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05-09-2007, 10:00 AM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. I thought I posted this before but it didn't work. If it double posts, forgive me =P Just today on my Sea Monkey I have noticed 2 little round organs at the end of all its legs, on the under side of its body (near where the tail begins); from some angles they seem dark inside..the round things, from other angles they seem white...are these reproductive organs? If so, are we talking a male or female? If it's not reproductive organs..do I have a problem? Secondly, my Sea Monkey's digestive tract is orangish to brownish..is this normal?    Report

05-10-2007, 9:04 AM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. Hi. I'd just like to add, this is day 2 and my sea monkey, in place of the two round things, which I thought to be testicles or ovaries, now has like a triangular shaped thing with lots of little teeny tiny things inside of it that are..I dunno...peach colored.    Report

05-10-2007, 10:57 AM Sea monkey lover Joined on 04-10-2007 City of the stars Posts 123 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. You are perfectly fine... What you see is the "sacs" in which the females carry their eggs. The boys have two large antennae in the front in which they use to hold onto the female during mating. Everything you are seeing is normal... the orangish, brownish color in their digestive tract is simply the food in their system. Sea monkeys are transparent and you can see through them. This is how you can tell if they are hungry. Cool huh? The teeny tiny peach colored things are "the eggs" inside the mother and soon she will lay her eggs and you will see little tiny babies... Congrats!    Report

05-11-2007, 5:30 PM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. Oh thank you! What color will the digestive tract be if they are hungry? Yes it's very cool that we can see through them!    Report

05-13-2007, 4:04 PM Sea monkey lover Joined on 04-10-2007 City of the stars Posts 123 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. It will become more clear... But I wouldn't let it get completely clear... Just wait until it's a bit lighter.    Report

05-15-2007, 9:36 PM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. Ok :] My tank has little white things in it now..right after I said in another post it's been clear haha...they are dots or something ..do you think it'd be ok for me to do some tank maintenance while my sea monkey is pregnant? I think I need to filter the water through coffee filters again..cat hair just keeps getting in. How long do they stay pregnant anyway? The other day was weird because her egg sac turned into 2 ball-looking things again, then the next day it looked like an egg sac again..she's trying to scare me :P    Report

05-15-2007, 9:39 PM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. Hmm there's little brown things all over the tank too and it looks like some of her eggs are collecting in her tail    Report

05-16-2007, 9:23 AM Sea monkey lover Joined on 04-10-2007 City of the stars Posts 123 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. Don't change or filter the water, the way the water is makes their ecosystem. Without it, they will not be able to survive. The little brown things are eggs, the mothers must have layed some of their eggs. Nothing to worry about. Also the eggs are at the end of legs right before the tail in a little clear sack.    Report

05-17-2007, 5:30 PM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. Now there aren't many eggs left in her pouch. Are you sure I shouldn't change the water? You can't see through the tank that great. Well, lakes are dirty/cloudy and I know other species of brine shrimp live in lakes but it concerns me. But, I don't wanna lose my eggs by filtering. Well thanks for all your help.    Report

05-17-2007, 6:20 PM Sea monkey lover Joined on 04-10-2007 City of the stars Posts 123 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. You are very welcome... Read this site it will tell you alot... http://www.seamonkeymania.com/sea-monkey-raise.html... It is very important not to overfeed them and no you should not change the water. Overfeeding can cause the water to be cloudy too.    Report

05-17-2007, 7:29 PM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. Ok gotcha. I looked over it then bookmarked it. Here in Kansas City, Missouri, we don't have a lot of sun light lately (rain and humidity)..I read on that link you gave me..about an inexpensive plant light that you can find at flower stores..should I just go ask them for one? Hey, how many sea monkeys do you yourself have? :]    Report

05-20-2007, 6:39 PM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. Just wanted to make one more comment. From the eggs my shrimp released, I see that a new baby hatchling is swimming today. Awesomeness :]    Report

05-21-2007, 8:15 AM Sea monkey lover Joined on 04-10-2007 City of the stars Posts 123 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. The best possible source of light is sun light, but if you are having a great deal of unpredictable weather, than a plant light may be a good investment. Try it out and see what happens.... I have about twelve full grown sea monkeys... but many of them are pregnant, so I feel I will be having some babies soon.... Congrats! On your new babies....    Report

05-21-2007, 8:40 PM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. Thanks on the congrats ..they look so funny as babies, the way they swim. wow 12! not fair hahahaha it sounds like you'll have many babies in your tank! I might try the plant night. We've been having sun though now. Whew.    Report

05-22-2007, 9:33 AM Sea monkey lover Joined on 04-10-2007 City of the stars Posts 123 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. I know they are so cute too... I just love 'em... Go ahead and try the plant light if you want too... Tell me how it works out for you... Good luck!    Report

05-28-2007, 7:47 PM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. I'll let you know how it goes if I try that light thing out for sure :] Man, that mom sea monkey died. I saw her corpse in the bottom of the tank this morning and it scared me to death coz it was black halfway! It looked creepy! I felt really bad..she was really cool..but I could tell she was slowing down, though I didn't know it was to that extent. Sucked her up with the aqualeash and flushed her. I had added sea medic a day or so before but no good I guess. At least I still have that one baby. I named her Reef haha (the new baby). Do I need to sanitize the tank in some way because of this death? Maybe filter again?    Report

05-28-2007, 8:19 PM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. I feel pretty upset about this, strangely enough. I know it's just a shrimp but she was a really nice pet. I even took her to my zoology class and showed her off in that bubble keychain. I feel like I must have neglected in some way but I just don't know how. My own cat is like a part of the family. Well..I guess we gotta move on. She was my first SM and will be remembered. I miss her doing her little sommersaults. lol    Report

05-30-2007, 4:53 AM aquasaur Joined on 02-17-2007 Posts 300 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. If there's still a surviving seamonkey in there, then you can't really sanitize the tank. The death of the seamonkey is not surprising. Considering the posts in this site, sometimes they would die even when pregnant. It is a pity if they die before laying the eggs or giving birth because they take the next generation with them. So at least, you got Reef.    Report

05-31-2007, 8:23 PM saltytehartemia Joined on 05-02-2007 Posts 42 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. :] I wanna know what that person in..what was it, Oregon? is doing to keep that tank so healthy. They have had it for years or something?! Reef is really cool. It seems like her legs are longer than her mom's were..I thought this was supposed to be an exact clone coz the mom impregnated herself..anyway..it's even more fun to watch this one swim. It is very lucky I have this one! Hey aquasaur, what are your sea monkeys like?    Report

07-09-2007, 12:52 PM sea monkey96 Joined on 07-09-2007 Posts 8 Re: Ovaries or Testicles? Digestive Tract Issues? Please help. i dont want to intrude or anything put i heard(read) what you said about the mom dying before she lays eggs....well that happend to me but the next day i woke up say a new baby sea monkey.i looked at all my sea monkeys and none of them where pregnent or anything so i looked at the moms corps(i keep them in the tank,it helps grow algue) and her egg sack was ripped and i thought that egg must have been hers,a survivor.then i named the baby coral.....    Report

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