Does anyone else have these or has had these in the past? Santa brought them for my girls and I have to admit I am probably enjoying them the most. They are just 2 weeks old now and have grown so much. Do they really live up to 2 years?

By Marg on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 07:53 am:

When we were little, we couldn't even get them to live a day! Where did you get these, I'm interested!

By Fraggle on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 08:46 am:

DH ordered them through Amazon.com but I think you can go direct to the Sea Monkeys website and order, too.

By Missymelissy on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 08:57 am:

What exactly are these? I have seen them in the stores but never knew what they were. Are they real living things? What do they eat?

By Fraggle on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 09:01 am:

They are living things-they start as eggs in a little packet-and when they are added to water they instantly hatch. Pretty weird. I was skeptical at first because it took about a week before I could even see them swimming around in the water. The kit came with a packet of food-it sort of looks like dry ground up alfalfa. Once we run out we will have to order some more from them-I don't know if you can just get the food in stores-but it is pretty cheap.

By Familyman on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 09:27 am:

I've had them since before thanksgiving though I think they finally keeled over. They're really cool though and they lived longer than I thought they would.
Oh, and they're a species of brine shrimp.

By Sunny on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 09:32 am:

We have had them many times in the past, but I can't tell you how long they live. We can never seem to keep them alive for more than a couple of weeks. The last time we got them, the cat knocked them over a few days after they hatched. I guess she wanted to play with them.

Melissa, sea monkeys are brine shrimp. If you do a search for them, you'll find a lot of information.

By Missymelissy on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 10:59 am:

Thanks -- I'll do some research

By Sue3 on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 03:52 pm:

LOL! I love sea monkeys as much as my kids do. Remember ant farms ?
Those are neat also.
Ds birthday is coming up , I think I know what I am going to get him

By Annie2 on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 07:22 pm:

We have had Sea Monkeys since Christmas, too. Ours are about the size of lice nits. how big are yours?

By Fraggle on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 08:28 pm:

Annie-I guess some of mine are really tiny like a speck of swimming dust and others are about the size of a little ant. I just gave them the growth plasma today so we will see if they even out in size. Have you been aerating their water? I didn't realize you were supposed to do anything but feed them until my DH got back from his business trip and I asked me about it.

And for anyone who has lost their Sea Monkeys-there was a coupon on the info sheet about them that came in the package that said you can get a new package of eggs and water purifier if you send a $1 for shipping and handling.

By Annie2 on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 10:40 pm:

Ours seem to be the same size as yours. My 12 year old dd is feeding them and taking care of their water.
I thought we were going to have colored little things the size of a 1/4 inch by now.
We're curious what we end up with.

By Averysmama on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 10:26 am:

Sea monkeys are actually Brine Shrimp. DH hatches them and then uses them as feeders for his bigger fish. But they are fun for smaller kids. I had them as a kid.