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That's a bummer about your packet #1.
- The white yucky hairy stuff should not be there. You probably picked it up from the table. (Just a guess...) I would try to suction it off with an aqua leash taking as little water as possible. If you take water, then you take salt too. If the water isn't salty enough, it is bad for the sea monkeys. There is a way to make more salt water so you can REPLACE the water you REMOVE. Another poster has used 1/2 tbsp sea salt, 1/8 tsp baking soda, and 10 oz. distilled water (not tap, distilled water is about $1 a gallon in the store). Measure everything exactly. By using distilled water, you don't need the purifier. If you keep it in a sealed container, you could use it in the future if you should need to replace more salt water. I have never tried this myself, but the poster (Sea Monkey Man - I think) had worked hard to get these ratios worked out. He had tested it. I suppose you could also skim a piece of new coffee filter across the top of the water to get the yuck off the surface of the water. If there are eggs on top, you'll lose them. It's probably better than leaving the stuff there. This is just my advice, someone else may have better ideas. If Sea Monkey Man posts, listen to him. He knows his stuff...
- When water evaporates, just add more distilled or bottled water. When it evaporates, the salt is still in the tank.
-71 degrees is not the optimal temperature for hatching sea monkeys. If you can put the tank by a window to raise the temperature, that would be best. You don't want the water too warm. Once you get over 80 degrees, you are getting close to where the sea monkeys will die off. The high 70s is the best temperature.
-Sea Monkeys are very small when they hatch. Sometimes it takes more than 24 hours for them to hatch. Give it a week and see what happens. You want to wait until you see the babies before you start aerating so you don't harm the eggs. I use a Million Bubble Air Pump to aerate my tanks. I plunger it in the water, remove it from the water, release it so it fills with air, put it in the water, and repeat about 10 times. You don't want to suck sea monkeys into the bubbler.
-The water is probably a little green because there is sea monkey baby food in the packet #2. I think it's a little soon for it to be algae growth.
-They won't die if you turn off the light overnight. Make sure the room is at least 70 degrees so the water temp doesn't get too cold. They do like light though.
-The brown stuff is eggs. The green stuff may be the food or something from off the table.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
LisaH
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