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04-11-2007, 4:51 PM Fox Joined on 03-20-2007 Posts 52 naughty monkeys My family thought that this was funny, and that I should post it for my fellow sea monkey lovers. Recently I’ve been having a ruff time with life (I’ll leave it there) so when I looked in my tank and saw a male trying to mate with a smaller not quite mature female I got angry. I kept trying to separate them with air bubbles, finally I got them apart and I took that evil male and fed him to my betta. Then I saw two males fighting so into the betta tank they went. Now whenever they are fighting I threaten them with the naughty sea monkey tank (aka the betta aquarium).    Report

04-12-2007, 2:56 PM Yakkers Joined on 12-29-2006 Posts 160 Re: naughty monkeys ...You did what?! i'd never do that to my Sea Monkeys, I'd feel horrible. You should have given them a few chances. I don't even have anything to feed them to, but you get my drift. Poor Sea Monkeys... And if your family thinks we'd enjoy this, they're sadly mistaken.    Report

04-12-2007, 3:41 PM laurasfavorite Joined on 04-13-2007 Houston Posts 23 Re: naughty monkeys I thought it was funny. The only way I'm allowed to have Sea Monkeys is if I give them to my dad to feed to his fish when they are big enough    Report

04-13-2007, 8:00 AM aquasaur Joined on 02-17-2007 Posts 300 Re: naughty monkeys I'm with Yakkers on this. The frustration that you feel is being taken out on poor innocent seamonkeys.  laurasfavorite wrote: I thought it was funny. The only way I'm allowed to have Sea Monkeys is if I give them to my dad to feed to his fish when they are big enough It's sad that you think it's ok and funny. Sad that the only way you can raise seamonkeys is to let your dad feed them to his fish. It's the same as being allowed to raise a pet pig if you'll let it be bacon later. Why bother raising it then? All that time, effort and love raising the pet going to waste.     Report

04-13-2007, 9:19 AM Sea monkey lover Joined on 04-10-2007 City of the stars Posts 123 Re: naughty monkeys I have to say I agree with Aquasaur...    Report

04-13-2007, 12:41 PM Fox Joined on 03-20-2007 Posts 52 Re: naughty monkeys In response to my own post; I’m angry at life right now. You all are right. It’s not funny and I didn’t say it was. I was angry; my family thought it was funny. I have so little control right now in life that when I saw my sea monkeys fighting I just got angry. They were supposed to be peaceful pets. They were supposed to be calming to watch. They’ve been the only happy peaceful thing in my life these past few weeks. I also know that they're fighting was part of the natural order, but at the time I was angry. I would like to know which one of you responds rationally to all things in life when you are angry? For those of you who are offended, I can’t change what I’ve done, and I can’t undo a post. I take care of my pets, and take in as many strays as possible. I donate to several animal shelters, and eat mainly bowl of noodles myself (those cheep bowls that every collage student has to survive on because they have no money). Fish eat brine shrimp. I don’t think that I am a cruel person. I raise normal brine shrimp for the same purpose of feeding my fish. This is just the way things work. If my Sea Monkeys ate live food I would do my best to obtain it for them. Snakes eat mice, yet I’ve had both as pets. This is just the natural order of things. During the course of their lives I keep my sea monkeys in larger aquariums and keep the numbers as such that they don’t get over crowded and die off because of that (check your own tanks if you think I’m being cruel. One inch of fish for every gallon of water, do the math yourself). They get 12 hours of light provided by full spectrum plant lights on a timer. They are fed religiously and transported to new containers at the slightest hint of bacteria. They are kept at a constant temp of 74 and I even go so far as to have peaceful harp music playing for them on a cd for 8 hours out of the day. My sea monkeys and my sacrificial brine shrimp live better lives than most over crowded plastic tanks that you’ll find on any teenagers bed room dresser    Report

04-13-2007, 1:34 PM Sea monkey lover Joined on 04-10-2007 City of the stars Posts 123 Re: naughty monkeys Fox, I am terribly sorry you are not feeling well. If there is anything anyone can do, please ask.    Report

04-13-2007, 11:47 PM aquasaur Joined on 02-17-2007 Posts 300 Re: naughty monkeys Yeah Fox, that's precisely it. There is a difference between taking good care of your pets and taking your frustrations out on them. It has nothing to do with how many charity organisations a person donates to or how poorly he feeds himself in order to donate.  It doesn't matter how many animals he rescues when after that, he goes home and vents his frustration on his dog or another human being. It is easy for a person to vent his/her unhappiness on any unlucky and helpless creature.  It gives the person a false sense of control. And it does not solve what you're feeling inside.  As Seamonkey lover mentioned, it is better to find someone to talk to. Nobody is a saint and we do get angry and feel violence towards others, but try to direct your anger towards solving the problem, playing games/sports or just rationalizing your feelings, instead of taking it out on another creature.     Report

04-14-2007, 2:36 PM Yakkers Joined on 12-29-2006 Posts 160 Re: naughty monkeys Sorry I kind of went bananas at you, I do things I regret when I'm frustrated too. I often find myself smashing art projects I've spent hours makingand never find all of the pieces scattered across my room. You seem to be a much better caretaker of Sea Monkeys than most people, Even I'm not that dedicated to them. Like Aquasaur said, there's a difference between being a bad caretaker and taking frustrations out.    Report

04-14-2007, 4:49 PM laurasfavorite Joined on 04-13-2007 Houston Posts 23 Re: naughty monkeys <BLOCKQUOTE><table width="85%"><tr><td class="txt4"><img src="/community/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif">&nbsp;<strong>aquasaur wrote:</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="quoteTable"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" class="txt4">I'm with Yakkers on this. The frustration that you feel is being taken out on poor innocent seamonkeys. <br> It's sad that you think it's ok and funny. Sad that the only way you can raise seamonkeys is to let your dad feed them to his fish. It's the same as being allowed to raise a pet pig if you'll let it be bacon later. Why bother raising it then? All that time, effort and love raising the pet going to waste.  <br> <br> <br></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE> I'm a vegetarian, so I wouldn't get the pig in the first place. However, I don't think that was your point. I am hoping that by the time they are "big enough" my dad will have forgotten about them. Also, notice how I said that I thought it was funny. I didn't say that it is something that I wanted to do, or that I even thought it was ok. Besides, I didn't come to Sea Monkey Mania to fight about what to do with your sea monkeys. Its about owning them and having fun with them. I know I'm new here, and new to the adorable little Sea Monkeys, but that doesn't mean that you have to lecture me—or Fox for that matter— on what is right and wrong. Obviously, since I'm a vegetarian, I believe that the slaughtering of poor animals is wrong. Like fox said on another message, "A life is a life no matter how small."    Report

04-14-2007, 9:53 PM aquasaur Joined on 02-17-2007 Posts 300 Re: naughty monkeys What happened to the quote function? It is unfortunate that you feel my comments are a lecture. You'd only feel that way if you are young and someone older seems to be telling you what to do. I'm sure Fox is astute enough to realise that it's not my intention. It doesn't matter if you are a vegetarian. It does not reflect on character or personality. The pig was simply an analogy, an example to explain a point. It's great to know that you're hoping your dad will have forgotten about your pets as time passes :) Hopefully, by that time, he will allow you to really keep your pets as pets (and not food for fish). Besides, brine shrimp are economically cheaper to feed fish than Seamonkeys which are lab cultured and bred. The fact that you mentioned it was "funny" means you do not feel anything wrong with it. If you did, you would not feel it's funny.   This thread is merely a discussion, not a fight, since the topic was brought up.    Report

04-15-2007, 8:07 AM laurasfavorite Joined on 04-13-2007 Houston Posts 23 Re: naughty monkeys er, i was wondering that too. The quotes kinda died on me o_O I suppose you might be correct about the lecturing thing. I'm 15, (sixteen in 5 months, yay!) so I guess that could be it. I'm aware that the pig thing was an analogy :) Maybe when my sea monkeys get old in a couple months and (heaven forbid) die, he can have those. And I'm sorry that was have different opinions about this. Let's just call it a "truce" even though It wasn't an argument and change the subject. My Sea monkeys are getting so big! They are six days old and they are starting to actually look like Sea Monkeys instead of little swimming specks. They are so cute!    Report

04-15-2007, 9:12 AM Sea monkey lover Joined on 04-10-2007 City of the stars Posts 123 Re: naughty monkeys Congrats! Laura... I hope your sea monkeys continue to grow and live.    Report

04-15-2007, 9:23 AM laurasfavorite Joined on 04-13-2007 Houston Posts 23 Re: naughty monkeys thanks! me too :) They are getting even cuter now!    Report

04-15-2007, 5:46 PM cowgirl5456 Joined on 04-16-2007 Posts 100 Re: naughty monkeys I think it is a natural thing for them to eat shrimp. That would be perfectly fine in the wild. Bettas have to eat. I, myself have a betta. But I think it's awfully mean to feed them to your betta when the betta has it's own food!!!!!!!!!!! It's wastefull and not fair to the poor monkies. What if there you were a sea-monkey and somebody fed you to a betta with those sharp teeth when you didn't have to?! Plus, if you don't want them fighting then put a castle in there so they can hide from eachother or something. I hope you don't do this again and I feel for you're shrimpies. But no hard feelings. I mean,... just because you fed you're betta sea-monkeys doesn't make you a bad person.    Report

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