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The Rice Paddy Ecosystem On My Windowsill

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I have always wanted to grow rice in an aquarium, and after learning about the unbelievable creatures that live in rice paddies, I decided to create one on my windowsill.

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20 Comments

@WorcesterTerrariums Creator 2 weeks ago (edited) Pinned

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@manifatzigula 2 weeks ago

Being able to film that nymph leaving the water and seeing it undergo metamorphosis is something only very skilled wild life videographers can pull off. You are really talented and determined!

@aish125 2 weeks ago

As a Japanese who grew up in 70's, I know how the current rice paddy is different from the one I played in. But I didn't know how it affects the ecosystem. Also I couldn't see inside the rice paddy while I was playing! Thank you for the amazing project, filming, and editing! (I hope I didn't step on the little lives while I was playing decades ago)

@GavinKohAquascaping 2 weeks ago (edited)

I am fully appreciative of the amount of editing and filming that has gone into this video. You most certainly deserve all your success...and if I may say so, an inspiration and a model to my own small channel as well.

@peebledeeble 2 weeks ago

yay!!! currently in labor at the hospital post epidural and just waiting for things to progress. this is great timing

@chevanc 2 weeks ago

I've worked in research labs that also grew rice (I didn't do it much myself but I helped those who did now and then). The light requirements are no joke. Seedlings and young plants were done inside with LED lights with the red and blue channels cranked WAY up. As mature plants in the greenhouse we had to supplement them with big overhead lamps in the fall, spring, and winter. This was mostly because we were trying to maintain year-round summer-like active growth conditions and actually produce grain. They don't die without that much light, but they go kinda dormant and slow growing, IIRC. They'll also grow taller and bushier than one might expect, don't be surprised if you have to get more space between the aquarium and light at some point.

@ahmedalsaad-u9b 2 weeks ago

7:54 its like giving a lollipop to a child but its a bloodworm to a hydra

@dirtyjeepgirl 2 weeks ago

Your videos, with their storytelling, cinematography, and calm voice reminds me so much of Attenborough. Thank you for your focus on education, exploration, conservation, whimsy, and overall just being a delight to watch.

@BJD12thDoctor 2 weeks ago

Rice fish are lovely! I've got them too. When I remove eggs or tiny ones from the main tank, I put them in a tub with plants, molm and green water. They'll be able to feed off micro organisms and algae till they're able to eat micro food or BBS.

@RichSanDiego1969 2 weeks ago

Great idea, I'm going to try it with hamburger paddys.

@Miuku25 2 weeks ago

What a lovely video. I never knew dragonflies lived under the water for the first stages of their lifes! Thank you for sharing

@hannahlanai 2 weeks ago

I love how your videos always remind me of the innumerous tiny miracles going on around us constantly

@Kshitizfeels 2 weeks ago

Godly refresh pull !

@DrivingVertigo 2 weeks ago

If your outdoor pond doesn't freeze into a solid block during the winter you should be able to keep medaka in them as well. Medaka really should be more popular as it's one of the few highly decorative fish that can handle freezing temperatures outside of goldfish and koi. Due to their resilience and small size I hope you include them in more builds, even if just as another background character.

@Ahahggaf 2 weeks ago

Coollllll Even this tiny rice paddy has plants, microorganisms and all kinds of little creatures interacting with each other

@Kleric_The_Heretic 11 days ago

The Dragonfly was the first creature to ever develop wings and the ability to fly. About 100 million years BEFORE the dinosaurs.

@mauricehoss4402 2 weeks ago (edited)

I absolutely love your videos, especially the one with tiny. The way you write and create beautiful little stories for us is what I love. I even started my own little journey with my first jumping spider and bioactive enclosure!

@mynameisharsha 2 weeks ago (edited)

Absolute madlad! The amount of skill and knowledge you have is insane! Thank you for making such an amazing video, I cannot imagine the amount of work that went into it mate!

@tatermister5045 2 weeks ago

My betta has decided bladder snail eggs are delicious and takes care of the problem for me.

@blondbum 2 weeks ago

The sketches of rice fields looked like they were full of little Totoro. Adorable. Lived near rice fields in HI, they were fun to see in the middle of the city.