never tried mashed fish food but they thrive on yeast. I used to cultivate myself, the yeast.

I remember I read that They eat some sort of bacteria, in which like u add rotting fruit or vegetabe to water with algae and it will foster certain bactera stuff it eats. Don't remember the details.

Any my brine shrimp only live for a couple of days at most cuz their ultimate purpose is fish fry food. My fry used to eat about a hundred a day or more.

so basically the sea monkey alike tht sold in the fish shop can onli last for few days n not years ???

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Added on April 25, 2008, 1:11 amJamien ,
you cultivate yeast ?? can we use the yeast tht our mom use to make bread ? is the same thin rite ?

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Added on April 25, 2008, 1:17 amwhere can i get fairy shrimp ?

This post has been edited by cyongyong: Apr 25 2008, 01:17 AM

Eh... If you're asking about selling in their egg form, they can stay unhatched in their eggs for up to 10 years until comditions are optimal for them to hatch out. It's once of those great stuff to sell in pet shop cuz its expiry date is SO long.

I have no experience of raising one for more than a week. Cuz it's meant to be my baby fish fry food. But they can grow up to 2 inches so their lifespan has got to be longer than a week lar.

I used instant raising yeast or something of the like. It's for baking. I remember it's less than RM 2 a packet and I never used finished. The websites I read taught people on how to raise their own yeast so I did that. It's actually pretty good because when you put cultivated yeast in the water, the water gets cloudy (the cultivated yeast is whitish in color). But the water starts to clear because the shrimp eats the yeast. So you can judge when to feed the shrimp according to how clear the water became.

This post has been edited by Jamien: Apr 25 2008, 05:26 AM

ohh ...basically the one sold in toy'r us can last longer ya ....

where can get sea monkey nowadays? hardly see at the shopping mall

just got some yesterday from mid valley's pets wonderland, do some scouting. In mid valley they have the Sera brand for RM5+ and another bigger packet by another brand around RM22+

for the sera brand u all mean right, wat is the full package name, the name that on the pack there....

the name? it's called Artemia-Mix

hmm... hard to find that pack with that name in the pet shops around malacca...

whr can i get the seamonkeys eggs. not the fish food one, I'm looking for the proper Sea Monkeys® stuff? Toys R Us in One Utama got or not?

(wait..is there even a toys r us in OU?)

Yup, Toys R Us in One Utama has them and so do Jusco and Parkson in the 1 Utama shopping mall (haven't seen them in any other Jusco and Parkson outlets elsewhere although all Toys R Us outlets should carry Sea-monkeys). Parkson currently has a 10% sale so you might want to head there to buy.

Speaking of Sea-monkeys, they are actually a species of Branchiopods ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branchiopoda ) and a sub-species of Fairy Shrimp ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anostraca ), commonly known as Brine Shrimp ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brine_shrimp ). However, "Sea-Monkeys®" is actually a trademark name owned by Transcience Corp.

As quoted from http://seamonkey.com/html/aboutsm/whatarethey.html
"Sea-Monkeys® are a unique species of brine shrimp, known by the scientific name of Artemia NYOS. We not only unlocked the most elusive secrets of their life cycle, we created new formulas to keep them alive under conditions found in the average home—an accomplishment never before achieved! Finally, after years of crossbreeding, we developed a hybrid. These amazing new hybrids grow larger and live longer than any "natural" variety of brine shrimp. Resulting from the most exquisitely sophisticated “aquaculture technology”, by true pioneers in this science, only the utmost resources of a leading marine biological research center working for a span of many years has made this project a complete success."

I actually bought Sera's Artermia Salina (scientific name for Brine Shrimp) meant as fish food (RM5.90 each pack at most pet shops) and put them side-by-side with my Sea-Monkeys (RM39.90 for the cheapest pack). The Sea-Monkeys really grew much faster, lived longer and are generally larger than the brine shrimp. These are the newer hybrids that change color (just a little more as compared to brine shrimp) and live up to 2 years. I don't think they are the same as the older Sea-Monkeys that I brought during my childhood days that I never managed to keep alive passed the month.

I hope that clears up the confusion for people wanting to know what Sea-Monkeys are and whether they more worth it to buy than brine shrimp, which are so much cheaper. If you need more information for your science project, you can also check out the University of Berkeley's website: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/cr...anchiopoda.html

Note: Also posted in my own forum: http://www.sherman3d.com/Sherman3D/S3Dplug...c.php?4803.last

where may I get this sea-monkey.??

Toy R Us, Jusco 1U, Parkson KLCC.

This post has been edited by aurion: Jul 25 2008, 11:58 AM

i still don get what is sea monkeys...
can show me some pix?
not a link pls... post the pic...

I buy mine from an online store in Malaysia, they got the complete range. Fast respond and fast delivery too. But, need to pay extra RM15 for the postage for West Malaysia and RM25 for East Malaysia. So, I gather a few of my friend to buy togather. I order 3 unit, and the postage was still RM15. So, end up the shipping cost is only RM5 each.

Click on the following link below to visit their web site
Buy Sea Monkey in Malaysia here

why no 1 can post up the photo?

i present to you, sea monkeys

is that the egg?

woh... how big are they actualy?

they are very tiny... i think that one use a high end camera or microscope. if i am not wrong