r/SeaMonkeys

Here's our 3 month old tank established from freeze dried eggs from Amazon (I believe they are *Artemia franciscana*). There was an excellent hatch rate. The little dots on the glass are copepods. I think they hitchhiked in on a plant I tried to (unsuccessfully) introduce a month ago. They're happily coexisting with their sea monkey buddies. I have a separate tank with just copepods (*Tigriopus californicus*) that I keep as well. Happy to answer any questions.

I’m not sure what’s going on, I added a few babies in and they all seem to be predominantly hanging out by the sand and in the bottom of the tank. They are sluggish and not very active.

Temp 26.2 c

Air pump in low

Salt 32ppt

If so what should I do as precaution I have 200g of eggs and I’m not sure how much to add

This keeps happening. Their poop tails get tied together. I swirl them around with a stick until they come apart, but a few hours later they're like this again. Is there a way to prevent it?

Any tips for this kit? I watched pico's review and they all died. What can I do to prevent this? I know some die off is to be expected. Feed later than what the instructions say, separate some of the babies into another tank? Or should I just start it, see what happens and use a sea monkey starter kit if it goes wrong? It'll be my first sea monkey adventure since I was kid so lots of questions 😅 I'm planning on adding an air stone. Also, since the hole is pretty small, would one of the those 5watt or 7.5 watt Betta fish heaters work?

Okay, here's a video of what's been happening. I'll just keep breaking it up I guess lol. This wasn't happening before, so maybe it will stop. I don't know why it's happening. Like I said in the other thread, this tank doesn't need much feeding because they seem to get sustenance from the pale algae (?) in the water. I did initially add freshwater aquarium water to the tank (jar..) to see if any of the algae would grow in salt water, and.. I guess something did? But it's been fine for a few months, the sea monkey clumping problem is new. This tank otherwise always seems healthy.

Including a photo of my DIY brine shrimp tank!

So I used brine shrimp eggs about two days ago now and have had a ton of hatches.

I was wondering if I feed them sooner than I would Sea Monkeys as their packet didn’t come with any food inside it.

The tank is about .42 gallon with air stone and built in heater.

Yes the giant smudge in the middle is all hatched babies!

Some days they seem extra manic or high strung and they keep going to the bottom and kicking up all that stuff making a mess lol

ITS HEEERRREEE!

My little .42 gallon tank from AliExpress arrived yesterday along with the air pump and salt and my little crystal thingy for the bottom.

Still waiting on fresh brine shrimp eggs and the white sand for the bottom.

Now! I’ve heard mixed reviews for how much salt I should add.

After some research I added a tablespoon and a half of marine biocube salt.

Should I add more? Less? Chuck it out the window?

I keep a grow light over my tank for the macroalgae since it requires 12+ hrs of full-spectrum light to thrive. After doing some research I found that Dragon's Tongue macroalgae isn't harmful for brine shrimp and helps keep water nutrient levels even. So I got some from a local saltwater enthusiast who was trimming his tank. Unfortunately, it came with scuds that are not easy to get rid of but as long as the population doesn't get too big and there's plenty of food they should coexist with my brine shrimp and keep the algae population under control if I accidentally overfeed. I've had this tank set up for just about 2 months now wanting to give it time to cycle, which actually happened pretty fast since the owner of the Dragon's tongue also supplied me with some of his established tank water. I hatched out some brine shrimp eggs about two weeks ago and so far they seem to be doing well. They still resemble little jumpy water bugs right now but I'm excited to see them mature and start swimming around. Don't mind the cloudy water I moved the Macroalgae around earlier to shake off some of the food that had settled on it. I also have a heater set to 80°F and an air stone with a regulator so it only trickles air into the tank. Probably don't need the air stone with the macroalgae since it will provide oxygen but I like to have a small amount of circulation to the water. I use Coralife BioCube Marine Salt for my water it has water purifiers in it and is meant to be made with tap water. And I'm feeding ground-up algae pellets soaked in water for better dispersion. I plan on getting live algae at some point to start a culture but I'm not quite ready to spend the $27 for a culture until I get a tank set up to grow it in. I think that about covers it I can't wait to share my progress with everyone 💜

I’m in week 2 of sea monkeying, and I’ve noticed that they keep going upside down and sticking to the ground like this, does anyone know what‘s happening here? Are they eating, or just getting stuck on the algae?

I'm trying to keep a sea monkey tank at work. I'm not here on weekends, so the tank cannot be aerated during that time. There is no way they can go the first week and have aeration every day, does this make keeping them not possible?

I hatched 1 batch and they died over a weekend. I assumed it was because I fed them 3 days after they hatched and maybe that was too soon.

I hatched another batch and they also died over a weekend. I didn't feed them, but when i cleaned out the tank there may have still been some food in the sand substrate. The temp in the room is always about 74°. The stuff you see in the tank is unhatched/hatched eggs.

All my aqua dragons died off, i think it was the black spot disease that wiped all of them off so the tank was left with only one juvenile. I've been taking care for my single aqua dragon a lot and it has grown a lot in size and now I do notice a pouch beginning to form so I assume it's a female.

I've read stuff about how artemia females can reproduce without males so my question is would she be able to become pregnant on her own and repopulate the tank? Her pouch does seem to be growing and it's brown in color

How do I get all of the dust out of my tank 😭

I just ordered a long pipette to remove little hairs that my sea monkeys keep getting stuck in, but god the dust is just terrible. What can I do? The water is borderline polluted at this point. Help appreciated 🙏