I just saw these advertised on TV thought it would be cool to get some for my son.

Has Any one had these and are they cool? And..... are they safe for my fish to eat? Not that I am getting them as feeders but just thought I would ask

I thought they were just brine shrimp

I thought they were just brine shrimp

They are some type of Artemia, but not sure what sort of stuff they are doing to them before they package them and sell them lol

they are just adult brine shrimp.

Very expensive brine shrimp too I imagine. :roll:

lol Yeah I know Caryl... mainly want them for the young man to watch but hey, if I get fish food out of it... all good

cant you just grow them up?? from eggs??

yep sure can my mate grew some on they are neat to watch

One of the best money making idea's ever!

my first contact with sea monkeys was on the back of comics about 50 years ago

I got them twice and they were brine shrimp eggs

Great food for the fish (I feed at least once a day) and cheap as well if you buy the tins.

Keep then (the tins) in the fridge for the best results then hatch at 24 to 28 cel. 24 to 36 hours is best for gathering and feeding. Its very important to keep plenty of movement in the sea water so I have a naked air hose bubbling quickly at the bottom of the bottles

Hi bedazzled. Pegasus wrote this article which you may find helpful

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/man ... hrimp.html

Hi bedazzled. Pegasus wrote this article which you may find helpful

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/man ... hrimp.html

Cool article

ok, so I am the perfect consumer :lol:

I went out and I bought the sea monkeys

ok, so I could have hatched my own brine shrimp, I even have eggs here lol but my son dosen't show a huge interest in the fish tanks so I thought him having his own little "tank" might just be the thing that sparks a real interest.

Will be adding the eggs later today lol

and I am sure we will have fun

Pour in some coffee and watch them grow at 100x the speed! Super charged shrimp! :lol:

But seriously, don't add coffee.

I had some a while ago.If you heat the water they can get quite big for brine shrimp (1 1/2 cms some times)

if you are getting actual seamonkeys i woulnd feed them to your fish because of what you add to them.

my friend just got some, and i got a little ant farm its so much fun :bounce:

Ant farms are awesome :bounce: , I use to have one when I was younger :bounce:

i have to keep watering my ants cuz it gets too hot ha ha ha

where did the ants come from?

instant life egg pouches aye?

lolz

I got an ant farm for christmas and had 3 different lots of ant escape out the air holes! I'm guessing American ants are bigger than NZ ants.

I got an ant farm for christmas and had 3 different lots of ant escape out the air holes! I'm guessing American ants are bigger than NZ ants.

Ahhh...Yes. First time I saw an NZ ant I had to look really close and say, "That's an ant?"

Here's an average Alaskan ant...

Jeez guys, didnt you know the best part is the cool tank with the little magnifying viewing windows! And the great little spoon for feeding what smells like green tea? Now if san fran supplied them with their brine shimp i would definatly buy them!

The stuff you feed them is basically "spiralina", it's dried out algae.

In Aquaculture, you feed Artemia salina to stock within 24hours of hatch, or you have to start feeding them algae to get nutrition out of them. Depending on what nutrients you want, you can use different strains of algae too.

So you end up keeping algae to feed to brine shrimp to feed to fish....

Theres also all sorts of optimum ratios and envronmental conditions.