What Are Sea-Monkeys?
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
- An explanation of Sea Monkeys and their history.
In this video I give a history of the Sea Monkeys product, show how to set up a tank and give an explanation of where brine shrimp / artemia come from.
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First-time sea monkey owners here! Just wanted to say thank you. We've successfully raised sea monkeys for 4 months now, all thanks to your videos. I have 3 young girls, and they've loved watching the sea monkeys grow and have more sea monkeys! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
That’s so great to hear! I’m glad my tips have been helping :) you sound like a great Sea-Monkey parent 🦐
we got sea monkeys as kids, but my dad was the one who became obsessed with them. raised about 30 generations before a disease wiped them out and he was devastated. maybe I should continue on the family animal husbandry business…
Why was your dad so fascinated by them? And how did he manage to create multiple generations? Did they breed?
@@NineNineOne honestly no clue why he liked them so much...probably just because they're neat lol. and yea they kept breeding and new tiny ones would appear. it was cool to see the females carrying their eggs, you can see the eggs inside their bodies under their tails
@@sierraswann3657 haha that’s cute he loved them! Ok, so I didn’t realise that once you buy the eggs in the packet… they can then reproduce themselves in “captivity” haha. I’m 44 years old and I’m now curious enough that I want to get some!
@@NineNineOne do it! my dad was well into his 50s when we got the sea monkeys. you're never too old for joy and whimsy
Try triops
The first time I brought sea monkeys I said to myself they where only gonna last a week, but watching more sea monkey videos I managed to keep them alive, and it’s almost there 1 year anniversary!!
Well first time it’s was winter… yeah I think you know how they died
🥳 congrats! 🎂
@@pico-cosmos I have a question do you need a bigger tank over time
@@Mabledipperstansandbillthats a really good question
You mean birthday?😂
I love sea monkeys
I love jamal
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Sea Monkey looking like a newly born Digimon.
Or maybe vice versa...
Found your channel just the other night and am loving it! I'm also a New Zealander and had sea monkeys a few years back, although sadly they did not make it through the winter. Your content has reignited that interest and given me new ideas! Thank you and keep up the good work:)
Ah you should totally try raising them again! Kmart sell them for cheap 👌 thanks for supporting the channel Jakob :)
Your channel has inspired me to keep sea monkey as a pet myself! Because the toy doesn't sell in my country, I had to buy everything separately (the eggs, pipet, tank...) but it was totally worth it!
Ah that’s so cool! Which country are you in? Making a DIY setup can be challenging but it’s so satisfying when you get it to work
I'm from Vietnam, sea monkey kits are super rare here and when they're available the price would be ludicrous. It's definitely worth it buying your own setup, in fact all of the things I bought ended up costing less than a kit!
Maybe you should make a video about doing a DIY set up 😊
They really are a great starting pet for kids and adults.
This was an AWESOME description/summary!! Perfect!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Honestly my mind is simply blown on how good these videos are and how fast they come
Thanks! I always feel like I’m really slow with making the videos but they’re a lot of work 😅
brother i shared your video and liked it....hope that these beautiful documentaries about this creatures spread more on the youtube algorithm....your channel and its contents deservers more views
Thanks for supporting the channel :) Really appreciate it mate 🙏
extremely interesting info, amazing video clips & editing, plus your voice is quite lovely as always! love seeing more of your videos/work! 🖖🏻🌻✨
Thanks love
I love how educational this video is
It’s my favourite part about these videos :) I’m currently working on a video about Daphnia which I’m excited to share soon
Amazing Video ❤
Thank you for a wonderful history video!
:) glad you enjoyed it
Nicely made video. When I was young we tried to raise Sea-Monkeys several times. They would hatch, grow and the tank would die off. Not sure if my parents helped the process of them dying off to get rid of them. I love Sea-Monkeys now and I wish more people would watch your video and realize they are not a scam.
What a brilliantly genius and brilliant idea this guy had.
I heard that kids experience massive disappointment with Sea-Monkeys, but luckily that wasn’t the case with me.
I was a newly immigrated child from Japan when I fist saw them in store, and didn’t understand what the product promised to do on the package. My dad saw me staring at it, and, being a scientist, he excitedly described the fascinating life cycle of brine shrimps and their extraordinary survival method. I got starry eyed at the seemingly miraculous animals! My dad gladly purchased the Sea-Monkey kit and we raised them together.
What I witnessed was exactly what my dad described, and I loved the tiny but amazing pets I now had. I didn’t expect instant life nor anthropomorphic creatures to live in castles 😅
Now that the product has had solid success, they should advertise these neat guys accurately as they are; fascinating, amazingly resilient animals 😊
(The tank was unfortunately tipped over accidentally by my sister who yelled at me for the Sea-Monkey tank water staining her diary while I cried for the massive loss of life. What chaos!
Now that I’m an adult and much more careful, I want to keep them again. Thanks for your videos!)
Love this story ☺️ good luck raising them again!
Thank you for the good video. informative. well done.
I actually enjoy them and they are fun to watch even as an adult! I am probably going to get another kit and put them on my desk for me to watch. They are easy and very cool even more if you have a light up tank.
They looks just like pictures! Cool.
neat
Started a 1 gallon Brine Shrimp tank because of your content tbh. Didn't even know Brine Shrimp were a thing till I stumbled upon your channel
Ah that’s so cool! How are they doing?
@@pico-cosmos They seem to be progressing well! It took me 2 tries to get an adequate salt mixture with the Sea Salt I got. My first run around had a little too much and they all died off. Running 2 aerators, at lower aeration, and a USB heater. I've also done some research, as I started with the Sea Monkey tanks before I decided I wanted something bigger, and from what I've seen the Sea Monkey brand eggs have no scientific research that concludes they aren't anything beyond normal brine shrimp. Their claims of longer life and bigger size have been disproven in a few studies I've seen
Yeah I’m pretty sure Sea-Monkeys are just standard brine shrimp lol
Aaah, nostalgia. When we were kids, I convinced my brother that sea monkeys were a scam and just salt - and he ended up drinking the whole thing! …/my bad. 😂🤦🏼♀️
Oof
Did they burst out of his stomach like the Alien Chest Burster?
Oh no-
I remeber seeing sea monkeys at toys shop and next to them there where some things called triops.. I got triops.. They are adorable as heck
I have a sad update on my nephew's Sea-Monkeys and a request for help from the Sea-Monkey community (that sounds weird) - there is some kind of disease that turns parts of their body white. Maybe a section of an arm, maybe part of the egg sac, maybe the tail, but they continue to behave and swim normally for a week or two. The white sections eventually turn black and the swimming slows and becomes less coordinated. If the tail is black it might fall off before the shrimp dies. I never saw this with the several Sea-Monkey sets I went through as a kid, they just looked normal until they disappeared (and what happens to their molts and dead bodies anyway? They don't leave a trace!). Has anyone seen this or heard of it? I've heard of diseases like this in prawns and other large shrimp but searching in context of brine shrimp didn't yield anything I found very helpful.
@pico-cosmos
It sounds like it could be “black spot disease” - nobody in the community seems to really know exactly what this is, but in all likelihood it is probably due to a mineral deficiency. Apparently the best solution is to slowly increase the tank’s salinity. “Aquarium Systems Instant Ocean” is a great salt to use 👍
@@pico-cosmosthat happened to me. My 2nd seamonkey tank did that. I was down to my last 2 seamonkeys. One of them died after a day of getting the virus then the the last one died after like 3 days so iv seen this, im happy that im not the only one.
Very much enjoying your videos. Have you considered adding Triops to your stable? I could never get them to hatch and would appreciate your guidance Thanks!
Ohhh that explains sooo muchhhh
The kiwi boi nice video bub
Sea people and meeeeeeeeeee
😂 best South Park episode ever!
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I have some and they had little baby’s!
Btw do you have to change the tank to be bigger at some point
Great job! Nah it’s not necessary to get them a larger thank :) Even a small Sea-Monkey tank is fine long term
After spending $100.00 (kit, heater, air pump, water and many egg packets) , I finally got a packet to actually live after the first week of their hatching. I should have gotten a pet rock instead of Sea Monkeys .........
I put this on your other video! Hi there. Great advice video thank you. I've gone crazy and have 3 tanks. My only problem is "how to remove the white scum from the top surface". I've read, lay a sheet of kitchen towel, on the top/surface and all the scum will disappear. Do you think this is advisable? I thought kitchen towel was "bleached paper", not a good idea to use in the tank, I would think. Do you have any other advice please. Also, does my tank have scum because I'm over feeding? Please help!
I have noticed some of that white stuff in the past, though I’m not sure what it is. You could try to do the paper towel method, though I’d advise using unbleached paper. You could also use a pipette to suck some of it out instead. In my experience the white stuff doesn’t appear to cause any issues though
@@pico-cosmos thank you for your reply. It can be quite stressful looking after such precious little guys. Its quite a responsibility making sure you're doing your best. However, like mother nature herself, somewhat adaptable and probably more robust than we think. Got to get this right though, its the only life they know. Thanks again, great to know you're there! Keep safe xx
Seamonkey = good times
Technically seamonkeys are just water ants but seamonkeys are cooler
Haha pretty much, yeah!
Hello,
I just was wondering what to do now, I started my first sea monkey tank maybe 1 1/2 weeks ago and everything was fine, they were growing big and swimming around very healthy, but now they are all dead. Just all of the sudden, there were no changes in anything I was doing, and everything was okay the night before, any reason to this? Or any advice? (Should I just scrap my tank and restart, or is there any reason to keep going?)
Maybe you overfed them? Might be best to start again if they all died :/
@@pico-cosmos I got a new tank... I'll also be ordering the aeration thing, and the heater from ur amazon :)
Good luck with your next batch!
I owned some when I was a child in the 90's, I completely forgot up till now.
There is also the thing about Artemia NYOS... Are Sea-Monkeys a separate special (hybrid) strain of brine shrimp? Is this even still claimed by Transcience?
I had some thoughts about this, but I'm still not 100 % on my conclusions...
I believe in all likelihood the whole NYOS hybrid thing is likely just marketing nonsense. There’s never been any proof to support the claim and it seems to have disappeared off marketing material in recent years.
@@pico-cosmos Yeah, I'm leaning into this direction, too...
It's fascinating how many layers of "well, actually" are attached here.
Truely a masterpiece of misdirection and trickery! But in a fun way somehow...
They are sold at fish stores for fish food. I bought them lots of times to feed my fish. Blood worms too.
can I buy this all kit
A little question here, if the first packet has the eggs and salt; is there any reason for me to add in the second packet. Why or why not?
Because the second has salt as well as more eggs which you will need to hatch a sufficient amount of babies.
@@LadyAntwillSSO thanks for clearing that up
@@NOSESMASH np!
I am frustrated! This is my 3rd attempt at sea monkeys. I had a bunch hatch out this time. I aerate the water twice a day and was starting to see them without magnification. The 5th day came and I fed them the correct amount. This morning I can only see 1! It is almost like the food is killing them. I am not overfeeding. am I starving them? I bought a volcano tank for a bigger tank. I bought a heater with thermostat to get the water the perfect temp. I have quite an investment now. What could I be doing wrong???
I had sea monkeys they lived 1 and a half years!
SEA MONKEYS 🐒 BRING BACK GREAT MEMORIES FROM 1970,S GREAT TIME TO HAVE A CHILDHOOD
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How often do you feed them? Where do you get more food if you need to feed them again?
I sent away for these from a comic book in the 80's and either they didn't arrive, or they arrived and didn't hatch. I was too young to remember. I got a few years older then sent away for some X-ray glasses so I could see people naked. I was disappointed to find that didn't work either! I guess it taught me to be wary of scams - very important for life in 2023.
Oh Sea-Monkeys are great if you care for them well!
they should make a documentary about the founder and selling sea monkeys, similar to the mcdonald’s “founder” movie they did
Sorry if I’m bothering you but I really want to learn who won the give always.
Sorry that's "by" not my mixing around! LOL
Amusingly, if you read the captions, sea monkey's also "go by another name you might be more familiar with Brian Trump...". I found this quite amusing myself, though I feel sorry for all the sea monkeys, must be hard to tell each other apart when they all have the same name.
I KNEW i should've gotten these, instead of the xray vision glasses when i was a kid.Talk about misleading.
I know what sea monkeys are there are like shrimps but you can keep them as a pet. Also sometimes people get sea monkeys to feed them to their bigger fish because sea monkeys are shrimps
My sea monkeys just hatched and I'm trying to teach them religion
Which one?
@@pico-cosmos Christianity
On the 7th try now.. distil water, placed in window (sun light only hits for about 1-2 hour in the morning) with a heater and air pump after your recommendation (26 celsius constant) , only feeding after 5 days, just beryl a sea monkey spoon full.. Still cant get them for more then about 1-4 weeks and never seen an adult. Cant for the life of me not figure out where i go wrong.
Is there green algae growing in the tank? I think that’s by far the most important factor in long term survival
@@pico-cosmos No. there's not. I have placed the tank outside now (its under roof) but plenty of fresh air and sun. Haven't added the salt yet, to see if it grows algae first. Then when there are some algae, add packet 1 and 2 ?
You need to put in packet #1 and #2 first, because you need a *saltwater* species of algae to grow in the tank
To clean the water put some bottled water into a cup only small say half full. Take all sea monkeys out. Then in a jar put a coffee filter over and pour the water this will clean the tank water.
Hello new sub! Can sea monkeys survive without the air pump thing? Because i cant get one please reply
Hey :) they can survive without it yeah, but I would recommend manually aerating the tank once or twice a day 👌 did you get a Sea-Monkey kit recently?
@@pico-cosmos Thank u, I haven't got it yet but the one is the original I think and comes with no air pump
@@pico-cosmosjust checked it's name and it's called Ocean Zoo
@@pico-cosmossorry I keep texting u but Should I get the castle one that comes with the air pump
You can get either one. There are some easy, low-budget ways to aerate a tank :) you can just blow into a straw into the tank to create some gentle bubbles
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i love sea monkeys
Same!
i got extremely unlucky with my sea monkeys where i got a pack consisiting of almost all females and in due course of me owning the sea monkeys the rest of my males died before mating meaning they only lasted one generation
Im still stugglong to grow algae. I wish i could just buy some 😂
You can buy it! Some websites offer various algae species that you can purchase online :) which country are you in?
@@pico-cosmos NZ 😅
I'm finding Amazon shipping and handling on anything shipped here super crazy. Is like 10x the price of the usb heater or mini air pump, so haven't been able to source one yet. I've just had like 30 babies come from one of my females too, I'm worried about losing them over winter. I'm just using a wheat pack and towel wrapping to keep them going until I find an affordable option
@@NickMate Ah I'd definitely recommend getting the small USB heater, they help so much! And they use hardly any power
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I always thought they would get to big and have to live in the bathtub 🤣🤣
Best thing as a child .... Easy this was before Teck spent hours watching
I am getting my first sea monkey tank soon wish me luck
Good luck!
Try to raise a sea monkey colony in mountain dew
So is the great salt lake a giant sea monkey tank? 😂
Lol basically yes
Why is there Eric Cartman from South Park💀💀💀
How long do they live?
Around four months or so under good conditions 👍
@@pico-cosmos ooooh thanks. But i guess that because they breed new ones you'll always have seamonkeys right?
Yup! A colony can be sustained indefinitely:)
I see a hidden image lol
I BOUGHT ONE FROM A TOY STORE
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First baby
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I send you little email with my setup 💖
0:46 WHAT KIND OF PACKAGING IS THAT???? OMG IT IS SIMILAR TO SOMETHING FROM A GUY. KINDA SUS 😳
Bro i was wondering too it looks like southpark branding
@@weaponizedham826 nope below South Park looks kinda sus 😳
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@@pico-cosmos simp
Have you ever heard of the weird connections between Harold and the kkk?
you so cute
He was also a white supremacist 😬and that’s why they pulled his ads from comics..
What you said is literally the definition of scam. They may be real creatures, however it's still a pond scum scam in which you'll have to buy more pouches on a regular basis.
get a life bruh
why do people keep making videos of the same thing that has been posted thousands of times? greed that strong? making thumbnails to attract kids for money is sick and should not be the norm. you are a grown ass man.