and u begginers are looking for a new pet,they are good starter pets,do not mix them with other fish.
2006-09-22 15:20:41 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
OH MY GOD. I don't know you, but I love you in some way to say I can't believe someone else has heard of them. I walk around here all the time asking people about them and they never know, AND they look at me like I am crazy. They actually are little microscopic shrimp. They grow out of a package. Haha, honestly they are a good starter pet. It does teach you how to feed your pet all the time and they come with a little magnafine glass to see them. They are actually pretty neat. I can't remember where, but you do not buy them in a pet store. Sometimes in toy sections you can find them. I thought it was a really neat idea. Here I will give you a site to look at them more closely.
2006-09-22 15:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by ♫~Princess~♫ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea-Monkey is a brand name of a hybrid of Artemia salina, a species of brine shrimp. These are a type of fairy shrimp—not true shrimp, but a branchiopod. The term Sea-Monkeys (sometimes unhyphenated) is a trademark used to sell them as a novelty gift. They originate in salt lakes and salt evaporation flats.
Sea-Monkeys can reproduce both sexually (requiring a male and a female) and asexually. When the eggs are laid, there are fewer males than females per "litter". This is probably because they are not needed for reproduction. Females stop reproducing with the males when the males are too few.
Sea-Monkeys have been cited in studies of DNA and sexual behavior, primarily because they are commonly available specimens.
They were first marketed in 1957 by Harold von Braunhut as "Instant Life", though Braunhut changed the name to "Sea-Monkeys" on May 10, 1962. Many types of Sea-Monkey kits are now available. The company produces the original Ocean View tank as well as a variety of other products. The Sea-Monkeys company is now part of Educational Insights, and as of 2005 it is headed by George C. Atamian.
Sea-Monkeys are a clever piece of merchandise. In fact, these animals are nothing more than ordinary Artemia salina presented in an 'instant life' fashion. The U.S. Patent 3,673,986 granted in 1972 describes this as "hatching brine shrimps to give the appearance of instantaneous hatching." Adverts for Sea-Monkeys were widespread in comics in the 1970s, featuring drawings of smiling humanoid creatures that bore little resemblance to brine shrimps.
The key observation that allowed unhatched "Sea-Monkeys" to be cheaply packaged, shipped, and handled is that, in certain easily prepared environments, they enter cryptobiosis, a natural state of suspended animation. When released into their aquarium they leave this state and hatch.
Basically, one adds a 'purifier package' on day one. The user is unaware that this package already contains eggs in addition to the salt. At day two, one adds the 'instant eggs package', containing epsom salts, borax and soda, in addition to eggs, yeast, and a blue dye. The blue dye is used to enhance the 'instant life' experience by making the freshly hatched animals more visible. The Sea-Monkeys seen during the second day after adding the 'eggs package' are derived from the eggs added with the 'purifier' package. The food package is a mixture of spirulina and dried yeast. The 'boost' packages mainly contain salts, which induce sexual activity in artemia.
Although Sea-Monkeys have a biological life cycle of one year, the product guarantees that the Sea-Monkeys live for up to 2 years. This should be understood as the colony being able to sustain itself for two years.
2006-09-22 15:28:19 · answer #2 · answered by Soda Popinski 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sea monkeys are brine shrimp. They live in salt water and if you put them in an aquarium with other fish weather salt or fresh water the other fish eat them.
2006-09-22 15:36:49 · answer #3 · answered by BUPPY'S MEME 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are okay starter pets. They dont live long, but they are interesting to have. You generally dont put them with other fish. Usually you can buy them in kits that already have a mini aquarium to put them in.
They are a fun little pet to start out with!!
2006-09-22 15:28:24 · answer #4 · answered by Sarah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sea monkeys are brine shrimp. The fish would eat them up.
2006-09-22 15:28:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes the microscopic sea horse looking thingy, dont they come in a packet and you just add water
2006-09-22 15:27:42 · answer #6 · answered by ~ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to make a sad story short, I had them, and some how they never hatched. I don't know why, but yeah, they're pretty sweet. Like sea horses
2006-09-22 15:29:37 · answer #7 · answered by Panda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We bought them and we had a lot in a few weeks. Then they all almost died, but miraculously the ones that were left reproduced, we had so many, then my kid kid spilled the tank!!!!!!!!!!It was awesome while it lasted, we had all size sea monkeys. I definately recommend
2006-09-22 15:29:33 · answer #8 · answered by johnnylakis 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had them!! I found them after many years of wanting them from seeing them in the back of Archie comics :) They were just getting big enough to see easily and I accidently knocked it over :(
2006-09-22 15:24:28 · answer #9 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I also pronounced the commercials in comic books. i eventually confident my mom to enable me order some. i change into quite hoping they'd appear as if those little creatures with the crowns. they did not develop in any respect. i change into very dissatisfied!
2016-10-16 01:52:10 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋