Are sea monkeys brine shrimp?

bill109

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wait.. so you can make seamonkeys in a small thing and put them into your sw tank for food?>!
 

1journeyman

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Originally Posted by bill109
wait.. so you can make seamonkeys in a small thing and put them into your sw tank for food?>!
Brine shrimp are candy. Fish like to eat them, but they won't be healthy eating too much.
 

bill109

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Originally Posted by 1journeyman
Brine shrimp are candy. Fish like to eat them, but they won't be healthy eating too much.
ut oh i gotta change my feeding habits then i feed them a little bit of flake tthen a little bit of brine... oh wait is mysis the same?(nutritional wise) i am using mysis. everyother day with the flake they eat the flake as well.
btw is it anybetter to feed "sea monkeys" over frozen brine?
 

1journeyman

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Mysis are different than brine. Mysis are a good choice for feeding, but always feed a variety of foods.
Freshly hatched brine and "enhanced" brine (fed high vitamin content) are better than normal frozen brine.
 

sharkboy13

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id say it may be a little tiny bit bettr to feed sea monkies cuz theyre alive and being frozen makes the brine lose some nutritional value
 

xdave

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Newly hatched brine shrimp are nutritious. They become less nutritious when they lose their egg sack. The frozen brine is adult unless stated on the package.
 

poniegirl

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Oh, fine, dash my little world! Do you mean that the she-monkeys won't actually have a little blue bow in their hair like it shows on the package?
Seriously, is it safe to feed the packaged "sea monkeys" to your tank? I have often wondered...
 

alyssia

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Originally Posted by PonieGirl
Oh, fine, dash my little world! Do you mean that the she-monkeys won't actually have a little blue bow in their hair like it shows on the package?
Seriously, is it safe to feed the packaged "sea monkeys" to your tank? I have often wondered...

I don't know if it's safe or not....
 

1knight164

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Originally Posted by PonieGirl
Oh, fine, dash my little world! Do you mean that the she-monkeys won't actually have a little blue bow in their hair like it shows on the package?
Seriously, is it safe to feed the packaged "sea monkeys" to your tank? I have often wondered...
LOL! I fell for the comic book advertisements when I was a kid. Boy, was I disappointed when they didn't look like the picture!!!
:mad:
 

xdave

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If you hatch the eggs in tank water you can use them, I'm not sure what the stuff is that they give you. Are the eggs separate, or is the salt and them all mixed together? You're going to feed the pets your daughter got for Christmas to your pets?
 

alyssia

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Originally Posted by xDave
If you hatch the eggs in tank water you can use them, I'm not sure what the stuff is that they give you. Are the eggs separate, or is the salt and them all mixed together? You're going to feed the pets your daughter got for Christmas to your pets?

No, I'm not the one that asked if you can feed them to your fish.
 

poniegirl

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Originally Posted by xDave
If you hatch the eggs in tank water you can use them, I'm not sure what the stuff is that they give you. Are the eggs separate, or is the salt and them all mixed together? You're going to feed the pets your daughter got for Christmas to your pets?

That was me...my daughter got some too..it even came with a "wrist aquarium" so she can wear them to school! :scared: She's 12 and wouldn't be caught dead with it!
And I guess it was more a rhetorical question, following up bill109's.
They come packaged with water purifier, live eggs (as opposed to dead eggs?) and growth food. I don't know if there is salt in the water purifier mixture or not.
I'm going to quote this package, it's quite entertaining! It says:
"Don't ever be lonely again! Just gently squirt them to your Wrist Aquarium (that's a trademark, BTW) and you are set to share your adventures with them--for up to 18 hours. Introduce your pets that date back to the Jurassic Period to your friends. Amaze them with facts like they breathe though their feet and they're born with one eye but then grow two more!"
Charming attributes in any pet, eh? I wonder what happens when that 18 hours is up :thinking:
 

alyssia

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Originally Posted by PonieGirl
That was me...my daughter got some too..it even came with a "wrist aquarium" so she can wear them to school! :scared: She's 12 and wouldn't be caught dead with it!
And I guess it was more a rhetorical question, following up bill109's.
They come packaged with water purifier, live eggs (as opposed to dead eggs?) and growth food. I don't know if there is salt in the water purifier mixture or not.
I'm going to quote this package, it's quite entertaining! It says:
"Don't ever be lonely again! Just gently squirt them to your Wrist Aquarium (that's a trademark, BTW) and you are set to share your adventures with them--for up to 18 hours. Introduce your pets that date back to the Jurassic Period to your friends. Amaze them with facts like they breathe though their feet and they're born with one eye but then grow two more!"
Charming attributes in any pet, eh? I wonder what happens when that 18 hours is up :thinking:

My daughter is 11, and she would freak if she thought she had to wear a wrist aquarium!
 

xdave

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Who are they marketing those to? Anybody that straps brine shrimp to their wrist to not be lonely has a serious problem.
You guys probably aren't old enough to remember these (this was the late 60's) but they used to make platform shoes with live goldfish in the heels. Groovy.
(sorry alyssia, my a.d.d. must have kicked in
)
 

poniegirl

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"Anybody that straps brine shrimp to their wrist to not be lonely has a serious problem."
Yes..I agree! At 11 and 12, I know of at least two people who do not have a serious problem! Out of the (honest and
instinctive) mouths of babes....Children are incredibly insightful, if we listen.
 

bill109

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Originally Posted by PonieGirl
That was me...my daughter got some too..it even came with a "wrist aquarium" so she can wear them to school! :scared: She's 12 and wouldn't be caught dead with it!
And I guess it was more a rhetorical question, following up bill109's.
They come packaged with water purifier, live eggs (as opposed to dead eggs?) and growth food. I don't know if there is salt in the water purifier mixture or not.
I'm going to quote this package, it's quite entertaining! It says:
"Don't ever be lonely again! Just gently squirt them to your Wrist Aquarium (that's a trademark, BTW) and you are set to share your adventures with them--for up to 18 hours. Introduce your pets that date back to the Jurassic Period to your friends. Amaze them with facts like they breathe though their feet and they're born with one eye but then grow two more!"
Charming attributes in any pet, eh? I wonder what happens when that 18 hours is up :thinking:

your son/ daughter is going to go to school and be like look guys at my new wrist aquarium!!!
its filled with sea monkeys... they are actually brine shrimp andthey breathe throught theri feet and dont actually carry aroudn the tridents..
they walk away and talk to the next set of friends and do the same thng
the 1s group os prolly like wow what a wierdo(can be a harsh word to hear lol).. sorry if your kid did this but by the sounds of it none did
i hope no mother or father says no its cool to wear wrist aquariums.
although it would be a 1st to see someone with one on though!!!!
seamonkeys in a watch ... ut uh i think i hear the sea monkey police comming lol
 
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