sea monkeys

gimli7410 · 04-06-2004, 12:22 AM

i was recently on a field trip with some japanese exchange students for being a buddy and showing them the culture of canada. in return i got a freee field trip to the aquarium with them at the aquarium and ended up with some sea monkeys. they have recently hatched and are shooting around all over the place and i was wondering if anyone else has had them

Also i know they are childish but i wanted to see if they were really little brine shrimp and not fake little peices of crap

***Tessar*** · 04-06-2004, 12:31 AM

Yes, they're real

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I had some for a while, but trust me they get boring very quickly. There isn't much to do with them, and they're not even pretty like aqarium fish, although once they get bigger (about 1/3-1/2 of an inch long) they look 'strange' which could be a factor for some people

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I dunno, I'd rather have a dog

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***Tessar*** · 04-06-2004, 12:52 AM

Oh, and for anyone who has no clue what the heck we're talking about (or if you just want to know a little more about them), this is a link to a site about Sea Monkies.

OOOO A LINK! CLICKY CLICKY!!!

Errr... *ahem* yes, anyways...

Lizra · 04-06-2004, 12:56 AM

I remember there was always an ad for sea monkeys in the back of comic books in the sixties. Archie and Veronica...Beetle Bailey....Sea monkies!

Wheeee!

***Tessar*** · 04-06-2004, 01:00 AM

WHOA!!!!

You... remember... the sixties?!!!?!

Hehehe

I'm sorry. You may now feel free to hit me. Sister Golden Hair always finds it relaxing after trying to talk to me for a while

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Lizra · 04-06-2004, 01:06 AM

Too bad YOU don't remember the sixties!

You missed out!

***Tessar*** · 04-06-2004, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lizra
Too bad YOU don't remember the sixties! You missed out!

I... I...

I HAD a come back to that... pinky swear!

Okay okay, I know:

Hah! That's what YOU say!

jerseydevil · 04-06-2004, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gimli7410
i was recently on a field trip with some japanese exchange students for being a buddy and showing them the culture of canada. in return i got a freee field trip to the aquarium with them at the aquarium and ended up with some sea monkeys. they have recently hatched and are shooting around all over the place and i was wondering if anyone else has had them

Also i know they are childish but i wanted to see if they were really little brine shrimp and not fake little peices of crap

Cool - i used to feed them to my saltwater fish.

Lion fish will only eat live fish (smaller lionfish eat brine shrimp)- sometimes they can be taught to eat frozen - but it takes a while.

Lalaith_Elf · 04-06-2004, 04:55 AM

I had sea monkeys.

They died.

Lizra · 04-06-2004, 07:48 AM

Yeah...that's what they do best!.......

Ruinel · 04-06-2004, 08:45 AM

Sea monkeys are taking over the planet!!! RUN!!!

Elvengirl · 04-06-2004, 10:10 AM

LOL
I had Sea Monkeys years ago. I thought they were the coolest thing.....for about a week. After that they.....well they only do so much. I think they had babies, which was kind of interesting.

Anglorfin · 04-06-2004, 11:38 AM

Sea monekys rock. I remember having tanks full of them. And when they died or the water got all cloudy I'd make my mom buy more. I don't know whay I was fascinated with them for so long, but I wish I had some more right now.

Lalaith_Elf · 04-06-2004, 11:45 AM

I know - they did nothing, yet I really want more of them. After they die you're suposed to be able to let the water evaporate, and then your left with the crystals at the bottom. Adding water to that should bring them back to life. But don't be as impatient as me. I think your meant to have the special stuff to go in the water - unlike me who just filled the thing with tap water.

They died.

Ruinel · 04-06-2004, 12:11 PM

Then they can die?!

This is good news, fellow Earthlings!

We can fight back... we may not become Sea Monkey Slaves after all!

WE WILL FIGHT BACK FROM THIS INVASION!!! FIGHT!!! TO ARMS, FELLOW EARTHLINGS!!! FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM!!! FIGHT THE INVADING SEA MONKEYS!!!!
*runs off with sword in hand*

*remembers that her mother in Valinor always told her not to run around the house with an unsheathed sword... puts sword back in sheath .. then continues to run toward the fray*

***Khamûl*** · 04-06-2004, 12:57 PM

Never had any sea monkeys, although I think they would probably be interesting.

Btw, does anyone remember the short-lived early-90's TV show "The Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys"? I was 7 or 8 at the time, but I remember that there were three life-sized sea monkeys as the main characters of that show. Yeah, it was weird.

Insidious Rex · 04-06-2004, 01:34 PM

Sea Monkeys. One of the biggest rip offs ever perpetrated on humanity. I remember getting the whole sea monkey life system deal when i was like 8 and thinking how nifty it was to have these eentsy plankton like creatures swimming around in a tiny little bowl with stickers on it. The thrill lasted about a week before you realize ok thats it? And then a few years later I realized that you could buy 50 times as many "sea monkeys" (brine shrimp) for like 1/100th the cost. And that the only thing they are good for is feeding them to your fish. What a rip off! I heard the makers made millions and millions selling the stuff. Whish I coulda come up with that idea... Hm how does "Soil Apes" sound? Blood worms almost look like apes....

Hanza · 04-06-2004, 01:51 PM

i ahd sea monkeys once. theyve been the only pets i ever had. i fed them an fed them and then over fed them.they died. they turned to gren sludge. they had to be thrown out to the birds. wat a sad sad day that was....

***Tessar*** · 04-06-2004, 03:11 PM

I begin to sense that Ruinel was not... a... normal child...

I can't believe it took me this long to figure that out

.

BeardofPants · 04-06-2004, 03:59 PM

That's alright Tess, we already figured that you were slow.

I never had any sea monkeys. I have been sea monkey deprived.

04-06-2004, 12:22 AM	#1
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	sea monkeys i was recently on a field trip with some japanese exchange students for being a buddy and showing them the culture of canada. in return i got a freee field trip to the aquarium with them at the aquarium and ended up with some sea monkeys. they have recently hatched and are shooting around all over the place and i was wondering if anyone else has had them Also i know they are childish but i wanted to see if they were really little brine shrimp and not fake little peices of crap __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

04-06-2004, 12:56 AM	#4
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I remember there was always an ad for sea monkeys in the back of comic books in the sixties. Archie and Veronica...Beetle Bailey....Sea monkies! Wheeee! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats! Last edited by Lizra : 04-06-2004 at 04:43 PM.

04-06-2004, 01:06 AM	#6
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Too bad YOU don't remember the sixties! You missed out! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

04-06-2004, 04:55 AM	#9
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	I had sea monkeys. They died. __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

04-06-2004, 07:48 AM	#10
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Yeah...that's what they do best!....... __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

04-06-2004, 12:31 AM	#2
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Yes, they're real . I had some for a while, but trust me they get boring very quickly. There isn't much to do with them, and they're not even pretty like aqarium fish, although once they get bigger (about 1/3-1/2 of an inch long) they look 'strange' which could be a factor for some people . I dunno, I'd rather have a dog .

04-06-2004, 12:52 AM	#3
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Oh, and for anyone who has no clue what the heck we're talking about (or if you just want to know a little more about them), this is a link to a site about Sea Monkies. OOOO A LINK! CLICKY CLICKY!!! Errr... ahem yes, anyways...

04-06-2004, 01:00 AM	#5
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	WHOA!!!! You... remember... the sixties?!!!?! Hehehe I'm sorry. You may now feel free to hit me. Sister Golden Hair always finds it relaxing after trying to talk to me for a while .

04-06-2004, 08:45 AM	#11
Ruinel Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I have no idea. Posts: 5,441	Sea monkeys are taking over the planet!!! RUN!!!

04-06-2004, 10:10 AM	#12
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	LOL I had Sea Monkeys years ago. I thought they were the coolest thing.....for about a week. After that they.....well they only do so much. I think they had babies, which was kind of interesting. __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

04-06-2004, 11:38 AM	#13
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	Sea monekys rock. I remember having tanks full of them. And when they died or the water got all cloudy I'd make my mom buy more. I don't know whay I was fascinated with them for so long, but I wish I had some more right now. __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill."

04-06-2004, 11:45 AM	#14
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	I know - they did nothing, yet I really want more of them. After they die you're suposed to be able to let the water evaporate, and then your left with the crystals at the bottom. Adding water to that should bring them back to life. But don't be as impatient as me. I think your meant to have the special stuff to go in the water - unlike me who just filled the thing with tap water. They died. __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

04-06-2004, 12:11 PM	#15
Ruinel Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I have no idea. Posts: 5,441	Then they can die?! This is good news, fellow Earthlings! We can fight back... we may not become Sea Monkey Slaves after all! WE WILL FIGHT BACK FROM THIS INVASION!!! FIGHT!!! TO ARMS, FELLOW EARTHLINGS!!! FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM!!! FIGHT THE INVADING SEA MONKEYS!!!! runs off with sword in hand remembers that her mother in Valinor always told her not to run around the house with an unsheathed sword... puts sword back in sheath .. then continues to run toward the fray

04-06-2004, 12:57 PM	#16
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Never had any sea monkeys, although I think they would probably be interesting. Btw, does anyone remember the short-lived early-90's TV show "The Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys"? I was 7 or 8 at the time, but I remember that there were three life-sized sea monkeys as the main characters of that show. Yeah, it was weird. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-06-2004, 01:34 PM	#17
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	Sea Monkeys. One of the biggest rip offs ever perpetrated on humanity. I remember getting the whole sea monkey life system deal when i was like 8 and thinking how nifty it was to have these eentsy plankton like creatures swimming around in a tiny little bowl with stickers on it. The thrill lasted about a week before you realize ok thats it? And then a few years later I realized that you could buy 50 times as many "sea monkeys" (brine shrimp) for like 1/100th the cost. And that the only thing they are good for is feeding them to your fish. What a rip off! I heard the makers made millions and millions selling the stuff. Whish I coulda come up with that idea... Hm how does "Soil Apes" sound? Blood worms almost look like apes.... __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

04-06-2004, 01:51 PM	#18
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	i ahd sea monkeys once. theyve been the only pets i ever had. i fed them an fed them and then over fed them.they died. they turned to gren sludge. they had to be thrown out to the birds. wat a sad sad day that was.... __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

04-06-2004, 03:11 PM	#19
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I begin to sense that Ruinel was not... a... normal child... I can't believe it took me this long to figure that out .

04-06-2004, 03:59 PM	#20
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	That's alright Tess, we already figured that you were slow. I never had any sea monkeys. I have been sea monkey deprived. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

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