Sea monkey help

[Rose1246]

I recently got my sea monkeys last thursday and i haven't seen any of them until today. I was told to feed the sea monkeys 5-7 days after they hatch but the problem is i don't know when they hatched, they could've hatched a while ago but i just never saw them.

 

[Guyb93]

I haven’t heard the phrase sea monkey since I was a child lol I used to hve them every Xmas lol never actually saw any thought I think they are just brine shrimp tht a marketed so they will sell

 

[JBB1979]

If it were me, I'd split the difference and go with 3-4 days after you noticed and just feed them then. Or you could feed in tiny tiny amounts for 3-4 days and then go to full feeding.

 

[Colin_T]

Sea monkeys are brineshrimp (Artemia sp).

The eggs are brown and the newly hatched shrimp (called nauplii) are orange. After a few days they start to go pale orange and eventually a pale pink skin colour.

When they are orange, they are feeding off their yolk sac and don't need feeding. A few days after they hatch is when you start feeding them.

 

[jonny-5]

I hatch them regularly & if i want to grow them out a little for bigger fish i feed them a pinch of spirulina powder & give them a little heat(unless its summer time here)
They dont tend to last for me this time of year unless they are in something warm around 18oC

 

[Sgooosh]

I haven’t heard the phrase sea monkey since I was a child lol I used to hve them every Xmas lol never actually saw any thought I think they are just brine shrimp tht a marketed so they will sell

they are actually a different strain of BrineShrimp

 

[Guyb93]

they are actually a different strain of BrineShrimp

I think sea monkey should be there scientific name ahahah

 

[Sgooosh]

I think sea monkey should be there scientific name ahahah

aqua ape, river lemur

 

[Rose1246]

If it were me, I'd split the difference and go with 3-4 days after you noticed and just feed them then. Or you could feed in tiny tiny amounts for 3-4 days and then go to full feeding.

So i could feed them tiny amounts now?

 

[jonny-5]

Yes, just feed them, if the water is cloudy after about 30 mins you have fed to much, just feed them a little less next time.....i will try & post a video of some of my newly hatched that i did a while ago

 

[Rose1246]

Yes, just feed them, if the water is cloudy after about 30 mins you have fed to much, just feed them a little less next time.....i will try & post a video of some of my newly hatched that i did a while ago

Okay, thank you

 

[jonny-5]

can't post a video so have screen shot a still screen off my recording.
The first pic is a few days old, The second pic is approx 8 weeks