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(Message started by: Vulcan on Jan 12^th, 2005, 12:03am)

Title: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Vulcan on Jan 12^th, 2005, 12:03am

Due to a christmas present for my 10 yr old daughter I now have a small tank of odd sea creatures on my desk.
They are on my desk cos I have a small Halogen lamp which was of perfect height and heat to keep the things alive.

Xmas week nowt but cloudy water...
New Year... some very tiny odd things swimming about
Last week. bigger funny things moving..
this week.. flippin heck they are a cm across...

Worried.. I have now a pod of strange alien beings growing to maturity before my eyes... said daughter now totally uninterested.. me .. watching 50 or so weird swimming things... waiting for the big one to climb out.....!!!!!

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Baz on Jan 12^th, 2005, 12:55am

Like these??

http://tinypic.com/18dldi

Baz

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Vulcan on Jan 12^th, 2005, 1:31am

Exactly...hmm odd present eh?

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Mrs Phuturephantasy on Jan 12^th, 2005, 8:51am

What a odd present to give to a 10 year old girl ::) what was that person thinking of when they got it .

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Vulcan on Jan 12^th, 2005, 9:00am

It's supposed to be a sort of science project come instant pets idea I think...
http://www.sea-monkeys.com/home.html

She just hasn't a huge amount of interest now. When it was first being set up she got into all the adding stuf to water thing but now she just looks in and says "aren't they getting big" and walks off.
It's now down to me to aerate the water and feed the things.

Apparently if they die off you let the water evaporate then fill it up again and a whole new load will come to life.

Really wierd!
;)

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Mrs Phuturephantasy on Jan 12^th, 2005, 9:46am

I still think its a strange present to get a 10 year old girl ??? i wouldnt get anything like .

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Dave on Jan 12^th, 2005, 10:25am

Hmm, a friend had some sea monkeys.. they were pretty unhealthy though. I was fascinated by the idea. "Are they actually alive?!" mad. It's like having goldfish except far simpler.

I've gone for a Bonzai Potato myself. Actually, it wasn't my idea.. the same friend who had the monkeys gave it to me.

http://tinypic.com/18g4zq

And this is mine

http://tinypic.com/18g50i

Takes 4-6 weeks to really get going, it's had a week so far. These things are going to be very popular, I can feel it!

D

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Mrs Phuturephantasy on Jan 12^th, 2005, 10:32am

What strange things u can get nowdays to keep people happy ;)

What will they bring out next i wonder ???

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Baz on Jan 12^th, 2005, 10:43am

Maybe a grow your own Scorpio. You get a KA in a box and by adding bits and pieces and with a bit of TLC you end up with a 24v ultima!!

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Vulcan on Jan 13^th, 2005, 6:19pm

http://www.bhd.myby.co.uk/monkeys.jpg

Can you see them?

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by waders on Jan 13^th, 2005, 7:28pm

Vulcan,

If you get a population explosion, my fish eat loads of brine shrimp :o

http://tinypic.com/18ocag

8) ;D 8) ;D 8)

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Vulcan on Jan 14^th, 2005, 12:08am

I had tropicals, moved from the wee ones till I had an Oscar the size of a dinner plate and two Plecostomus... in a six foot tank in my living room.
The Oscar would feed cat food from my fingers and only me could clean the tank front without getting a bite from him. Had to give them away when we moved to this house with a much smaller living room.
When I bought Oscar he was the size of a two pence piece an I niavely put him in the tank with a dozen Neons and half a dozen Tiger barbs, two blind cave fish and the Male siamese fighter... Oh and two cleaner shrimp...
Within a month the only thing alive in there was Oscar... then I got given the two Plecs... he couldn't eat those spiky beggars although he gave it a good go... ;D
I miss me fish.... bubbly bubbly in the corner.....
:-[

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by craig on Jan 14^th, 2005, 6:57am

"bubbly bubbly" in the corner :)
now that sounds more like it :) ;D :) ;D :)

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by daven on Jan 14^th, 2005, 8:02am

Wahay - tropical splinter group ;D

I have two tanks set up side by side - total of about 4' long!

Got one with Guppies, the other for all sorts - best is trying to breed Bettas!

This site is worth looking at http://www.aquatics-warehouse.co.uk/ and the forum is getting better!.

Daven

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by waders on Jan 14^th, 2005, 12:58pm

http://tinypic.com/1919vq

Tank number 2, 4ft x 18" x 18". Previous pic, 2ft radius corner tank, then there's the 3ft in the bedroom.............

It's hard to find time for working with all these hobbies, oh well :P

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by daven on Jan 14^th, 2005, 2:15pm

Nice! :)

Would have more + marine if I could afford the time and money!

Daven

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Vulcan on Jan 16^th, 2005, 1:37am

Two of said sea monkeys are now swimming in tandem... so to speak.. strange sea monkey sex happening on my desk. :o

Maybe I should make a video....??

Could it make money?????
Might be a good earner... ;)

edit: tandem swiming has been going on for over 12 hours now... boy I wish I had the stamina...

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by waders on Jan 16^th, 2005, 9:01pm

on 01/16/05 at 01:37:05, Vulcan wrote:

Maybe I should make a video....??

Could it make money?????
Might be a good earner... ;)

Might make you a few quid...........if you keep the See Monkeys out of it................

8) ;D 8) ;D 8)

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Dave on Jan 16^th, 2005, 9:53pm

Sea Monkey Porn!
I'm sure you could name your price. Lol

D

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Nodge on Jan 18^th, 2005, 2:51pm

b****r - I've been outflashed!

How'd you do the pic Dave? Looks like an actual video converted to an animated gif. Mine is just a still photo doctored in Photoshop.

John

Title: Re: Sea Monkeys..
Post by Dave on Jan 20^th, 2005, 4:07pm

Hey all! We're having serious computer issues at the moment... spyware and things. So, here I am on a 233MHz laptop on good old 56k. 56gay?

Actually it's not slow at all. Weird.

Nodge! I must admit I nicked the idea entirely from your picture. So, sorry and thanks : ). As you suspect, it is indeed just a really low quality video taken on a picture camera and put into Ulead Gif Animator 5 (you can evaluate it at download.com) and converted to a gif. Dead easy.

In other news.. I finally bought my permanent car insurance today. I had to wait until now for my old insurance company to complete the year with the old car.. then retrieve the no claims and transfer to direct line... etc etc etcetera. £1010.10.

Ho!

Dave