Two years ago, I built a multi-species ecosystem, This Happened

I have a 150 gallon tank and want to do something very similar to this. I have 2 questions:

I breed mourning geckos, I want to put a few in the tank. It looks like you keep your enclosure open on the top.
How do you keep yours from jumping out? I know Vaseline works for most bugs but what stops the geckos from just hoping out from one of your plants?

How do you keep the ant population in check? What stops them from murdering everything else in the tank? In my experience ants are a species you can not really keep with anything else.

How long do you think it’ll take for the other creatures to evolve into their own civilizations and the reptiles into social media/ metaverse CEO’s?

Are there any predators for red fire ants?

This is the dream for any reptile keeper having real life nature in your house it’s amazing

Please share the tank information

How do animals thrive in the tank filled with fire ants that will attack them relentlessly

Totally absorbing...loved it..could sit there for hours just watching it all unfold.
P.s. hope nothing has escaped..?

This is so dope

Does the decomposing food smell?

Amazing btw!

Wait are crickets carnivores?

Bung some Bombardier beetles into the mix... Kaboom ...

dont some of the creatures can escape from an open surface when you doesnt close your tank? sorry if i did not make it clear

These things are incredibly interesting. Thank you for sharing this. I find bug creepy but as I learn about them it just opens up my heart to all living creatures.

That is awesome,I have watched fish aquarium creations but never imagined you could have such bio-diversity with insects and invertebrates in a small environment.

do you know how did the mantis die?

This is absolutely amazing. Never felt at peace from a video. Deserves more recognition tho!

HEY DAR MAN FAN

This derserved more views😢

I love your channel so much my man.

I LOVE ALL YOUR VIVARIUMS

Add a frog this is awesome

love this

Can you show how to do a beginner set up? What kind of plants? And insects ?

really inspiring stuff

Is it normal for ants to move their home so much? And why did you pick fire ants? They hurt.

love watching how much care you put into your builds! I'd love to see you work with more isopods! they're my favorite~

respect for even having crickets. i would have every insect but bc they are noisy and eat everything😂

Kinda surprised the ants haven't taken over and eaten everything tbh. I still remember the lizard I caught as a kid in arizona and put in a tank only to get get back from a shopping trip to discovered ants got in and killed it.

Absolutely amazing, really enjoyed watching and listening to the video.
Looking forward to watching more content.

no body beetles :D

Where do you get your isopods ??

I’m from the north east Sunderland to be exact your accent sounds like you’re from the NE I’d love to know! Good luck with your channel and keep the content coming!!

Do you have problems with Mold? Is it fully safe to have decomposing matter in a closed environment?

Why didn't you use glass for the water area?

My friend Aj wants to do this someday

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Great vid!

Which substrate did you use? Plants? I'd love to build a similar one myself

I have a question, and that is why feed them so much? I feel that could be detrimental to an ecosystem. Also, I feel that your isopod population has gotten well out of control and just looks like the Tokyo metro all the time.

This is so cool

What species was Alfred? He's so adorable!

The mournong gecko would have a steady food suppl

What type of vine is that taking over the tank.

Such a cool video

Have you seen the mourning geckos eat the ants i habe a small ant colony and i would hate for my geckos to eat them all

What do you do to keep the cricket population in check

Wow, what an amazing set up ❤

Love it! I have just stared to keep ants. I have no idea if I’m doing it right. But I hope they will increase in numbers.