Everyone say hi to the newbie! ^_^
Just joined this forum today- and I started a colony of SeaMonkeys on Saturday. I was very keen to get some as a kid, but it never happened. It's so far so good with my tank (I have the Magic Castle set) and am loving these little guys already...
Thanks! I think I might have overfed my first tank (I had sea monkeys last year, these new guys are actually my second attempt) The first ones grew up to a great size and and I had an 'extra large' sea monkey who was almost white compared to all the others. But then they all started dying on me.. :(
I already had some 'fluff' in the tank so got that out as best I could and I have put a lil' scoop of Sea Medic in as well as a first feed today. Hope that was a wise move.....
They're doing well...still got stuff appearing in the water that won't seem to stay gone....wish that aqua-leash was a bit longer to reach the tricky places. It's not algea, it's nasty stuff that they get trapped in :(
But on the upside I still have a lot of them. :)
Thanks. ^_^ Lol, I've been keeping a blog on there progress..here's the latest!
May:
Okay, so I'm clueless as to how many days we're into now....and I can't be bothered to count lol. The lil' critters are doing well, still must have at least 20 adults, it's kind of hard to count when they're whizzing around lol...and in addition to those I already have some babies arriving in the tank. Tiny lil' things, barely 2mm I'd say. When they first hatch you can't even see them. One of my MySpace ppl wants to see pics...that's gonna be a challenge...so when I figure out how I'm actually gonna photograph something this size through a curved surface I'll have a go. ^_^
June:
Latest report on my funky monkeys lol:The now not-so-little guys are still doing alright, ironically ever since I decided to stop being quite so precise with looking after them, I seem to have less problems. Trust me, you can get all sorts of dumb junk for them which you really don't need! can we say SEA-DIAMONDS people?
I gotta say even though they're a titchy species, they look cool when they are fully grown. Oh, and two of them are mating right now lol, so there will be some more babies before too long.
Thanks for telling me not to add much food when there's algae, that was a BIG help. ^_^ I haven't given them any for a week or so because they still have unbroken black lines down them and look full. So do they need no extra food at all while there's algae?
They've had plenty of indirect sunlight of late, I keep them on a north facing window ledge and there's a nice lot of algae in the tank now and they love it. Big enough now that I can see the line down their backs and they're all full up. Got some more eggies in the tank now so they should hatch out soon. Will I have to move them to a bigger tank if things go well and I wind up with loads? And if I do, will they grow any more? My neighbour had them in a bigger tank and I was told they grew a lot larger than my guys are now.