So Many Sea Monkeys!!!

[Sumatra503]

I didn't realize how many Sea Monkey eggs there would be in a 1/2 teaspoon of eggs, but I can assure it's a lot. I have the little things coming out my ears! My estimate on the number that hatched is somewhere in the ballpark of 200,000 based on the number of eggs per gram!

I have them in a 1 1/2 gallon tank with an aerator and a small heater. When you look into the tank the whole thing moves! I can't imagine using the whole teaspoon of eggs that I was supposed to use!

 

[Kevin565]

 

[ChickiKat]

can chickens eat 'um?

 

[featherfinder]

Oh my thats alot!!! I remember doing the small kits as a kid. Are yours for enjoyment or do they have a purpose?

 

[Sumatra503]

They are mostly for fun, but my beta will probably eat them.

I'm pretty sure the chickens wouldn't even be able to see them. they are only the size of a comma(,). They are really, really cute, though!

I may offer up a few kits on CL since I have no idea what to do with them all!

 

[Kevin565]

Are you going to try to raise some to adulthood?

 

[The Wolf Queen]

What, no pics of the moving fish tank

???

 

[Shayna]

most likely they are brine shrimp - fish love them!

 

[Kevin565]

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Your correct. Sea Monkeys are a hybrid Brine Shrimp Species.

 

[Sumatra503]

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Your correct. Sea Monkeys are a hybrid Brine Shrimp Species.

Yup, bought them as brine shrimp eggs, but more people know what a sea monkey is than a brine shrimp. Plus brine shrimp isn't as cute of a name.