THE WORLD'S SMALLEST AQUARIUM!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2022
- Raising real live pets in the world's smallest aquarium!
In this video I attempt to hatch and raise Sea-Monkeys in a fish bowl that's only 5ml in volume. This was an experiment to see how little water was necessary to successfully raise brine shrimp from eggs to adulthood. I do not recommend putting fish or other shrimp species in a tank this small.
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I like that you actually let the whole experiment play out rather than having us come back for updates!
Haha yeah I think a lot of TH-camrs stretch their videos out way too much! I tried to keep this as concise as I could for you guys 👍
Ikr!
@@pico-cosmos i have a question about your water top ups
@@pico-cosmos do you use more salt water or just distilled saltless water?
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This guy is better at raising sea monkeys in a teaspoon than most of us are at raising them in a normal tank.
Right! I could never keep them alive that long
My sea monkey’s dead bodies in the corner of my room:
No, it wasn’t me being crappy at keeping them, there was a heatwave where I live and the water dried out.
True
@@IApologiseForQuitting.213well I'm sorry but it was you being crappy at looking after them first you said it was a heat wave then you said the water dried out from the heat wave so yeah was you being crappy you could it kept them alive by filling up the tank with water when you realised the heatwave was drying it out
@@Dimorac I was away from home during the heatwave.
It's like Sam Walton always said: " The World's Smallest Aquarium is a great option for newcomers to the aquarium hobby, so long as it's in a 10 gallon with a common pleco."
😂 I'm planning to try and hatch killifish eggs next year and I'm already dreading the thought of having to set up such a large tank
World smallest violin?
@@pico-cosmos where do you get killifish eggs?
Who puts a common pleco in a 10 gallon-
@@killianl.1930I think that’s the joke
*"Mom can we get an aquarium?"*
*"No we have an aquarium at home"*
*The aquarium at home:*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I like that you eventually move them into an appropriate environment. Even if theyre not as sentient as other animals, it costs nothing to show a little respect towards other creatures.
I mean, it does actually cost more, but it’s still a good thing to do
They aren't alive, they're bugs
Who cares about brine shrimp lol
Brine shrimp are actually proven to feel pain, it takes two seconds to google that. They're not as sentient as other animals, of course, but they are definitely alive. As are other bugs. @@googleuser3163
bugs... are alive what are you@@googleuser3163 , a racist?
It's strangely wholesome to watch those two grow up in the same, small environment together and eventually start a family.
Aw this made me remember the singular time in my life I had sea monkeys! I had got them as a present for my 6th birthday, and immediately set them up. I was so excited when the first babies hatched, I was practically squealing! And I kid you not, every morning when I woke up for the next couple of months, there was always 2-3 batches of babies being born before my eyes. It never failed to excite me! The tank almost grew cloudy with how many babies and adults there were. But sadly, it all came to end when my younger brother kicked a soccer ball into the kitchen and it hit the tank that was sitting on the counter. The tank was knocked onto the floor and all the water and shrimps spilled out. I cried for weeks after. I havent had any since this incident, and it still makes me sad to walk past the cases of sea monkeys in the store. :(
Aw that’s unfortunate :/ though it seems to be quite a common experience; the tanks are a great shape for viewing Sea-Monkeys not they’re not too stable. You should trying raising them again!
@@pico-cosmos if I ever get the chance to again, I just might. I did have alot of fun raising them the first time! (Of course, I'll be keeping them far away from my brother, who has become more destructive and rambunctious as he's gotten older!)
That almost made me cry
Awwww
Who the heck kicks a soccer ball inside
Ik im like 2 months late but- WOW, This has really got me intruiged into raising a sea monkey kit of my own. Such unique pets
Get some :) let me know if you have any questions about raising them 👌
I always loved sea monkeys
@@pico-cosmos tbh i really want to raise them but i can't find them anywhere and i can't buy them online bc my mom doesn't trust them
@@sky_lol You can get them on Amazon or eBay :)
I'm gonna get some for my birthday next month, I'm so excited to start raising my brine shrimp colony!
I'm glad you put that disclaimer on the end because this does seem exceptionally cruel and I could absolutely imagine someone putting a neon tetra or whatever in there lol
Yeah this would be really messed up if someone tried this with actual fish
wth do you mean:| JUST BECAUSE THEY LIVING IN THERE DOESNT MEAN THEY ARE HAPPY AND THRIVING they have so little room to move. and they were in the tiny space till adult hood how about you live in one room till adulthood then go out in the world
@@22402jess Did you read my comment? I'm agreeing with you. This is exceptionally cruel. That said, if the sea monkeys had the mental capacity to be stressed, they would not be comfortable enough to breed. At the very least, this guy made sure the water stayed in good enough condition to minimize stress. Considering the conditions your average betta and goldfish live in, the fact that this guy actually gives a shit about this sea monkey pair is more than most "loving" owners offer their aquatics
@@EggsDeinony "the fact that this guy actually gives a shit " he doesnt he's putting it in a small place and making a video about it. not different from the other youtubers doing the same stuff calling anything a tank
@@22402jess And they still survived, and he returned them safely back to the tank in the end anyways. This wasn't just for the sake of getting views, this is an experiment to see if we *could,* Even though obviously you shouldn't make it the standard. But in the end, even with a single pair of sea monkeys it would eventually become crowded after they have offspring of their own. He clearly knows his stuff when it comes to raising these creatures, so if anyone would be qualified to attempt this One-time experiment, it would be him.
Obviously this would never work as a permanent solution. That was never the intention. The fact that the two he kept in the bowl survived for long enough to even breed and produce offspring of their own was the best case scenario. Possibly even a Fluke.
Any further and it would devolve into overcrowding, overproduction of waste & Toxic chemicals from their poop, lack of oxygen, and possibly even cannibalism. He knew what the limit was, and avoided it by returning the creatures to the main tank.
Her: "The fish is so happy in this tank why wouldn't it be?"
The tank:
It's scary to realize that there're people in this world who would seriously put a living fish in that bowl
Suggestion: Have you tried going even smaller with seedshrimps? They're detrivores and insanely tolerant to everything. Sometimes I make biosphere with them and they're great. They generally grow to maybe one mm long (:
Yeah I’d definitely like to try raising other species in the future! Seed shrimps are on the list 👍
never knew they got that big, they're kind of elegant
After feeding brine shrimp for a while to fish, it was very cool to see someone raising them for the enjoyment of keeping them.
No way! That looks so cute! I’m glad they survived
I was quite surprised they did too 😅
bruh. survived not thriving tho and happy . BARELY MOVIN AROUND WITH TWO IN THERE
@@22402jess he said he is going to move them into the bigger tank.
@@EvieWivey that doesn't excuse or get rid of what he did
@@22402jess if they weren't thriving they wouldn't have had live birth
i love your videos so much i used to have sea monkeys but they died due to unproper care i really want to get some more but i want to make sure i'm educated enough before i do. you've helped so much!!! thank you x
Hey Evie! Thanks for the comment :) I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. Feel free to reach out if you ever have any questions 👍
I have seen lots of world smallest aquarium but that is the best one i have seen. Seeing growing real fish in smallest aquarium is the best part.👍
So small space for any entity
He actually could have put a sort of filter in by replacing the black sand with activated charcoal (tho my knowledge base is macro animals and biochem engineering not seamonkeys)
Those look like Seamen to me
Some jokes are better not to
Karens: ah, perfect for my betta!
Nah, too big.
I get that this is a joke and all, but a beta fish would not be able to even squeeze into that tiny "fish tank." Its way more appropriate to use as a decorative thing for dolls, infact its the same size as a plastic barbie fish tank I had as a kid.
@@TearfulZorua I'm aware, but in case someone actually doesnt understand the joke im glad you elaborated, bettas should never be put in anything smaller than a 5 gallon unless you know VERY well what youre doing and even then that is still not ideal at all.
The biggest mystery i'm trying to solve is what the "Cupids arrow" powder was, i remember reading a blog where they used it and instantly the males began mating instead of the females being parthenogenic, ive asked a brine shrimp factory if they knew of any chemicals that would make them act like that but they told me they didnt know anything like that existed
I recently managed to get my hands on some Cupid’s Arrow 👍 I’ll try to get to the bottom of it
I dont remember where I heard it, but I was told that the secret of the extra packets, was that they contained more eggs. To give off the effect that it was making them breed. No chemicals required.
@@darkwyngraym Yeah I’ve heard this too. Apparently even the Sea-Monkey food packet has additional eggs, though I’ve had a look with the microscope and could never see any
@@pico-cosmos i remember that for a while they ran out of plasma 4 and they would tell You to mix half and half of red Magic and sea medic, sea medic had eggs and thiosulfate, it wouldnt surprise me to see a similar formula on Cupids arrow
@@dizzydragon ah that’s really interesting. I have all of the extra packets but I’ve no clue how to determine their chemical composition 😅
imagine the person who made the fishbowl looking at this
"sir, its for dollhouses"
Growing up I thought sea monkeys were this sponge toys you put in water and grew, I didn't know they were actual animals
A lot of people seem to be under this impression, and it’s not surprising, the idea of real animals hatching from dried eggs sounds almost impossible
This has combined my love for sea monkeys AND miniatures into one fascinating experiment. I love seeing them not only grow and survive in 5mL of water, but thrive! They are so amazing creatures
I honestly expected this experiment to fail within the first week so it’s pretty amazing that they’re hardy enough to survive in something so small. I might have to try a 3ml tank next 😂
@@pico-cosmos I honestly don't see why not 😂 they seemed as happy in 5mL as they did in 300mL. I truly wonder if they even noticed the difference lol
@@pepsirica I don’t think they could care less tbh 😂
I love the fact it was a whole love story there! ❤😂
I love mini things that are actually functional, this is amazing!
Thank you for showing respect to even the smallest creatures! Subscribing now!
This is so cool! I tried raising these 4 different times and it never worked, except for once when all of them died but one. The one survivor only lived for 2 months.
If you're interested in trying again, I made a video called "How to keep your Sea-Monkeys alive", it has all of my best tips :)
th-cam.com/video/ttlYkpcct1M/w-d-xo.html
It might be the water you’re using
The fastest aquarium set up I've seen so far
The world's smallest aquarium really needs an audience.
I just realized you are the one that made me discover sea monkeys with this video, that was an amazing video !
Haha that’s super cool! Glad to see you joining the hobby 👊 feel free to reach out if you ever have any questions
@@pico-cosmos Will do😁
I made a sealed aquarium in a glass tube with 3 drops of water from a pond. It contained some algae and 2 tiny creatures that looked like round bugs under the microscope. After 5 years in the window, I looked at it again and the algae were still alive and there was 3 little bug-like creatures in there. It lasted all this time sealed and the little animals were obviously able to multiply.
Everyone is yelling animal abuse when clearly they weren’t bothered with their small enclosure, they bred and had babies in it, they weren’t uncomfortable. Stop personifying extremely simple life forms, it’s like feeling sorry for a germ. Grow up.
Just checked out your channel. It's all about sea monkeys!! Totally subbing! I've always loved sea monkeys. 🤗
🥳 🙌 thanks for supporting the channel :) and welcome to the world of being weirdly obsessed with these little guys lol
😂 ‘’firstly i need to choose a speacice wich is small enough to live in here’’ *shows a picture of a bluewhale*
That was incredible. I honestly didn’t expect it to work so well. First time I ever saw what they look like. It’s not what I expected but still cool.
Your videos are awesome, hope people recognise you soon 🥰
Just imagine if he decides to feed his sea monkeys 2 cans of monster energy
This is so awesome! Almost microscopic but still insane!
I thought it was gonna be fish abuse, but I was wrong! Since they're pretty, pretty small, they have a lot of space
I just looked it up it said 1 gallon minimum for sea moneys
@@brodieashlynn07 bruh, stop using Wikipedia. People edit it so it isn't accurate.
Supposed to be at least 50 gallons. 10 gallons for each letter of the first word in their name.
In this case 5 for B R I N E.
@@brodieashlynn07they have virtually no consciousness, even in there natural environment it’s not like there going out and exploring, bottom of the food chain and they’re here to add balance to the ecosystem.
I'd love to see an "adult" kit or sea monkeys. Maybe you can post an instructional video on how to make a classy one?
theres some cooler ones online, but most adults who want them will just buy brine scrimp and diy it
I love watching them swim upside down it's so interesting
I guess it's all a matter of perspective. A lot of people say they swim upside down but I've always just thought they just have legs on their back
THIS WAS KEWL AS HELL!! Thanks.
Amazing video, really loved the way you took care of them😊
Cheers! This was a really fun video to make. I might try something like this again in the future with Daphnia
@@pico-cosmos wow, waiting for it😃
tf , yes he took care of them but NOT WITH THE SIZE OF THE "tank"
Thanks for this video I always wondered what sea monkeys were. I used see adverts for them when I was a kid in comics.
I doubted they looked like monkeys. More like a shrimp.
So…. ADORABLE!!! This has reinvigorated my interest in the hobby. I was quite good at keeping them when I was a kid, at least that’s what I remember lol 😅 maybe I’ll try again as an adult! Very cool video!
You totally should! Make sure you watch this video first though, it has all of my best tips for raising them:
th-cam.com/video/ttlYkpcct1M/w-d-xo.html
“The world’s smallest aquarium really needs an audience”
I love this video so much!!!💛
I used to carry some of mine about (just for short periods) in a Tic Tac box as it was a similar volume to the locket and watch, I wonder though if you were at a suitable scale to make the volume viable you could have a properly functional pond or aquarium in a Model enviorment using Sea Monkeys as your fish, maybe like a equivlent 3-4ft aquarium to a 1/6th figure perhaps as you could even build working filtration and airation into it.
5ml doll house fish bowl might not even be the worst Siamese fighting fish/betta tank ever. 🙃
I always thought south park was being over the top with their "sea people" packaging... but they really look like this.
And then the disappointment when they don't play games and ride on seahorses. :D
This is incredible
This was great! I have you on notifications for 2 reasons:
Watch your video the moment it comes out
And hoping you do another free kit give away haha
Cheers Dan! Giveaways will start becoming a regular thing again soon :) I just got my channel monetised so I can start investing a little more $$ into it now
@@pico-cosmos Fantastic! If I wasn’t a poor student I’d pick one up myself lol But I enjoy watching your videos. I’m learning so much about something that would always be in novelty shops growing up, and your channel changed my mind from thinking it’s a novelty to an actual legitimate hobby
I made the world's smallest living reef tank but Guiness wouldn't accept it because they didn't have a slot for it. They said the world's smallest fish tank was the only category they had....
Oo how big was the reef tank you made? That sounds cool
This was a really neat video. Thanks!
Adorable tank!
THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS! I enjoyed it! I’m really hooked with the good editing
Thanks! This video seems to have got quite a few more views in the last couple of days so hopefully that's a good sign :)
@@pico-cosmos I hope you get more views and more recognized. ❤️ I’ll subsrcribe✨
Dont keep em there tho, its pretty much prison
I just subbed! Your channel is amazing! Now I want sea monkeys lol
This is friggin amazing!!
Thanks Sarah :))
Thanks for using sea monkeys instead of an actual tiny fish that wouldn’t be comfortable
A lot of people here are still mad at me for ‘abusing’ Sea-Monkeys 🙃
@@pico-cosmos Kinda silly of them. You cant really abuse something that's brain in functionality behaves like a plant
😂😂 exactly
You need an ATO on that mini tank to top up the evaporation! :)
I just googled this.. had no idea they existed but they would be a great idea for my larger brine shrimp tanks!
Omg there so cute as babies in your tank!!
Your macro-camera work is amazing dude
This fits easily 2-3 goldfish
nice video (so far of what i watched)
love the tank
Thanks! Appreciate you supporting the channel :)
@@pico-cosmos you really need to make a member (aka join button) to your channel so i can join it
@@gabed9740 Thanks! I just started looking into this because of your comment. I've just added the 'Super Thanks' button, I'll start figuring out how to create memberships next 👍
@@pico-cosmos 😄
This is really satisfying
I really enjoyed watching this 🙂😀
Did you know that very fish tank is not safe at all for that sea monkey? I will explain. So basically, do you know how some Birds,hamsters,rabbits get like- VERY bad anxiety? It looks like that tank is too small for those two sea monkeys!
Thank you
"How much do you want to abuse animals?"
People: *yes*
Just a joke lol
This just showed up in my recommendation your content is so good
Cheers mate! Really appreciate that. I'm still quite new to this whole TH-cam thing, but trying to improve with every video. Glad you're enjoying the content :)
@@pico-cosmos youtube is recommending your content mate I wish and pray for your channel"s growth
Dude that’s awesome
I’ve had mine for a month and I have about 5 adults and they haven’t mated at all. I have no idea why they won’t mate. The salt level is perfect. I aerate the tank everyday and the temp is good.
Sometimes it can take 5-6 weeks for mating to start. Give them a little more time 👌
If 0 mating is happening and conditions are right, maybe they’re all the same gender? Or need extra time.
love this and it's great that you are an expert but is this ethical? is growing sea monkeys through a kit good for them? I have always had this question.
Yes this is ethical, although not recommended because the water would evaporate really fast making it easier to kill them. :( Growing them through the kit is good for them, but giving them some extra things can help them grow even better and they will be even happier. :>
That was a lot of fun!
great video!!! haha this was pretty neat bro
Cheers mate! Glad you enjoyed it :) Thanks for supporting the channel
I'm using an 8 ounce spring water bottle to grow them so I can show people, not bad so far
nice, how long have you had it going for?
@@pico-cosmos I'm on week three and the originals from the kit you used have grown into adults while three generations of 1/10th teaspoon are in the two gallon tank
@@pico-cosmos hardest part is cleaning the water from the poop and ammonia from the tank the filter pushes the brine shrimp out gently but the effort takes all day
@@nodatastored684 I've never tried using a filter with a brine shrimp tank before, it doesn't seem to be necessary even though it's probably ideal
@@pico-cosmos that KS for the tip
How do you have the smallest aquarium for sea monkeys they look gorgeous, hopefully, one day you can make a website for people to buy stuff like the smallest aquarium that you ha e in the video!
Just because you can dose not mean you should. I am glad we see him transfer them into the larger area. All life is sacred treat everything with respect.
This is so cute!
Tbh I was waiting for the “animal abuse” comments rather than these 😅
Worlds smallest jail for fish...
Fun fact: Brine shrimp don’t have pain receptors so they can live life pain free :D
These are so cool!
I'm now wondering, is there ANY creature that could live well and thrive in such a tiny aquarium?
Poor fish cuz they don’t deserve something that small
That was pretty cool, in a month’s time going from eggs to Parents giving birth to live babies. Amazing.😎👍
I loved this!
Thanks :)
the way ther like "hey look u watchin guess do it in cam" its funny XD
Torture chamber
I hate how they probably get bored to-death in that small thing
Its cruel
They don't have emotions/sense of having fun
They have the same brain as a bacteria
@@BurbIndustrieswell how did I Liitally train my fish to follow my finger?
@@Alienfrommars613 because brine shrimps are not fish. They follow light and that's it. Fish have brain and are intelligent (kinda). Brine shrimps/sea monkeys are not.
wow, so satisfying
Finally, something I can afford
this seems like animal abuse
you seem like a nerd
You seem like animal abuse
@@siluss got me there how am i meant to argue with that logic
cruel
to copy another comment: "No, and sea monkeys (brine shrimp) dont have pain receptors, so they cant physically feel pain. Not only that, theyre microscopic and that bowl is fine for 2 of them. Even then, he moved them in the end."
Wow, your idea is sos so cool ! Your kids are so lucky ! 👨👧👧
There actually could have been a filter in it, substitute the black sand for activated charcoal
Worlds smallest animal cruelty project
the tank itself is a masterpiece
I've never seen anyone so successful with these shrimp
This is animal abuse.
YES
fucking pathetic , even more sicking that the comments support it
@@22402jess 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is wrong
😂😂😂