Building my BIGGEST Ecosystem yet! - Creating a Large Woodland Terrarium / Vivarium

In this video I build a large terrarium from a spare fish tank I had lying around. Usually my ecosystems are small and contained within jars, however this time I felt like trying a project a lot bigger! I went out and collected various plants from a local woodland. The woodland hosted a vast variety of plants to stock my terrarium with life. I just knew there would be hitchhikers in the plants and was not disappointed. In fact a lot of new species showed up only after I finished editing the video... You will get to see those species in future update videos. I decided to add springtails and armadillidiums to this terrarium as they're both species I enjoy to watch. The springtails quickly dispersed into the plants and soil, however the isopods are a lot less timid. Every time I check out the terrarium I see different individuals exploring. They don't seem to be afraid of light. I decided to start off with a mixed colour variety of isopods. I did this because I wanted to see what colours might show up in the future. I was also curious if certain colours would fade out of the line or if they'd continue to show up over the generations. It guess it just adds a interesting feature to the colony. I was not expecting to find parasitic mites in this vivarium. I hope that over time predators begin predating on the mites. I do however have a backup plan if that doesn't occur naturally. I quite enjoyed creating a larger ecosystem and hope to create a lot of videos showcasing it's inhabitants. This video was a lot longer than planned and I'm sorry if the creation process dragged on a little too long. I'm also sorry for the glare, I didn't review the footage until after it had been filmed and I couldn't go back in time to film again. I'll do my best to ensure this won't happen again. 0:00 - Introduction 0:09 - Collecting Plants 1:36 - Adding Drainage Layer 2:29 - Adding Substrate 3:19 - Adding Wood 4:02 - Adding Plants 7:42 - Spraying The Plants 8:03 - Adding SPRINGTAILS 8:44 - Adding Armadillidium Isopods 10:47 - Showing Hitchhiker Species 12:40 - Outro