biologist does .

[DISTurbedwaffle]

"Please don't stalk me."
*We have found you, and we're coming for your rain water.*

[bruhmoment]

"Now im on my neighbors roof, because they like to keep their rain there." LMAO WHAT

[JTheMelon]

"Now I'm on my neighbor's roof because they like to keep their rain there."

Why did that make me laugh

[santiklingo]

“never let what anyone thinks stop you from putting rainwater in a jar”

*misses jar*

[wesleyschweers]

"There are a lot of isopods living here...good to know"
Shit they bout to be abducted

[thecasualcitizen]

When reading the title of the video I at first assumed the rain water would be collected direct from the sky as it falls. A test to see if and what survives in relatively pure rain water.

[jobowisheshewasnomo]

love how this guy just goes around and abducts micro ecosystems.

[megumin]

i was expecting like, straight rainwater, not water that has been sitting there, or passed through soil/has debris.

[maggotmeatballz]

How about collecting the rain directly into the jar, that'd be interesting.

[simonwilliams]

“because they like to keep their rainwater there.”

[TcGamerP]

“If you recognize this place, please don’t stalk me, ” 😂😂😂😂

[liunknownil]

Thank you so much for the motivation! I am now able to put rain water in a jar without caring about what people think😊

[parsapourjabar]

I have just witnessed a man collect rain water for his closed ecosystem and I’ve just seen a larvae using a tiny air bubble to float to the top

Now this is good educational content right here boys

[bingleheck]

"now I'm on my neighbor's roof because they like to keep their rain there"

Idk why I thought that was so funny

[Visorak]

Bwahaha "If you recognize this place, please don't stalk me" 😂😂😂