Closed Aquatic Ecosystem, X-Large Sphere, w Base

I purchased two of these a few months ago. One for myself and one as a gift for Christmas. The first one was exactly as descibed. Four alive and happy shrimp swimming around! It's amazing how these shrimp can live in this closed system! It comes with a little guide on how to properly care for ecosphere, like how much light and what temperature is ideal. I was extremely pleased with this purchase! Definitely one of the coolest things I've ever purchased from Amazon. I was so excited to open the second box! I tore it open, pulled out the ecosphere, and to my horror all of the shrimp were dead. And not just dead but also shredded up in pieces. I think that the box was most likely mishandled during shipping. The poor shrimp got shaken up, and with the small stones, torn to shreds. Since my order had been fulfilled through Amazon it was super easy to get a replacement. No cost to send the "damaged" one back and had a replacement in a few days. The replacement had four live shrimp! The one that I kept is still doing great after 3 months. The one that I gave as a gift is doing great too, and she loved it. She said it was the most unique gift she's ever gotten! Update: Almost 2 years later and sadly 3 shrimp died after having them about 7-8 months but one is alive and well. I think I had them in a spot that was getting too much sun during the summer months and this may have been a factor. It's important to follow the guidelines on amount of light and temperature.

So I bought this two years and two months ago. It came with four awesome little shrimp, a snail, moss and a great piece of drift wood. The shrimp were red and active. Unfortunately, a few weeks after arrival, one shrimp died. However, for the next two years, the other shrimp have thrived. One recently died, but the last remaining two are red and active. For two plus years of daily entertainment watching this mini world, it was well worth it. The box itself arrived severely damaged but it was so well packaged it made no difference. The little guys were all fine and the delicate glass in tact. I will be a repeat customer. Wonderful little ecosystem for a nice oasis of life on your desk, right before your eyes.

I bought this for my husband at Christmas and it has been a wonderful little world to watch!! We ended up with 5 shrimp, 1 alpha (he’s huge) and 4 smaller shrimp (2 white/translucent); so they are easy to identify and keep up with. I will say I did buy this exact one for my parents last Christmas only to find out they’re ecosystem didn’t sustain and they all died. However, I do feel my mother didn’t know how to properly maintain it. I keep our sphere in the kitchen window as it is important they receive plenty of natural sunlight for the algae to grow since this is what they feed on. I’m also very conscientious about the temperature of the globe and will put it underneath a lamp if the week is rainy or devoid of sunlight. Hoping that these guys stay alive for awhile, but who can say? We have only had them since December 22. Fingers crossed 🦐

I love my shrimps so much! They all have names. I keep them on my desk at work and spend a large part of the day peeking in to see what they are up to. They never cease to entertain me. They are so cute and fun and it brightens the day for my friends and family when they receive my constant pictures and videos of the shrimps. It’s a great little world they live inside their ecosystem and they are easy to maintain, just follow the directions to place them in the correct area of ur home or office and then they just take care of themselves. I just love them.

I ordered the EcoSphere for our son. Received the first one and all the shrimp were dead. Also the plant material was minimal (did not look anything like the picture. Amazon's return and re-order policy was easy. Received the second one and it was perfect. Looked like the picture and all shrimp were alive. Plant material was very similar to the picture and our son is very happy with the gift. Thanks Amazon!

We got Shrimp Tim (the longest living shrimp of the group, his nickname) December 29th 2017. He died today, May 7th 2025. Long live Shrimp Tim. You will be missed. Your will to live was inspiring. RIP and thanks for the memories.

I love this EcoSphere!! When I saw it on the website, I just had to have it! However, I could have died when I saw the condition of the package on my porch when it arrived. It was torn almost completely all the way around! I just knew the orb had to be broken and the shrimp dead. But due to the fantastic inner packaging, the orb was intact and the little shrimp were swimming around! I'm sure they must have thought they had survived a major hurricane from the handling of the shipping company! So Kudos to Ecosphere Associates for a job well done with the packaging...now if we can only get the shipping company to be more careful with items marked "FRAGILE!" I bought the EcoSphere in the hopes that it would be a "de-stressor" at work! It has not disappointed and may even be helping too much as I find myself just staring at the shrimp swimming around instead of doing my work! LOL!! I am extremely happy with the EcoSphere Orb!!! UPDATE: Still loving my little EcoSphere! I would like to get another for my home. I wonder though...I keep seeing little bubbles forming from the bottom of the sphere on top of the white rocks. Today, the bubble actually floated one of the rocks (see picture attached). Is it normal for bubbles to form?

I gave this as a gift to my son in 2016 and one shrimp is still alive!!!!!

Unfortunately all the shrimp were dead when it arrived. Possibly due to the postal process and cold weather? Seller was great and offered to refund or replace right away.

nothing in sphere living or dead no brine shrimp at all