# I'm Building My Next Dream Vivarium | 100th Episode Special

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** AntsCanada
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj2lHNlxn6w
- **Дата:** 03.05.2026
- **Длительность:** 20:07
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- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/52149

## Описание

I'm building my next dream ecosystem vivarium! After having created four incredible vivaria of different biomes, each with its own resident species of plants, fungi, and animals, I now reveal my starting plans for Vivarium 5, a very different, hi-tech, and ultra biodiverse biome, which I am reconstructing in a tank and attaching to the whole vivarium system (Pantgea). I cover what the biome of this vivarium is, the many aspects that make it unique, the different niches is offers its resident organisms, as well as the possible creatures I hope to add in to form a flourishing, multi-faceted ecosystem. Hope you enjoy this Episode 10, Season 7 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series! It is our celebration of 100 episode to the series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

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This will be the vivarium of vivariums!   I am AntsCanada, Creator of Worlds,   the biological engineer of a multi-year operation  in my giant Ant Room lab, located in my home,   where I’m building an expansive network of  ecosystem vivariums: Exhibit A) Pantdora,   my 1000 gallon cloud rainforest floor vivarium,  which is connected by way of a cave tunnel,   to Exhibit B) Hydromeda, a tropical wetlands  vivarium, and to a vertical glass bridge of   wooden vines ascending up to Exhibit C) Orchadia,  a treetop canopy vivarium on the floor above,   and through an opening at the back, leading to  a fallen log bridge, to Exhibit D) Verdantia,   a gargantuan 2,000 gallon tropical Grasslands  Vivarium. It’s all one massive connected   ecosystem, I call Pantgea, housing a plethora  of fungi, plants, and animals, whose purpose   is to reveal how ecosystems work in the wild, and  guys, this happens to be the 100th episode of this   Ecosystem Vivarium series! Crazy! So in celebration of this milestone,   I have decided to announce that I have officially  begun the construction of our next giant vivarium,   which will attach to Pantgea, and is set  to be the vivarium of vivaria, pushing the   boundaries of possibility in my ongoing quest  to reconstruct Mother Nature within glass,   and guys, you will be mindblown by what I have  planned for this next tank, Vivarium 5!   Please SUBSCRIBE to the channel and hit the  BELL ICON! Welcome to the AC Family! Enjoy!   As Pantgea’s Creator of Worlds, I’ve come to  learn that building these ecosystem biomes   within glass requires a great deal of planning  and research in order to work. It requires a clear   understanding of the biome under construction,  a plan for what types of living things would   call it home and how they would all interact,  a knowledge on the needs of these species,   and what environmental factors need to be  replicated for them to thrive. But most of all,   it requires an understanding of the role the  biome plays at keeping the planet alive.   It’s why I’ve been studying for this next  vivarium, tentatively called Vivarium 5, or VIV 5,   for years now and have been canvassing for the  right team to help me, because I always knew that   when I was ready, and was crazy enough to actually  attempt to pull off such a hard and complex world,   creating this particular ecosystem vivarium would  be the coolest, most ambitious, most biodiverse,   and greatest opportunity for learning in a single  vivarium yet. Soon you’ll understand why I say it   is an understatement that Viv 5 will be unlike  any other vivarium we’ve ever made, and to the   best of my knowledge a first of its kind. So what  biome will this new vivarium be? Well, it’s quite   specific and a bit on the complex side, but  you guys will love it, so let’s get to it.   One of the things that will make this next giant  vivarium different is that it will offer more   ecological niches for its residing creatures  than any of the other existing vivaria in   Pantgea. How so? Well, to put it simply it’s a  compound of habitats, that can be divided into   four different “zones”, which will be home to  different sets of creatures. So let’s start by   talking about the first zone. It’s maintenance day for Godzilla,   my young spectacled caiman. He eats once a  week and poops once a week, and when he does,   my team and I go in to give Godzilla and  everything in his enclosure a good cleaning.    We take all precautions to ensure our safety  during this potentially dangerous operation,   but every time Godzilla is highly cooperative and  anticipates his favourite part of this maintenance   day routine, which you will witness shortly. Now as a crocodilian, he’s got some really sharp   teeth and is capable of a nasty bite, which is  why, if you’ve been following the channel, you   know he’s been undergoing human desensitization  training in this very open holding tank,   which has been a temporary home until he gets  transferred to his next home. As you can see,

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his training has been effective as he is totally  calm around us now, and this comfortability around   humans is important to instate while these  caiman are young and small because a full   grown 5 foot caiman that is scared of humans can  lead to a lethal situation rather quickly.   We start by doing a water change, scrub down  his rocks, and tank, as well as scrub his back,   and this is the part he loves the most! Arching his back so we can really get in there   with a good scrubbing, with his mouth  wide open, this back scrubbing session   takes him to crocodilian ecstasy!   Oop! Tickles! Sorry, Godzilla.    This scrubbing helps keep algae off his back and  also removes dead scutes, the boney scales that   cover his body. As you can see, he’s really come  a long way from wanting to bite our hands off back   when he first started this training program, to  now looking forward to this weekly scrub time.    Once the tank is completely clean, it’s time  to go in and add some floating lettuce which   will help with keeping nitrogen levels in the  water down until the next week’s water change,   and also reintroduce beneficial microscopic life  which will assist in keeping the water clean.   Now as much as he’s come to love this holding  tank, as mentioned, he’s ready to move on to   a larger home, with a larger land area on which  to bask and a new set of aquatic microorganisms   in the waters. Now, I’ve been planning to have  Godzilla move into Viv 5, because Godzilla’s   species can actually be found in Viv 5’s biome  in the wild, so I can’t wait for him to enjoy   life in Viv 5 after it is completed, at least for  a little while before we move him to either my 60   ft outdoor pond in my yard, or to a friend’s zoo  to live and breed with other spectacled caimans   like him. He will particularly love what I  have planned for Viv 5’s first zone.   The first zone of Viv 5 will be a rocky  jungle, and I plan to have a variety of   tropical plants growing around a volcanic rock  hill, onto which he can climb and bask under,   just as he does in his current tank, but with a  lot more land space. Also, Viv 5 will provide a   huge swimming area for him with a tonne  of microorganisms swimming around in it,   and get this, no more water changes needed!   I know you tank folks are scratching your   heads at this, but more about that in a bit. He’ll also be able to hunt for prey, like crickets   and roaches migrating from the other vivaria, as  well as those he manages to catch in the other   three zones. Now on to Zone 2, which I think you  guys will find truly interesting.   I’m a beach guy, and have been able to visit some  incredible beaches around the world. Each beach   is different, and not all beaches are powdery  sands and walkable. In fact, a lot of them are   dangerous, rocky, and hard to navigate, but it’s  these hard to get to places that I find are the   most biologically interesting to explore. Tide pools are isolated pockets of seawater that   form in rocky depressions along the coastline  as the tide recedes, creating thriving,   miniature ecosystems. These dynamic habitats  harbour hardy marine life such as anemones,   sea urchins, starfish, crabs, and seaweed adapted  to drastic daily changes in sunlight, temperature,   and water levels. AC Family, Viv 5 will have  a tide pool zone, where water can be trapped   and creatures can take advantage of these high  nutrient bowls of wet living space. I definitely   plan on introducing tide pool creatures to Viv 5,  which will truly make it a unique vivarium. I’ve

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seen a few interpretations of tidepools simulated  in tanks online, but I don’t think I’ve seen them   quite like how we’re going to create ours. I truly  plan on replicating nature with this zone! I’m   so stoked about this! Now about not needing water  changes, on the topic of nutrients, this brings me   now to Zone 3. Oooh you guys will love this! Hydromeda, the wetlands vivarium has been pretty   non-problematic, save a few leak incidents at the  start. The water environment is completely stable,   and insects travel from other vivaria, and end  up drowning in the water, feeding other creatures   below it. It’s actually an aquatic paradise down  here, but it does come at a price. It’s pretty   high maintenance to keep things stable. Once a  week, Hydromeda requires a 25% water change to get   rid of the nitrogen produced from fish waste and  decaying material in the water. This nitrogenous   waste is poisonous to animals if it builds up to  certain levels, and many creatures like Valentino,   my Green Tree Python who drinks from the water on  a regular basis, depend on Hydromeda’s waters to   be clean. A powerful sump filter and an awesome  team of plants help remove some of the nitrogen   and nutrients from the water, but not all, hence  the weekly 25% water changes. However, after   discussing with my team, I’m excited to share that  once Viv 5 is up and running, we no longer will   have to worry about these weekly 25% water changes  in Hydromeda, as we will have a place to siphon   off all the dirty water to, where a special set of  organisms will gladly eat it all up!   Mangroves are among the most productive and  biologically complex ecosystems on Earth,   serving as a critical bridge between land and  sea in tropical and subtropical regions. They’re   “superheroes” of coastal ecosystems, acting as  natural buffers against huge storm waves and   erosion; they’re biodiversity hotspots, providing  a home for a tonne of species; and are climate   change warriors, as they trap hundreds of millions  of tonnes of C02 gas from the atmosphere.   The mangroves themselves are highly specialized  plants that have adapted to live in salty water   or brackish water, i. e. a mix of salty and  freshwater. They’re able to filter out the   salts via salt glands in their leaves and have  roots that can filter it out as well.   Mangroves also help filter the water of  pollutants, and eat up a tonne of nitrogenous   waste and nutrients, and so I plan on having water  from Hydromeda travel through some clever piping,   to emerge as a small drip stream, into Viv 5  to eventually feed the mangroves, and simply   top off Hydromeda using special water level  sensors, with freshwater directly from my tap,   which comes from a well, so no chlorine. In this  way, both Hydromeda and Viv 5 will not require   partial water changes, and will be truly stable  with little to no human maintenance required,   plus this is actually what happens in nature,  where freshwater travels through the tropics,   which is what Hydromeda represents, and eventually  makes its way to the biome of Viv 5.   Now, the mangroves will also provide essential  habitat and hunting ground for other cool   creatures like mudskippers, which are the cutest  predatorial fish that can live in water and on   land, as well as archerfish, which spit droplets  of water out to snipe bugs traveling on the   mangroves so they fall into the water to eat. I  know a lot of you have been asking for both these   neat creatures, so this should be a real treat  if we pull it off! The mangroves also provide   essential hiding spots for fish and other small  critters hiding from predators, like Godzilla,   as well as other key predators that I’ve been  told could be properly sourced where I live,   and would reside in the 4th and  final zone of Viv 5.   I live in the Philippines, which is  an archipelago of over 7,600 islands,   home to some of the most stunning  beaches in the entire world,

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and my favourite beaches I’ve ever visited  are found here in the rock islands of Palawan.    Massive towering walls of black limestone  jut out of the ocean like gothic castles,   cutting up the ocean into sections of shallower  turquoise bodies of water, some of which are   hidden estuaries where fresh water from lakes and  streams meet saltwater coming in from the ocean.    These estuaries, bordered by mangroves,  tide pools, and rocky jungle, are protected   from the harsh ocean waves and are too  shallow for larger predators to enter,   which makes them peaceful, biodiverse  sanctuaries known as “Nursery Grounds”.    Every time I visit such nurseries, I always  try to spot baby sharks and have been lucky   on several occasions. This is a nursery ground  I visited several years ago where I spotted baby   black-tipped sharks hunting for fish. In these nursery grounds, one can find a   tonne of truly neat aquatic life, including  seagrass and kelp, coral and sponges, various   species of schooling fish, hunters like lionfish  and mudskippers, crustaceans like amano shrimp   which are found in Hydromeda, but that require  brackish water for their larvae to hatch, weird   invertebrates like sea cucumbers, larger creatures  like stingrays, and my ultimate favourite: baby   sharks, doo doo doo doo, who flee to these  nursery grounds after hatching from their eggs, to   escape predation from other sharks and fish. AC Family, for those of you screaming at your   screen right now at the prospect of having  stingrays and sharks in Pantgea, I won’t reveal   too much more, but bid you all to make sure you’re  subscribed to the channel, because like I said,   Viv 5 will be unlike any other vivarium we’ve  ever made, and to the best of my knowledge a   first of its kind in the entire world, and I’d  love for you guys to be part of the journey   as we build it and learn along the way. So now you may be asking, after all we’ve seen:   a jungle zone, a tidepool zone, a mangrove  forest zone, and a nursery, what exactly is   this biome we’re building in Vivarium 5? Well, AC Family, there is a name for it.    It’s a place where the jungle, the tidepools, the  mangroves, and the nursery, all converge into a   single key habitat, offering a very specific  set of niches for a massive array of life,   a dynamic world shaped by the tides, where fresh  water meets the salty in a brackish cocktail,   creating a biologically rich and geologically  complex cradle of space, tucked away in some of   the most remote tropical parts of the planet,  that a lot of people don’t hear much about,   but is absolutely vital to all life on Earth,  and after having visited and experienced this   incredible biome and studied the insane array  of specialized species that call it home, I,   your Creator of Worlds, am committed to rise to  the challenge of replicating it, as the newest,   beneficial integration to Pantgea, and so, in this  100th episode of the Ecosystem Vivarium Series,   AC Family, I am proud to announce that  our Vivarium 5 shall be… a Lagoon… and   you better believe we’re getting a shark! Vote in My Community Tab to affect this story!