EUROPE's wildlife in a vivarium(2 meters)! First episode.
The first of many updates on this enormous piece of forest within a container. There are obviously less animals in this one as the foundational entities have to settle first. Although, in this video we will explore one of them, the isopods!
Thank you for watching and have a fANTastic day!
Nordic ants
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For this vivarium can you do regular updates like once or twice a month rather than doing it like once every 3 months or so,I'm happy you're back!!!
Antknowledge That would be awesome
Same
Will do my best. Definitely during summer though!:D
Nordic Ants sweet
Right
6:46 ahahah same ! So many species ! I juste learned some of them lived with ants
Julien TCHILINGUIRIAN :D its cool
hopefully you can upload more now everyones in quarantine
Scorching Goat hahahahha yes I hope so :D will do my best!!!
Glad you are back
Thank you!!
termite season has begun again.
0:59 Reminds me of the tiny beetle larvae in EOTU that spawn underground in Leafcutter nests.
OMG YES FINALLY ANOTHER VID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes
I love you creative vivarium it's the best thing I've seen on KZhead
Thank you!!! :D
👍🐜🦂 thanks Nordic ants
Congrats 20k!🎉
Thank you so much!!
Loved these tanks😇
Thank you! :D
I can't wait for your next video!!!
Nice video 👍🐜👑🎉
:D
Oh no! Sexual predators! :D Great and funny video.
Денис Сытник lol
hahahah!
Amazing! 🐜
You guys are ANTmazing :D
Nordic Ants ;)
Finally!
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10:56 Silverfish?
Yup! some wild species :D you really watched the entire video ;D
Nice point out
Your creations would actually look fitting in a museum
Wow! Thanks :D
mudkip96 What do you mean like old surviving species Call it like the dinosaur tank or something
Spot on 👌🏾
Sweet a new series By the way will you ever be making a multi environment vivarium like a desert area-sand with a heat lamp And some dried up wood with like a Skull Long side a really wet area like a swamp I think it be really cool and you could put Different species of ants that do well in each area
You will like this video LOL :D not as dramatic as a desert and swamp but...
Amazing idea!
And probably you can add some superworms in that skull with wood and for and for the swamp maybe some type of frog
i am not to sure about that, given how creatures like ants and worms move/mix the earth, it would only be a mater of time before the boundaries/distinctions between the different environments are lost or merge into one
@@nordicants6232 hello, i am trying to start doing this on a grand scale over time. I want to included as many small life forms a possible, obviously im concered with escape and extinction. I have no experence in this any advice on how to do this. How do you keep the ants from all killing eachother
Your vivariums awesome same with your videos!
Thank you sm!! :D
This is awesome! We've all been waiting patiently for your return! This new tank is so exciting, amazing job dude! By the way you should add in the organisms pictures to that food web
You read my mind ;D Thank you so much for watching Nacho!!!
Nacho Friend facts
I'm actually so lucky to be here!!! It is an honor to see this video nordic ants! Thank you so much for inspiring me to do these things too!
Lucky Clover awww the honor is mine!! :D have a fANTastic day
@@nordicants6232 You too!!!
Absolutely amazing I love how you diversitise the ecosystem to make it look more like the the natural habitats of the creatures that live there and I suggest that you please upload more often you are incredible
Omg what a comment! Thank you!
Issi Fraser facts
Its amazing to see the diversity of creatures that live in your vivarium! Awesome video as well buddy!:)
Thank you man! Appreciated :D
ooooooooooooo !!! finally !!!!!!!!! i love ur vids !
The master is back
:D hahahaha thank you! For still sticking to my channel
Larus Nobilis is also commonly called Laurel leaf. The Laurel leaf was used to crown victors in the original Greek Olympic games.
Wow! Thank you pup :D
Welcome back
Thank you! :D
You create a peace of nature inside your home its just beautiful -_-
Forever Ants aww thanks :D
See this is why it pays to be a subscriber
;D thanks for staying around
@@nordicants6232 oh I've stayed around, basically as long since the Thailand vivarium was created
Loveing your videos
Thank you! :D
Just checked to see if you were back. AM SO HYPED TO SEE YOU ARE. Imma go watch all the vids I missed keep up the great work man!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!!!! I remember you ;D
@@nordicants6232 That means so much, you made my day!
THIS IS AWESOME!
:D!!!
Wow
Sugoi
Long time since last upload Its like a mini forest!
It will be more like it a year from now! can't wait:D
Thanks!! This video made my day!!
Thank you!!! Truly my pleasure :DD
This is going to be epic! I have been patiently (NOT), waiting for your return. You have gone full out this time, and I am anxiously waiting to see the biodiversity that evolves, and how they interact. This will be an exciting and educational series. Great camera work on that intro by the way...and on the isopod...I love them.🖤🇨🇦
Love the isopods too!! Thank you :D feels great with you commenting again!!!
Nordic Ants Are you telling me I MISSED uploads? I didn’t get notifications...I will go see if you have surprises for me. I always comment, and I love what you are doing. Stay safe and have a blast with this.🖤🇨🇦
Nordic Ants I did find your teaser, which I had watched and liked...but somehow missed commenting. I have rectified that omission, and I promise...I will never be abandoning your channel. You have the most interesting approach, and you should have WAY more subscribers than you have yet. This vivarium should draw those laggards in. You are a dreadful tease, 😏 but I’m sure the wait will be much shorter now. Thanks for missing my ramblings.🖤🇨🇦
:0 Edit: OMG, im so happy theres a new vid-
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Hey good to see you!
Same :D
Wow! its going to look epic. Loving those salamanders.
How do you not have 1million subs you crate awesome terrariums
Thank you!!! Well normally you have to post a bit more frequently for that :(
I've been waiting for this for so long
Sorry to keep you waiting! Thanks for watching :D means a lot
Missed the Premier, but can't wait 3 months for the next update. It'll be great.
hahahah! will do better:D Especially during summer when on vacation!!!
You're awesome! Tack så mycket 😊 Lots of love, a quarantined ecologist student from England.
Sending love back! Stay strong
Sweet video as a start for this new series! Wish you showed uss more :PPP
Ants Scandinavia hahahaha you have seen first hand ;) will come next updates!!!
Oh yeah I used to watch your videos ants Scandinavia
Hi! I love your videos! I was wondering if you could take it upon yourself to make a tutorial video, how to make a beginners vivarium with local species from Scandinavia. I would really like to try this (If my wife will let me haha) as I am very facinated by small critters and insects, thats why I'm subscribed to you :) Takk på forhånd fra Norge :) EDIT: And I'm glad your back with a new video! Especially when it's local species as well :D
Thank you for watching norwegian neighbour!! Ofc that is a great idea :D in the future probably. Hope your wife allows it too!! Have a fANtastic day :D
Det hade varit grymt! Är supeetaggad, såg att du var svensk på lidl påsen.
truly loved this.much needed during quarantine XD
Stay strong!
Great video! :D
Can you please add some crayfish to the vivarium
Din kanal är tusen gånger bättre än Bustos värdelösa click baits! Fortsätt gärna så.
Tack så mycket! Ha en fANTastisk dag ;)
Hello ! I Love your videos! :D Your channel cen grow very big in the future I think. But Ive got a advice for you. I know that u put those plastic bags to make sure that those part will stay dry. But as we know, this is not the best natural way to do it, and maybe micro plastic would have some negative effects on the vivarium. :D its just my tought. Maybe its totally okay to use plastic bags, and you know it better. I just have this in my mind! :D But anyway! Keep going! :D waiting for the uptadte! :)
Thank you so much for the nice words and the comment :D you are right but it will take loads of time before microplastics are created i think! But yeah pretty sad to hve tp use this :(
Love it!
Loveu!!
I can't wait to new updates, i loved the last vivarium and this one looks so cool. Keep updating asap!❤️❤️
Thank you!!! Will do my best :D
Nice bro!!
Update on the jungle vivarium would be awsome
Very nice videos ! My 7-years daughter liked them too ! Very educative for children and to make them not scare about insects and love them. I have some many questions for you :) do you close the tank (it seems to me you do not) ? If not, are you not scared to have escaped bugs in your house (specially ants) ? Do you add lights (like for tank fish) for your plants, or just sun from windows is ok ? How often do you dry the left side ? Manually ? How quantity of water for your plants do you use without drowning bugs ? Do you warm the tank from the bottom, like done with vivarium ? What is the power of your pomp for not sucking underwater bugs ? Can you access to the pump when it starts to be dirt ?
Amazing thank you so much!! I have olive oil barrier around the tank keeping crawlers out, but other than that the tank is wide open for things to fly in and out. Hence no ants escaping but 1-3 beetles or flies for sure... just open the window! I have the tank exposed to both natural light and lamps on timer to mimic the sun movement I make sure to NEVER completely dry the dirt as that just kills off so many bugs... but I do keep it less most by simply watering the left side less. very simple I keep it at room temperature in the basement which basically follows the temperature outside to some degree. My pump is an aquarium pump so no microorganism is pumped into it but the ones that are small enough to get dragged in are quickly flushed out anyways! I can sort of access the pump as well yes
@@nordicants6232 Thank you so much :)
Nice! Always awesome to see new stuff from you.
Ants Portugal Right I wish He uploaded more
Thank you guys:D
Love there place
Hey man, as an experienced Isopoda keeper i to warn you, that A. vulgare is able to eat most of the plants and moss in closed enviroments. They also tend to get overpopulated really fast which doesnt help it too :D Hopefuly your Ispods will behave better :) If you want more information or another species of isopods (got several dozens of species) let me know. Keep doing a great job with these videos :)
DamnSand omg! Had no idea :D well I guess we will see. What animals compete and or eat them? Thanks for watching and have a fANTastic day
@@nordicants6232 Natural predators are centipedes, earwigs, spiders, beetles etc. usual predators of small insects and crustaceans.
@@mossdwellers114 Cool! Thank you so much!!!! I am in real need of isopod friends. Just let me know in the comments if you have any thoughts
@@nordicants6232 Not really related to isopods, but that trunk which you have here connecting waterfall area with "dry" area. I would be worried that when wood soak up enough water it will behave as a bridge for transfering the water from the waterfall into the soil. Actually happened to me with similar build :D back to isopods. Always have a backup of wet rotting leaves to fill the surface area. It will be afood for not only isopods. Adding some vegetables and fruits is also good. Also good to mention to add cuttlebone or calcium powder so isopods and other creatures with chitin got enough. It makes their molting easier and chitin stronger. Protein rich food should be given just sometimes if you want to keep their numbers on the leash :) If you provide protein food in the morning, other creatures like ants, snails etc. will consume it during the day, where isopods arent that active :)
YAY! i love your videos (: notification squad btw
represent! :D
Nordic Ants Will do😤
Amazing video! You really inspired me to creating my very own multi colony vivarium :) Already excited for the next part!
Thank you so much!!! Great :D
Ur back :)
This vivarium is SO AMAZING!
Thank you!!! :D
Ohhhh! I'm glad to see you are back! :) Looking forward to the next vids! (hopefully more regular too, ehem.. xD)
Hehe!! Yeah lets hope xD
looks amazing!
This is looking awesome! I can't wait to see all the different animals that will end up in it.
Thank you!! Me too
Epic! Nice to see this channel again!
Cool video! Just a suggestion tho, maybe you can add the super worms inside some of the vivariums and see if they can grow up to beetles or see how well they do. Just a suggestion tho. Anyways, this was a cool episode.👍 Happy you're back!!
Thank you so much!! Yeahh would love to but they are not native :(
All isopods need a thick layer of leaf litter to hide in and eat.
Yep! They hav lots :D
That's amazing, I can't wait to see how it progresses over time.
Thank you and me too!!
Hi Nordic Ants! I'm a new subscriber. Just saying, good luck on this vivarium and your school work. It must be hard with this virus going around. Stay safe and great content👍
Wow thank you! and stay strong and safe you as well!! It will get better :D
@@nordicants6232 Yup! :)
Nice! I wish I can make something like that
Just do it! Its truly worth it
i would like this video 10 times if i could. great video!
Same for tour comment!! 10x :D
I absolutely love this project. I would love to create similar thing but smaller (obviously) I'm worried about the insect escaping the tank tho. How do you prevent it?
im looking very forward to this terrarium, if you see this comment sir, i challenge you to make this terrarium bio-efficient enough to house a population of mammals like European field mice :D cheers(skal:p)
Challenge accepted!
Awesome video, wish you posted more though :) , btw do you still have the jungle vivarium?
Update on jungle vivarium in next video :D
Are you on instagram Nordic Ants? Love your vids btw!
Yes, he is.
What material did you use for the bottom of the waterfall where it spreads out on a rocky surface?
I know you're gonna make another tank. It's just a matter of time. If you ever get the chance or time, an ecosystem from an area like West Virginia would be awesome. It is very biodiverse there. Just an idea. Coming from Pennsylvania there are salamanders and some crazy bugs here. If you do see this look up a wheel bug. It's a crazy little thing and they are somewhat common here. Just be very careful with them. Nasty bite
Ohhh cool will think about it!! In the future then :D
the only real vivarium videos are yours. keep up the good work
Wow an honor! Thank you sir! :D
It looks like you have armadillidium vulgare, oniscus asellus, philoscia muscorum, porcellio scaber, porcellio laevis, porcellionides pruinosus, and maybe armadillidium nasatum.
WOW! Thank you so much!!! :D please let me know about any isopod tips or thoughts for the vivarium
Can't wait for that point when you let the ants in :)
Do you just get the logs from your yard . I’ve been thinking of making one to.
Hey when can I expect another awesome update as I am fascinated about how you will do this with the salamanders Also what plants where you using in this vivarium Thanks Liam
Next update in 1-2 weeks :D thank you!! Using all kinds of moss, laurus nobilis and some local plants :-) dont know that much tbh hehe
@@nordicants6232 I am an animal enthusiast and spend a lot of my time either researching and exploring new natural wonders. After coming across your channel I studied and "binged" your videos on the biodiversity vivarium. Now that you have started a European vivarium I am Inspired to do the same, I live in England. Please may You give me some tips on how you do this and any fundamental steps you know in order to create a balance. I cannot find anyone else on the internet who has attempted anything like this so really I need help from you. (also do you know of anyone else who has done the same). Thank you for reading this 🙂 and I hope you can find time to reply. Don't worry if you cant I would hate to make you feel like this is a burden Kind regards Liam
What are the dimensions of the tank?
How do you these plants and moss to grow I can’t seem to get any of mine to grow with out them dying
Moss want colder nights and warmer days! Then I also suspect the diversity of the ecosystem helps :D
Nice
What do you mean nice it was....amazing!!!
:DHi fellow termite lover!!
@@Thorn_krieg No termites not amazing (just kidding xD)
@@nordicants6232 Hello, a bit busy at the moment but I managed to watch the video :D
eltool the termesant keeper Hopefully They will be additions I would love to see a more aggressive species of termites so we can get some more action on them
Awesome video ! I've prepared a lot to build my own, but what would you recomend for the glass enclosure ? You built it yourself right ?
Nope! It is a koi fish tank :D
@@nordicants6232 Woaw nice find !
This is amazing... Wish I could replicate this in Nigeria but we don't have materials 4 it here. Keep up the good job 👍🏾
Thank you so much!! :D aww well depends on where you are, but I really hope that you eventually will be able to make one👍
it looks like you have used wood to make the water section wont the water eventually seep through and flood the rest of the tank? other than that it does a good job of blending in
Chris Saunders It Probably will but it also adds a bit of realism Like what’s happening to Australia plus It would be pretty cool for the vivarium to look a bit Different each time
Its impermeable wood! but thanks for the comment and good thought xD would've been disastrous
Did you add any springtails?
There are tons of them inside!!
newcomer so forgive me if this is covered in a previous vid! what is the soil that you use in this viv?
Soil from store and my compost! One nutritive and the other nutritive with cleanup crew such as isopods springtails etc
What soil do you use to make these vivariums?
Soil from my compost and just random soil from any flowermarket :D
Nordic Ants Thanks so much for the response. The soil you used here looked so much better than some of the stuff I’ve tried before so I was just curious.
Hi, Do you have any contact info? I need this because i need to talk about domains with you?
Nordic.ants@gmail.com :)
I'm from Bosnia and Herzegovima and I was thinking about making a vivarium too, and I've been thinking about adding a scorpion to it. Can you please explain to me where I could find them in the wild?
If you have them natively they should be under rocks here and there, probably in arid places! But maybe its better to leave the natural population alone and buy from an online shop instead :D
So you now have two 2-meter tanks?
Wich antspecies ll get in there
Millipedes vs crustaceans.
Will you recriate lower temperatures during the winter? Cause I think many european species need a hybernation to to activate their reproductive cycle. Otheerwhise you might end up with many animals dying out cause they stop breeding.
Yeah thats the plan! We will see how i manage :D