The Great Sea-Monkey Project

And So It Begins...

I used to have Sea-Monkeys as a kid, at the tender age of eight or so. I remember being horribly impatient and overfeeding and under-aerating and ending up with only one sea monkey who lived a grand total of two months.

Now that I'm twice that age, and much wiser (haha!), I'm going to try again.

So today I went over to Toys R Us and bought a glorified brine-shrimp-rearing kit, as pictured below:

Now the kit I used to have was a plain ol' boring Ocean Zoo - as basic as you can get - but I must say these new kits are looking pretty darned spiffy.

I rinsed out the tank with tap water, and filled it up exactly to the 300cc mark with Evian. I excitedly cut open the Water Purifier package, and poured it...all over my desk. I do not recommend doing this. The opening of this tank is VERY small. And I have VERY clumsy hands. I managed to sweep most of it onto the instruction sheet and carefully tipped it where it was supposed to go. I stirred with the Aqua-Leash until it was all gone.

Now the question is, how am I possibly going to wait 24 hours?? (Some things, like my impatience, never change.)

EDIT: I keep finding stray purifier crystals on my desk. I decided to taste one...ugh, salty. I think it's safe to conclude that yes, brine shrimp do indeed live in brine. :P

Posted by Denise at April 12, 2003 07:39 PM