r/Ecosphere

My boyfriend and I’s one and only terrarium that hasn’t been opened since about September of 2025. We added bugs (can’t remember the name) when we made it, misted it and let it ride.

To my surprise, it’s done fantastic, but recently I started to notice little white and yellow dots in the soil all around the jar ….and then all of the sudden the coolest mushrooms I’ve ever seen appeared. I don’t know if this is good or bad, but I’m not doing anything about it because I want to see how it plays out.

Enjoy **◡**̈

The tall one uses a rope as wick with moss tied to it. The knot keeps the water from evaporating.
The purse is my scud purse. I top off once a week with bottled drinking water cuz this does evaporate quickly.
The globe is my windowsill pond and the little whiskey glass has Suesswassertang.

You wouldn’t expect this from such a widely grown plant: it appears that all cultivated specimens are descended from a single wild collection.

I got the contents of the ecosphere from Hoods Lagoon in Clermont Qld Australia 🇦🇺. So i made this lil video of some of the critters. Also in the footage is some shots of my cornu aspersum snails 🐌 and their babies, also a springtail. I hope you enjoy it.

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I noticed these white cotton-like spots on the driftwood of my ecosphere after adding my snails to it. Is this a normal biofilm/ mold, or should I be worried? The aquarium isn't even sealed yet. Should I scrub it off or not? Thanks !!

My ecosystem setup:

It includes Hornwort and Moss from a pet store and the species of my snail is Tarebia granifera.

I’ve started this jar yesterday from a small stream and added a water plant from a store since I couldn’t find any in the wild. Any tips or recommendations to help it thrive? Since this is my first one any help is appreciated.

This ecosphere had been sealed for about 6 years but a couple months ago the last few original bladder snails died out and it started to look really nasty. After much hesitation and since I figured the jar was just about dead (aside from some very small copepod like creatures) I decided to open it back up and add 5 new bladder snails to it from the same location I originally made the ecosphere. Needless to say it looks much better!

Hi. I’ve recently made a tiny ecosystem with river water and these little larvae thingys have appeared. I don’t know shit about river creatures so if anyone knows, please tell me what they are.

There’s also 2 crabs that made their way in, will they be a problem or should I try to get rid of them? Also I don’t see any isopods unlike when I first made the jar at the beach, are they ok?

Watch how the particles slowly settle and the water begins to clarify nature finding its balance. And this is still not the end of the process before it becomes fully stable.