Sea Monkeys Ocean Zoo - Colors May Vary

WARNING: LONG REVIEW I've had sea monkeys before, probably when I was like in first grade. I remember my dad throwing away the food, me having a huge tantrum and ignoring the sea monkeys for a good three weeks, and returning to find one solitary little sea monkey still in the tank. After showering it with love, it died and we threw everything away. Now, I'm a junior in high school, and so I thought I was responsible enough to care for some brine shrimp marketed towards little kids. I received the package on Feb. 11, and to be honest, I didn't have high hopes.My tank was this gluey mess - I could see the little deposits of glue outside where it had dripped. When I opened the lid, I found a small crack in the plastic. I was disappointed, but was still super excited to try these little things out again, so I grabbed some E6000 to quickly patch up the hole and a bottle of water to fill up to the line. Day 1: I opened the package, fixed the crack with E6000 and got started! When I opened packet 1, the water purifier packet, it was slightly green, had little blackish-red dots, and would just come out of the packet. I had to dip it into the water, swish, dump back in, and repeat. From what I remembered, packet 1 was supposed to be white powder (at least that's what I saw in first grade?) but oh well. I finished with packet 1, and put everything else aside. It was around 6:45 pm-ish when I finished. Day 2: 11:30 pm (lots of homework, what can I say?), I opened packet number 2. Again, from memory, I remember just being able to pour out white powder into the tank, but again, the "powder" was green, wet, and speckled with little black dots. I was rather disappointed but forced on, doing the swish, dump technique again. When I looked into the tank, I could see nothing moving. Day 3: (At around 10:30 pm) THERE WERE BABY SQUIRMY THINGS! I could see a grand total of... 3. Awesome. But well, it was something, I guess? I took a coffee stirrer thing (the red plastic thin straws) and blew some air in. When I finished, I couldn't find them again. Hoping that I didn't accidentally kill them, I went off to bed. Day 4: So much for three baby sea monkeys... when I checked on day 4, I could see at least 80 little babies wiggling around. Knowing I was probably going to have a mass die-off (whoever heard of raising 80 sea monkeys to adulthood?) I said my goodbyes before heading off to bed. (Day 4 was basically Day 5, it was like 1:45 am by the time I finished chemistry homework!) Day 5: When I checked, there were maybe 20 sea monkeys, but they were now big enough for me to see without having to actually focus. I couldn't see any more tiny babies, so I probably had an entire carpet of dead babies at the bottom of the tank (good thing they were so small I couldn't see them too well... that would have been horrifying.) Anyway, I fed them on day 7, and stopped keeping track around day 12. My sea monkeys grew. I probably have around 30 in my tank right now - 15 big adult ones for sure and a lot of juveniles. I saw three itty bitty babies today (they're literally the size of a period and almost impossible to see unless you know what you're looking for. Look for little white swimming commas.) and I have a lot of reddish brown specks floating around, maybe around a hundred of those. (A google search told me that brownish red specks are sea monkey eggs, so that was probably the weird stuff in the package?) I keep my sea monkey tank on my desk and they accompany me when I do homework. It's been a while since I last fed them, but they have a little colony of algae in their tank (they basically get exposed to only my desk lamp so I don't expect too much photosynthesis). I don't often oxygenate the tank. Anyway, I was originally going to give four stars because of the cracked tank, the bad glue at the bottom, and the magnifying bubbles that really do a whole bunch of nothing. But then I wasn't buying this for the tank and could have used a mason jar for a "prettier presentation." It's just important to be really patient and look hard :) I attached a picture so you can see the sea monkeys in my tank! EDIT (1/17/2016): I did eventually give up on the sea-monkeys sometime in July, as I went to Taiwan for five months and during the time, no one fed or aerated the sea monkeys. When I returned, they were gone :( So I actually purchased another sea-monkey kit and I'm beginning the process anew - I bought the Sea-Monkeys on the Moon kit and we'll see what happens! I've already had a very different experience!

I bought this product recently and it arrived yesterday, I was really glad that it was shipped the same day i ordered and arrived in 3 days. At first I read through the reviews and noticed people were saying the container was thin and it was unstable so i was unsure but decided to give it a shot anyway. When it arrived not only did it look like the photo but I was relieved to find it was also study and the plastic is thick. I thought it might be flimsy and like other people said "water bottle" in thinness. I think it's not at all thin, unless your preference is bulletproof glass. Overall the product is great and the service was great. I followed the directions and after waiting yesterday to purify the water added the eggs today and already see some sea-monkeys moving! They're really small so be patient if you got this or you could miss them moving around. I bought this because i never got the sea monkey experience as a child but i'm so excited to finally find out what all the fuss is about. It's great for kids and i think adults could also enjoy it. The only little thing is that like the tittle says colors vary, it would be nice to choose the color, mine arrived purple (i would have liked red or green) but it serves the purpose.

I base this review on just the quality of the kit that I received today. I've bought Sea Monkeys kits in the past. This product quality is the cheapest plastic used that I've ever seen. The quality is similar to a plastic soda bottle, but probably less sturdy due to the three piece design. I've yet to attempt to add water, because first I want to find a way to ensure the flimsy base will not separate from the main section that holds water. Whomever came up with this design was smart to charge more than $7 for an estimated $1 or $2 in material. My recommendation is to try and find a hard plastic design instead of opting for this flimsy plastic design. The photo used for the product is not the same quality as the Marine Zoo that you will receive. I am seriously considering retuning this item. Anyone who rated the durability higher than 1 star is lying, unless they received the original hard plastic kit. WARNING: Don't buy this product!!! UPDATE: I went online and found an actual hard plastic kit for not much more than what I spent for this one. I returned the crap that I received from Schylling and got a real Sea Monkey kit. Don't subject your children or yourself to this cheap soda bottle product when you can find real kits still out there. DON'T BUY THIS FROM SCHYLLING!

I will be the first person to admit that I purchased these because I always wanted Sea Monkeys as a kid but for some reason I never got them. The video was shot on day 5 after I put the eggs in. There are quite a few little guys swimming around it the water and they are doing fantastic. I used spring water in their tank, kept my hands and fingers OUT of the tank and placed them in a sunny window during the day and I don't move the tank around much at all. I also aerate them for about 20 seconds every other day with a small air pump and stone that is made for fishbowls, the smallest one you can find. Mine hatched the day after I put the eggs in. When the kit arrived, I rinsed it out with the spring water after taking everything out of it. Then I filled it to the fill line with spring water, put the lid on it and let it sit for 24 hours. The next day, I poured the water purifier in. I didn't stir it, I didn't mess with it at all. I poured the pack in and then put the lid back on the tank. Next day I aerated the water then poured in the eggs. Again, no stirring or anything. I left it alone, put the lid back on and walked away. The next day, low and behold I had teeny tiny babies swimming around. Fed them on the 5th day after they hatched, which was a few hours before I took that video footage. I'll update again when they are larger but so far I'm really getting a kick out of this. It would appear that the secret is less is more, spring water, don't move the tank around and a lot of patience.

They worked! No, they never hatched, it didn't work at all! So, which one is it? Sea monkeys may've been to space, but getting them to work on Earth has certainly been a lot more finicky. I have a 50% success rate; my first kit didn't work, while the second one did. But first, an introduction: WHAT ARE SEA MONKEYS? Sea monkeys are a species of brine shrimp that undergo a state of suspended life, where they can hatch and be brought "back to life" after a long period of unfavorable conditions, such as being inside a paper packet in a product sold in toy stores and online. Pour these eggs from the packet into the water, and they hatch within a few days, wriggling and swimming and trading stocks. They look like tiny, bristly translucent shrimp no bigger than the tip of your finger. They don't look like monkeys at all, nor do they look like the mermen you see on the package art. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO KEEP THEM AS A PET? All you have to do is feed them once a week. You're given a tiny plastic spoon to feed them, and that's pretty much it. Sea monkey care doesn't require any specialized equipment beyond what comes in the package-- a plastic tank, and food. With the most favorable conditions, algae may grow inside your little plastic tank and it essentially becomes a self-sustaining ecosystem. You don't need any special air filters or chemicals, nor do you need to monitor the pH balance. If your child wants a fish or some other pet, this would be an even better test than putting a poor goldfish at risk. Sea monkeys are apparently guaranteed to last for two years, but the longest I've been able to keep a colony alive is about 2 months. WHAT DO THEY DO? Nothing, really. They just swim around. They poop, which you can see, because their bodies are translucent and you can see little brown strings moving through their digestive tracks. They also mate, when two sea monkeys merge together for days at a time. I've also read they're attracted to light, so you can shine a light in the tank and watch them swim to it. The tanks have a few spots that are magnified, letting you see better detail. HOW DO I START THIS? Three simple steps: 1. Fill the tank with DISTILLED water. Do not use tap water, do not use Brita-filtered water, and do not use bottled water with added minerals-- use "plain" bottled water like Arrowhead. Add the water purifier packet. Stir. 2. Wait 24 hours. 3. Pour your eggs in, and voila! Life before your very eyes!* * Probably within a few days. HOW DO I ENSURE SUCCESS? You can't. Sea monkeys probably don't have a 100% success rate, otherwise reviews wouldn't be so mixed. But there are things you can do to help it along: - Wait 36 hours instead of 24 after pouring in the water purifier packet. - Again, use DISTILLED water, not tap. Use a plain bottled water like Arrowhead. - Make sure to pay attention to the fill line printed on the side of the tank! Don't put too much water. - Sea monkeys hatch better in more favorable temperatures, like mid-70s. I put my first kit by my desk, and they never hatched. I put my second kit by the window, which was a lot warmer by way of getting lots of sun, and they worked! - Put your tank somewhere that gets indirect sunlight. Direct sunlight is probably too much, whilst indirect gives them the right amount of heat and light. Plus, you'd want green algae to grow so it can generate oxygen and serve as food. - Sea monkeys need oxygen, so be sure to aerate the tank, especially when they first start hatching. You can either stir it with something (least efficient way), or use a turkey baster/oral syringe/eyedropper/Aqualeash (if your kit has one) to blow air bubbles for about a minute a day. For best results, continue to do this every day for as long as they live. It's only a minute, and that's how you get to the 2-year guarantee! - Feed them about every 5 days when first starting out, and every week when it starts thriving (you'll be able to tell). If the water is cloudy, then don't put any more food, as you'll be overfeeding them. - There's a few more caveats, and you can get even more info on the Sea Monkey "fan page," called Sea Monkey Worship (look it up!) REVIEW OF THE COMPONENTS This most basic package comes with a plastic tank, feeding spoon, and three packets: water purifier, instant eggs, and growth food. The plastic tank is very light, the plastic is the right amount of thickness, and it has a few spots on the "glass" that are magnifying. The magnifying spots are a nice, built-in feature that let you see sea monkeys with better detail as they swim by. All packages will come with these. The water purifier is one-time use, as are the eggs. The growth food (which is a fine powder) will probably last longer than you can keep them alive, as you're only feeding them about 1/2 a pinch of food a week; you get a salt-packet's worth. SUMMARY All in all, sea monkeys are a fun and easy pet to keep, and with a little extra work you can really make them go the extra mile. If your first batch doesn't work, you can send out for another packet of water purifier/instant eggs for $3 and try again. They can be a little finicky, but once you get them going, you're a kid all over again, as well as their supreme creator of life. They make for a nice little display for your desk and are arguably the only pet that's acceptable to give as a random gift.

DO NOT BUY THESE SEA MONKEYS I bought these as a present for my girlfriend, but she farted in front of me so I said "NOPE" and kicked her out. The sea monkeys became mine. My pet capuchin monkey was recently hit by a car (he was a smoker anyways), so I thought this would be close enough to fill the void. I WAS WONG. That's my last name, but I was also wrong. I filled that little tank with water my landlord gave me and waited patiently for 24 hours as the instructions instruct before dropping in those creepy little eggs. now, i graduated from the university of phoenix online (i am addicted to the internet) so i KNOW that monkeys don't come from eggs. i mentally prepared myself for not-real-monkeys before even receiving this package based on that widespread science fact. well, guess what. these little bastards are so far from real monkeys i screamed and pulled out one of my teeth! first of all, monkeys do not have tails. these little bastards were at least 100% made of tails! secondly, when i reached in the tank to pet them and let them know they were loved once they had hatched... THEY BIT ME! i am not lying, they worked together to gnaw one of my fingers (the most important finger, the pinky finger, the finger i use to make fun of people with small wieners) and i had to walk myself 7 miles to the er at 3 am trailing blood and screaming. needless to say, i will never smile again. do not buy these sea monkeys, unless you are buying them for your nemesis or your mother-in-law. if you want to get something nice for your sweaty whore of a girlfriend, get her a butt-plug.

Alright so I previously reviewed this product and am updating. I bought these as a holiday gift for my friends, and funnily enough they bought me the exact same thing. Both of us followed directions perfectly, and were so excited when our monkeys hatched. (We are all undergrad students reliving our childhood). Unfortunately, our monkeys all perished within a week of hatching, and we were very disappointed. At this point I gave the product a one star review. As previously mentioned, I am a college student. I live alone, I'm very busy with classes and a full time job and I am also a generally lazy person. Because of this, I have left my empty sea monkey tank on my bookshelf since before Christmas (it is now January 26th). Just now, I was sitting in bed going about my usual business when I caught a glimpse of something moving in the corner of my eye. I have a pet aquatic snail in a small tank next to my sea monkeys, as well as an ecosphere next to that so I ignored it. However, I continued to notice something white darting around in my peripheral vision. I got up to investigate and imagine my surprise to find a GIANT sea monkey swimming around in the tank! This thing is about 3/4 of an inch long and I haven't fed him in over a month. I also see a couple tiny monkeys in the tank. I don't know what is going on, but I am into it. I think this is worth the buy, but who knows at this point. I guess my advice is to not throw the tank away, like, ever, because who knows what will happen!

Well I was a little skeptical at first reading some of the other reviews on here. I got my kit, filled the tank with water, added the water purifier & waited 24 hours. After the 24 hour waiting period I added the sea monkey egg packet. Didn’t see any sea monkeys the first day, or second day but finally on the third day in the evening with much up close squinting I can see little baby sea monkeys swimming around. The temperature in my apartment ranges between 65-72 & according to the instructions that probably has an effect on when the eggs hatched. So far, so good. I will try to update later on how things go. 5.20.18 UPDATE I forgot to update but all of my sea monkeys ended up dying within a couple of weeks. I was bummed. A coworker who is kind of a fish nerd told me to let the tank evaporate, then refill it with distilled water & see if I can get some eggs to hatch. Still waiting for remaining tank water to evaporate...

I loved them but they all died really soon after hatching. Maybe I shouldnt have put them in the window sill, in the direct sunlight..

Habe jetzt seit einem halben Jahr die Urzeitkrebse, Es sind noch 6 und die sind putzmunter. Bei mir hat es super geklappt, muss jetzt sogar Futter nach bestellen. Als nächstes stehen Triobs auf dem Programm!

I followed the instructions correctly and to the point where I added the eggs and from then on it was a waiting game i waited two weeks before I saw a sign of life and that what a while ago from now but at the moment I have been feeding the when I think they need it and they are breeding like mad there must be at least 100 babies in the tank now, but all in all its s really good product but for some people it dosent work like mine did so it is a bit hit and miss but it's all really good

Absolutely awful. I ordered these and the sachets come inside the aquarium. On receiving the item there was condensation inside the aquarium which causes the packet of eggs to get wet hence nothing hatched. The kids had already filled the aquarium with water and completed the first steps of getting the water ready for the eggs to be hatched into but sadly couldn't proceed as the powder was damp in the packet and all stuck together. I managed to get a refund however after a month later they have deducted the money from my account again without warning me and I have just received an email to say it's because I hadn't returned the item. How I can return something that is full of water is beyond me.

Trotz der negativen Bewertung meines Vorgängers wollte ich dem Produkt eine Chance geben und habe es bestellt. Das war ein Fehler! Bis auf EINEN (!!) geschlüpften Sea-Monkey hat sich nichts getan. Einmal kann so etwas ja mal passieren, aber wenn das bei drei von drei Packungen auftritt, kann man da meines Erachtens schon fast von Vorsatz sprechen. Zu alledem hat die Lieferung auch ewig, nämlich 2 Wochen gedauert! Also ebenso von mir eine klare "NICHT-KAUFEN-Empfehlung"! P.S.: Wollte nur kurz anmerken, dass ich mir inzwischen in einem Laden Sea-Monkeys gekauft habe, die ohne Probleme geschlüpft sind. Es lag also offensichtlich nicht an der falschen Handhabung... :)