Growth

The most unexpected baby creature was born in my gaint rainforest vivarium, and there may possibly be more! It seems to be breeding season for many of the exotic animals living within our double rainforest vivarium kingdom of Pantdora & Orchadia. But with the new animals emerging into our forest, comes a special newborn that could change the course of this whole biological project. Hope you enjoy Season 3, Episode of 1 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

I'm conspiring with special termites to grow a highly valued mushroom species called Termitomyces. It's a fungus that is known to only be cultivated in the wild by termites, who farm the fungus as a food source within their nests. Scientists still don't know how to artificially cultivate the fungus in a lab or grow it agriculturally like most other edible mushrooms. The issue is that the mushroom and the termites are involved in a symbioitic relationship, where one cannot survive without the other, and so, using the natural conditions of my giant rainforest vivarium, I hope to be the first in the world to grow Termitomyces indoors. This is the epic story of how I intend to do it. Hope you enjoy Season 3, Episode 2 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

I started the biggest Ant War in my giant cloud rainforest vivarium. I felt Pantdora and Orchadia, my two connected tropical ecosystem tanks, required a greater biodiversity of ant species, especially because one of the ant species within, i.e Gnome Ants (Pheidole parva) have completely run a monopoly of the rainforest. In an attempt to balance the ant ecology out, I decided to add six more ant species into the vivarium. The result was a war, greater than anything the rainforest had ever seen. Hope you enjoy this Season 3, Episode 3 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series, and our celebratory video for hitting 6 million subscribers. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

Weaver ants are some of the most aggressive ants I've ever worked with, but I felt our giant rainforest double vivarium was ready to host such an arboreal ant species. I was curious to see how the weaver ants would integrate into our contained ecosystem. Would they completely eat everything, attack other ant species, and lead to ecosystem collapse, or will they integrate harmoniously into the foodweb? Through this experiment, I was determined to find out, but the weaver ants had a few surprise plans. Hope you enjoy Episode 4, Season 3 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

I spotted a species in my giant rainforest vivarium, that could end my whole ecosystem project for good, but the true mystery of its identity required the help of scientists to classify the animal appropriately and determine whether or not the creature was truly a threat to the vivarium and all its creatures within, or if it simply was a false alarm. Hope you enjoy this episode on ant taxonomy and the dangers of invasive species on ecosystems. Special thanks to Dr. Davide General and Perry Buenavente from UPLB National Museum of Natural History Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

My giant cloud rainforest ecosystem vivarium has hit 9 months of age, and has certainly evolved into a biological wonder in such a short amount of time. The flora and fauna within have become so biodiverse, the relationships and symbioses complex, and the tropical ecosystem robust. Walking through our rainforest within glass today is a truly mind blowing experience, as I continue to discover new creatures never before seen, and plants growing from places I least expected. But our 9 monthsary tour was not without some surprises. Hope you enjoy this Season 3, Episode 6 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

I found a mysterious egg in my yard and I couldn't figure out what animal it was. I wanted to add it to my giant rainforest vivarium, but before doing that I needed to seek the help of some animal experts to help me identify the egg. Their analysis was interesting, to say the least! Big thank you to Tyler Nolan, Jay Brewer of Prehistoric Pets, Clint's Reptiles, Dingo Dinkelman, and Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness for the help! Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

I am leaving my giant rainforest vivarium Pantdora on autopilot, as I travel to Canada and the US to attend Animal Con USA. However, a crisis has hit the rainforest and there couldn't be a worse time. Will our rainforest be able to survive without me? Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

I was speechless finding a new baby creature inside my giant rainforest vivarium (called Pantdora), after leaving for 18 days. Returning from abroad, I needed to assess if there had been any damages to the ecosystem while I was away. It turns out, inspecting the vivaria and taking inventory of its various animals was quite the adventure, especially what I discovered regarding a certain mystery egg. Hope you enjoy Episode 9, Season 3 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

I dug up a mystery reptilian egg that I found in my yard, from my giant rainforest vivarium, Pantdora. I had thought it was dead, but it seems the ecosystem and conditions within the vivarium were perfect for the egg's incubation, as it failed to rot and decompose even after over a month later. I felt, for my safety and that of the animals within the vivarium, it was time to take matters into my own hands and dig up the mystery egg to candle it and check for a living fetus. Doing so was quite the adventure. Hope you enjoy this Episode 10, Season 3 of my Eocsystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

Journey with me on a full tour inside my two-story, giant rainforest vivarium called Pantdora and Orchadia. The rainforest will be hitting its 1 year anniversary next month, so I felt it was the perfect time to do a complete tour of the lands, its creatures, and updates. One such update also involves a mystery egg I found my yard. I found out if it was alive and the animal that laid it! Hope you enjoy this Season 3, Episode 12 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

An ant war between invasive and native ants was brewing in my giant rainforest vivarium. A red ant colony known scientifically as Tetramorium insolens is an invasive species and posed a danger to the balanced ecosystem within our rainforest floor vivarium, Pantdora. I had to execute with a plan to stop the invasion. Turns out, Mother Nature had some plans of the own. Enjoy this Season 3, Episode 12 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

I discovered a ton of new animals in my giant rainforest canopy vivarium. After some renovations to my canopy vivarium, which involved moving in a large banyan tree, I was surprised to discover many species of animals had been introduced into the ecosystem. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

My giant rainforest vivarium becomes an entirely different beast at night, I explored my ecosystem vivaria, Orchadia and Pantdora, to see what life was like in the night. The nocturnal species of animals in our rainforest was mind blowing! Hope you enjoy Episode 14, Season 3 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

The rainforest vivarium hits 1 year old, but something had caused an extinction event. The cause of the species disappearances was not known, but after researching the state of the ecosystem and its biological relationships further, the rainforest provided me with the clues I needed to piece the puzzle together. Hope you enjoy this Season 3 Finale of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.