Years old tropical ant-vivarium, this happened...

This is a remake of the tropical vivarium documentary. Sorry if you recently watched my first tropical vivarium documentary. This is a revised and simply better made version of it!! My Christmas present for anybody interested. Happy holidays!

I'm not sure why the YouTube algorithm thought I would want to see an hour long documentary about a vivarium at midnight, but it was right. I absolutely loved this and would love to put together something like this myself one day.

Having been an ant nerd for quite a few years, I've always been under the impression that rival colonies just mercilessly attack each other on sight, it's fascinating seeing so many colonies co-exist.

Wish there were more channels like yours, just capturing the simplicity of every day mirco dramas in mirco ecosystems.

As i was watching this i just got an idea: Imagine if zoos or something had a place with just one giant vivarium where you get to see the tiny ecosystem within. We are really missing out on an interesting opportunity to teach people how stuff like this works while also providing great entertainment.

So devastating that you had to disassemble your beautiful vivarium. Thank you for showing us around!

Words cannot express the absolute respect I hold for you for being able to make and maintain this work of art, a piece of nature within your very home that you are able to shape as you desire. Great job with all of this.

How the heck do different species simply pop up out of nowhere? That's what I find so fascinating. Amazing video my friend, very informative, thankyou.

This randomly showed up on my recommendations and I do not regret watching the entire thing. It was so interesting seeing the vivarium change over time.

Man, do you realize that you are the ONLY channel in Youtube showing such content? Its amazing, coz its my lifetime wish to make similar vivarium with huge biodiversity of insects and mainly spiders. When I was 14 I transformed a broken aquarium to a vivarium with variety of hunter spiders and it was amazing to observe how they hunt.

i love how at 34:25 you were about to say "whatever the ants could get their hands on" but then you hesitated

The "worm" at 20:20 looks a lot like a hover fly larva to me (Syrphidae). Definitely some dipteran larva. The tube actually is not at the "snout", but at the rear end. They breathe air through it.

The mystery plant at 8:13 is Begonia 'Emerald Jewel' (hybrid) Begonia imperialis X pustulata. The Begonias are native to moist subtropical and tropical climates. Some species are commonly grown indoors as ornamental houseplants in cooler climates.

2 uploads in the same decade this must be a miracle 🙏 ❤

I went on a month long road trip one time and asked a friend if he could take care of my fish while I was gone. I had a decent size tank with more than a few different kind of fish in there. Shortly after I left, the person meant to watch the tank would get themselves arrested and go to jail, unbeknownst to me. This was before cell phones, so he couldn't contact me to let me know. I end up being gone over a month. The fish tank became an every fish for itself deathmatch, with the losers being eaten by it's hungry opponent. When I came back I surprisingly found only one surviving fish left. It was eating one of its own kind. It was a kissing fish. It would seem that of all the fish, two kissing fish would end up being the fiercest killers, eventually having to turn on each other. There wasn't even really any pieces of the ten or more other fish in there. I bought more fish, but any fish I put in would get attacked by the now traumatized kisser fish that used to be so peaceful. Sometimes it would wait awhile and I would wake up to find it eating another fish that it killed. I eventually didn't get any more fish until the kisser passed away.

So glad you posted again! We could wait years for it if needed, it's always worth it ! As a French person I felt that joke about Argentina lol I myself have a massive carpenter ant colony living in a 1m x 40cm Vivarium, along with various animals and your videos are a real source of inspiration for me. Keep it up :)

I love your videos and the vivarium! The only suggestion I have is that you should show more shots of the whole vivarium that way we get a sense of scale. The close-up shots are cool and all but I think more shots of the whole vivarium would help emphasize and show that everything is self-contained in this awesome little world you built. Only close-up shots just makes it feel like another nature documentary :-)

Like myself, YouTube bought me here, love it but will have to watch it in bits. I'm always in the garden watching wildlife and insects.

Thank you so much for this video. I remember when you first set this vivarium up. I was utterly fascinated, and I’ve always returned to watch when you upload. This vivarium has served as a massive inspiration to me over the years. I even managed to create a similar setup for a while, though that one didn’t last as long as I had to redo the tank for my new pet snake. But these videos have taught me the beauty of biodiversity, and I always do my best to encourage it in my vivariums. It also grew my love for ant keeping, which has been a part of my life for years now. Thank you so much for showing the process of this ecosystem.

You did an unbelievable job sir my kids fell in love with every new ant colony that popped up and when the small pond started to come alive my son went into looking up snails and ants that can walk on water. Awesome job my man!