Back in the 70s I had a travel tank I ordered from the form that came with a kit. It was a glass tube with a flat bottom, and a plastic top which I think had a clip, so you could put it in your pocket like a pen. I took my monkeys everywhere - to family events, to boy scouts, and even for a long day at show and tell in elementary school. The short trips probably weren't too bad , but the day at school must have been tough - I was young and didn't know any better.
Ah I think those were the very first Port-A-Pets! Tod Machin has a bunch of photos of them on his IG page. They’re quite rare now, I’ve never seen one for sale
I'm gonna draw from my personal experience to say this is not the best idea for kids. About 30-or-so years ago my cousin had the bubble necklace apparatus and brought her favorite sea monkey to my house for a visit. Well, it didn't survive for more than a few hours, after which we had a funeral for it in my front yard. As we couldn't bring ourselves to tears from its mere passing, we resorted to cutting onions to provide faux tears for the ceremony... OMG to be a kid again, and not just a "man-child".
The fact y’all felt the need to have faux tears to respect the passing of the sea monkey is genuinely really cute! I hope you and your cousin are doing well and hopefully not needing to do my sea monkey funerals LMAO
I'm pretty sure I owned that same bubble necklace! It also did not last long. It was a really thin plastic, maybe LDPE? And it cracked incredibly easily. I can only find one trace of it online, a single scan of an illustrated ad from a comic book. So I don't think the product was around for long, probably for the best.
Thanks! I still have SO much to learn when it comes to video editing but I try to improve a little with every upload :) glad to hear you’re enjoying the videos 🙌 thanks for supporting the channel mate
Ive seen some of your videos where the sea monkeys simply dont hatch, seing them here swiming and enjoying the light of day after a decade is extraordinary, thanks for always giving them a chance 😊
The idea that all these keychain products even existed is kind of crazy. If you've ever raised sea monkeys, you know how sensitive they can be to temperature change. The thought of all those poor monkeys shoved into a bag and left in a hot classroom cubby hole is sad😢
Haha, I was wondering what the second stopper was for right up until you poured them back in! I'm kind of on the side against keychain aquariums, I don't like to put my animals through any unnecessary stress, and I feel like what a keychain goes through in a day is pretty rough...I don't think I could go through any period of time with them in a small space like that without being hyper aware about how long they've been in there and how much jostling they're going though.
"It was clearly made for kids, and not a man-child in his 30's" omg😂 that was great! I laugh because i know how it goes, i am just a woman-child in my 30's😂 and this is pretty cool! Yes, not the best way to keep sea monkeys for extended periods of time😢 but i thought it was neat for just a short little stay!❤❤ and is that a new profile pic?! Love it and loved the video!
your videos are being watched at my corner of a corporate giant, by my inclusion in your studies and videos , I have produced algae and a huge sea monkey ten gallon sunken ship sea society ... and all of the mangers from my work are buying the sea monkey kits and putting them on there desks. It is crazy but in the heart of Iowa , at a John Deere Facility, sea monkeys are thriving thanks to you. You have touched many hearts of many girl and boy grown adults...Thank You...
I don't actually have much interest in Sea Monkeys but your channel is just so awesome, I really enjoy your videos. All these different enclosures, species, and various scientific information you share is so great to see. Thanks for sharing all this interesting stuff in such an engaging and likeable way.
God, I’m not sure if I hate this or the watch more. Even for 12 hours. With this I’m thinking about vibrations if this went in a pocket, would turn the air bubbles into weapons. With the watch I’m thinking of the possible temperature increase…and the vibrations from walking etc. honestly, I wouldn’t be shocked with the “The Amazing Sea Monkeys Blender! Watch As Your Soup Is Made!” It’s a cool slice from the past though, I’m so glad you double checked the seabubble - none of them got trapped in that hellhole. Bloody amazing that you got the 8 year old eggs to hatch, that is so cool, I would love to get some old eggs hatching, to see if there’s any tricks I can use to revive them, and see what the oldest eggs I can use would be…
It's obvious from your other tiny tanks that sea monkeys don't mind confined spaces, but these would only be getting a tiny amount of oxygen, which seems like a problem. I also can't imagine the bubble surviving long, bouncing around with keys & such, but it's cute just to see it hanging from something for a short while. Thankyou again for trying out all these products!
I believe I bought my Sea-Bubble stand-alone from a tank insert order form. I used to take them on short trips with me. My original Sea-Bubble is missing a stopper now, I bought some cork stoppers but never tried them. I agree with you that it should be all clear,. There is a larger all clear version that has two sides similar to the maze, but both sides can hold Sea-Monkeys. I think it came with one of the pirate kits. Keep up the great videos...
Really glad you changed your logo, the uncanny valley really was doing me in lol. Thx for all your hard work, will be enjoying many more of it in the future I'm sure.
Me too! Just wish it was larger. There was another Sea-Bubble that came with some of the later Pirate Gold kits that was completely clear which I much prefer 👌
i rarely comment but this is one of the stranger ones that u've shown, tho i really like it :) it does seem a little cruel to keep it in for 12 hrs as u said , it'd be best to keep them in for a minute or two tho i dont own sea monkeys so im just living vicariously thru these videos
I would feel bad for those sea monkeys if they were in a keychain, just not their habitat, so small. I love the background with all your sea monkey collectables! I need to up my game! Thanks Jon
“Creepy looking family” is right. That Big Slime Toys packaging disturbs me. For short term incarceration, I think these devices are fine. All of the Sea-Monkey travel accessories are more of a gimmick and much less functional. I highly doubt that many kids left their Sea-Monkeys in their travel device for extended periods of time - if they used them at all. But as with most things in the world, using this requires implementing good judgement. I’ve had countless Sea-Monkey travel accessories over the years and I’ve never put Sea-Monkeys in any of them. But as a gimmick, these things still amuse me and get my thumbs up. (So do your videos.)
When I was little I sent away for a moose brand sea-monkey necklace that might have been the precursor to this, since the kit suggested adding it to a keychain if you didn't want to wear it. It wasnt the friendship necklace design though as it was a real sphere with no backdrop I specifically bought it so I could take a couple of mine to show and tell, but I only used it once as by lunchtime I started getting stressed out leaving the two I had caught bottled up all day. I released them back into their tank as soon as I got home and both were doing fine, but I didn't like that icky feeling of taking them from their home.
I didn’t realise that Moose made a necklace 😮 I’ll have to do some research into it. I’m currently working on a video for the Moose Sea-Monkey racetrack
@@pico-cosmos I'm sorry I cant send you pictures or anything. It was a deep memory your video unlocked from my childhood lol. I don't even know if it had a fancy box...I begged my mum to mail order it from the catalogue that came with my tank.
kind of unrelated but i got seamonkeys of my own yesterday and they hatched today! i love learning all these facts and interesting details about them. love your channel so much keep up the good work :)
Another excellent video John! Love the fact that limited products get opened and used. Excellent. Unfortunately, my Sea Monkeys died despite the micro heater, air pump etc. Odd, but there were NO signs of 'bodies'. From a healthy colony to zero SM's in 4 days. If you shine a light through the bottom of the 'Ocean' tank it looks great. I am considering installing an led light under the base and filing a slot for the wire so as to have a separate battery and switch.
Cheers mate! And sorry to hear about your colony. Sea-Monkeys can certainly be challenging at times. I think these rapid mass-mortality events are likely due to a fast deterioration in water quality / bacterial bloom :/ that can be hard to anticipate and mitigate. Love your idea of modding the Sea-Monkey tank! Let me know if you ever end up doing it 👍
In theory that means that the sea monkeys that came up from the old kit have been selected to survive for longer periods of time, keep this lineage pattern going and maybe You could get a sea monkeys strain that last 20 years haha, just a tought
I love your videos. I have an Aqua Dragon Tank (1 Weeks old, 40-50 Dragons) and a Sea-Monkeys on Mars Tank (1 Day old, with 2 Monkeys yet ❤, hopefully more) Your Videos are very helpfull, inspiring and informative. Because of you i bought Sea Monkeys to my Aqua Dragons. But i love it Thank you very much! Unfortunatelly i live in Germany, where Sea-Monkeys dont purchasable.
Hey Pico - Ivan from the group. The Sea-Bubble still in my collection (sadly missing the silicone plugs) is from a Pirate Plunder set. It doesn't have any printing on it like yours does with the Big Time Toys printing. I've never seen one like that, and it seems very weird to actually print that on there.
Ah thanks for letting me know! Glad to hear that some of them didn’t have the silly info printed on there 👍 Hopefully you managed to get some of the rubber plugs to make yours useable. I noticed they use the same ones as the Friendship Locket necklace
Seems mean to keep them in a key-chain booping around all day. Reminds me of the goldfish from the 70's that they would put in platform shoes. This is product is probably something better left in the past. It's amazing how long those eggs can last. Also, I just googled the live animals in key-chains in Asia....why?! Why are they doing that? Ahhhh.
I love these Sea monkey videos a lot. I know you do to. I have a fun act I like to share. I’m not sure you’ve watched The Boss baby the first movie. There’s a scene during the Las Vegas chase. There’s a giant Sea Monkey tank with live sea people like u will see on the cover of Sea monkey product. Really cool detail and hidden touch for sea monkey lovers
Solid review, No hate on the review or reviewer. The sea bubble is just a bad idea. I get they are brine shrimp but this is one step from those keychain bubbled animals he mentioned. It’s still a living animal that your shaking around with every movement you make. We got something similar over 15 years ago from a relative that was visiting from Thailand. I felt bad and didn’t wear mine but my brother did and the monkeys were dead by the next day.
Here is the thing. I´m an animal lover all around. That being said, being these brine shrimps I don´t see the problem to kepping them in the keychain. However, with this conditions: 1. Just a maximum of 2. 2. And, by all means, NOT FOR CHILDREN. They would be running up and down with them, maybe placing them directly under the sun, forgetting the key chain on school, risks of loosing it and/or getting it open and draining it. This could be targeted to actual adults that would know how to care for them.
I had the purple one of these growing up. I never used it outside of my room because it leaked water out the rubber stopper and I didnt want seamonkey water all over my backpack. I also figured if they didn't dry out over the day shaking them around would kill them
btw, foot long sunken ships , in my case a sunken submarine that is broken in half, is the center of my sea monkey mass scale sea society. I am culturing Porphyridium cruentum culture, which is red algae , and sea monkeys are always red in color and the buildup on the tank itself is red as well.
I mentioned on another video that I had a seamonkey-branded necklace in the early 90s (or maybe the late 80s?). After watching all of the other vintage product reviews, I went looking for it, but it seems to be extremely rare. I've only seen a single mention of it online, a pinterest scan of an illustrated ad for it from a comic book, but no pictures of the bubble itself. It may have been called the "living necklace" but I'm not sure if that was an official name. Compared to this keychain, is was round, nearly perfectly spherical but for the knob at the top, and entirely clear, not half blue or purple. Unlike the friendship locket, mine was a spherical bubble of plastic, with a cap on top that a bit of cord went through. Anyway, the idea goes back at least to the late 80s. Sadly, it was a very cheap plastic and it cracked easily, which I'm sure was a sad day for a lot of kids (it was for me). Hopefully this newer one is made a bit tougher.
@@pico-cosmos Yeah! That's the one. Looks like it was also sold as a kit at one point with the 70s-era packet labels. I guess I got mine near the end of that product's life, which probably should have been a lot shorter than it was...
🏰 Oo is yours the one with the pink and blue castle, or the new transparent crystal blue one? I love that tank, definitely been one of my favourites that I’ve tried so far
@@pico-cosmos I’ve got the pink and blue castle! The clear one is soooo cool but I didn’t realise it until after I got them. If I get more then I will have that tank as an option! ✨✨❤️
Hi John, Im from Greece and as i kid i loved sea monkeys although i never managed to keep them alive for too long. Fun fact: sea monkeys were discontinued in Greece (around 2002-2003 i would say) because our stupid politicians thought that it was some kind of weird creatures created in a mad scientist lab! Yes, sea monkeys became an issue in greek parliament. The product hasn't been released here again since then. However, sea monkey eggs (or artemia/brine shrimp) are sold in aquarium shops (as fish food :( ). Since i dont have the water purifier and the food packets, i'm just trying to raise them using himalayan salt (i will try to find aquarium sea salt if i experience any problems with it) and spirulina powder. 7 days after the hatching and some sea monkeys are dying. My diy container seems to have a kind of slimy stuff that sea monkeys get trapped (it could be fungus). Anyway, have you ever done a diy sea monkeys? Do you have any tips? Also, i saw in one video of yours that you first fed sea monkeys 5-6 after the hatching. Is it safe to do so?
Personally? I'd probably leave the keychain aquarium in the past. I could be absentminded at times so imagine a child having that and losing it with the Sea-Monkeys inside or forgetting they are in there and leave them for hours or even days on end. Poor critters 😅! On the other hand...I want that Purple Ocean Zoo, hands down. I want it just like I want the Pink Ocean Zoo that came with the friendship locket/necklace bubble. I don't care much for the keychain or the necklace itself (the reason for their collective value), I just want those fun pastel pink and purple Ocean Zoos for my collection 😢! Anyhow, if the keychains were to make a comeback maybe with a few design changes, like a bigger orifice to put the Sea-Monkeys in and out and also slightly bigger tank too might be favorable. I know the Aqua Maze keychain aquarium said in the packaging a minimum of 6hrs with a maximum of 12hrs for keeping the Sea-Monkeys in but it would be preferable to have in a new packaging to use in big bold letters the words "Temporarily" and "Few Hours" maybe a max time of 4hrs and to not take them to school. I admit I had mine for close to 10hrs in the keychain when I took them to work with me that day in the keychain but I was closely monitoring them all the time something a child might not really do. I do think kids can be responsible but something small like a keychain is easy to become forgettable I think. Like look at the Tamagotchis, how many of those died in the 90s because of neglect and school? Anyway, this was a great review and I'm glad the eggs hatched from the old packets! I think the limit for them being viable is 10 years, more than that and it's likely they won't hatch (from my experience), keep up the amazing work you're doing and I hope you have a great day!
Yeah I tried a slightly different approach with this one, I’m still experimenting to see what works with these product reviews 👍 The TH-cam algorithm is fickle to say the least lol
@@pico-cosmos I figured it was an algorithm thing, this one feels less personable and a bit more processed. I know negativity can help sell more, especially in the review genre. Hope you can keep growing though!
1. Keep the tank in the warmest part of your house, perhaps up somewhere high. Tbh the USB aquarium heater is fairly inexpensive and since it’s only 10 watts it’s very cheap to run. But yeah.. there’s no super easy way to keep it warm. 2. I have a video showing how to do this on my channel :)
I had sea monkeys as a kid but always thought the portable devices were awful. Still do. They'd be ok for a few minutes like you used it but why would anyone want to tote them around in tiny containers - never made sense.
You know that kid spun that sucker on her finger once the shot was taken, thats a look of pure evil. I'm still trying to figure out the sweet spot for the watch, never had an original so don't know its volume to work from but this little eggs definately too small.
Hey period I need your help period I have one of that was ecosystems in a glass bubble and there is a little shrimp trapped inside that has been there for years. There were two others with him, But they have since passed away. I want to take him out and put him inside of a little aquarium where he can have a shot at A nice life, But the bottom of the glass bubble is Sea led with silicone. Have you ever seen anyone try to Breaks in one of these to save their recipients, And if so, How did they get through the huge layer of silicone at the bottom?
You have to wonder about the marketing on these items tho, like "Alright we want you to look really happy about this item okay? "Wait are we putting animals in these?" "Yea, but it's suppose to be fun, and you'll get paid for it" "OH I like money, okay kids make sure you smile really big okay?" 😅😅😂😂
As always, loved the video! I'm not too keen on this product itself to be honest, it's a little weird and I don't really see its point. I hate the idea of a school kid hanging their sea monkeys off their bag or off their keys - that seems like the movement (jangling of keys or it swinging off a backpack) would distress the monkeys. (As an aside, I adore the design of the On Mars tank - really want one!)
I could be wrong but it seems like the name Sea Bubble was also used for a necklace in the '80s which had a transparent plastic sphere with a gold cap and a red or white cord. I can't seem to find much about it on the net except that the predecessor was made of GLASS! WTF getting that broken on your chest by a swinging door or something would be so painful and dangerous!
very cool to look at, but definitely a relic of the past. there are still products and toys intended to transport or play with pets like this (people are always doing this to fish, but think of people putting their cats in those plastic domed backpacks that can be dangerous for example) and it's definitely not good for the animals :(
i personally am against the idea of even simple animals being put in really small places, even animals that don't need a lot of space, this is definitely a product of it's time
I usually culture live microalgae to feed my Sea-Monkeys, but if you’re looking for an easy dried food source check out my video titled “red sea-monkeys” 👍
I like the bubble keychain, aesthetically pleasing and it looks like it has much more room. I didn't really like the maze, the watch was kinda ify and the friendship necklace is ugly- didn't really look like it has much room and ditto to maze one. EDIT: Fixed Grammar.
Some uninformed kid would absolutely shake that thing around and murder the entire ecosystem. I didn't even know what sea monkeys were until basically last week and I'm 23, but I knew so many kids at school who would just touch your stuff without permission and there's no way they wouldn't rattle those shrimp
Back in the 70s I had a travel tank I ordered from the form that came with a kit. It was a glass tube with a flat bottom, and a plastic top which I think had a clip, so you could put it in your pocket like a pen. I took my monkeys everywhere - to family events, to boy scouts, and even for a long day at show and tell in elementary school. The short trips probably weren't too bad , but the day at school must have been tough - I was young and didn't know any better.
Ah I think those were the very first Port-A-Pets! Tod Machin has a bunch of photos of them on his IG page. They’re quite rare now, I’ve never seen one for sale
I'm gonna draw from my personal experience to say this is not the best idea for kids. About 30-or-so years ago my cousin had the bubble necklace apparatus and brought her favorite sea monkey to my house for a visit. Well, it didn't survive for more than a few hours, after which we had a funeral for it in my front yard. As we couldn't bring ourselves to tears from its mere passing, we resorted to cutting onions to provide faux tears for the ceremony... OMG to be a kid again, and not just a "man-child".
😂😂 that is ADORABLE. I might have to start giving my Sea-Monkeys burial ceremonies too
I still have mine that I ordered from their catalog....... anyway I took mine to my Russian Orthodox church one Sunday ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
The fact y’all felt the need to have faux tears to respect the passing of the sea monkey is genuinely really cute! I hope you and your cousin are doing well and hopefully not needing to do my sea monkey funerals LMAO
I'm pretty sure I owned that same bubble necklace! It also did not last long. It was a really thin plastic, maybe LDPE? And it cracked incredibly easily. I can only find one trace of it online, a single scan of an illustrated ad from a comic book. So I don't think the product was around for long, probably for the best.
John, your editing is getting so clean. I love your production value and your videos make me smile every time
Thanks! I still have SO much to learn when it comes to video editing but I try to improve a little with every upload :) glad to hear you’re enjoying the videos 🙌 thanks for supporting the channel mate
Ive seen some of your videos where the sea monkeys simply dont hatch, seing them here swiming and enjoying the light of day after a decade is extraordinary, thanks for always giving them a chance 😊
The idea that all these keychain products even existed is kind of crazy. If you've ever raised sea monkeys, you know how sensitive they can be to temperature change. The thought of all those poor monkeys shoved into a bag and left in a hot classroom cubby hole is sad😢
Haha, I was wondering what the second stopper was for right up until you poured them back in! I'm kind of on the side against keychain aquariums, I don't like to put my animals through any unnecessary stress, and I feel like what a keychain goes through in a day is pretty rough...I don't think I could go through any period of time with them in a small space like that without being hyper aware about how long they've been in there and how much jostling they're going though.
"It was clearly made for kids, and not a man-child in his 30's" omg😂 that was great! I laugh because i know how it goes, i am just a woman-child in my 30's😂 and this is pretty cool! Yes, not the best way to keep sea monkeys for extended periods of time😢 but i thought it was neat for just a short little stay!❤❤ and is that a new profile pic?! Love it and loved the video!
your videos are being watched at my corner of a corporate giant, by my inclusion in your studies and videos , I have produced algae and a huge sea monkey ten gallon sunken ship sea society ... and all of the mangers from my work are buying the sea monkey kits and putting them on there desks. It is crazy but in the heart of Iowa , at a John Deere Facility, sea monkeys are thriving thanks to you. You have touched many hearts of many girl and boy grown adults...Thank You...
I have been having sea monkeys for a number of years now and your videos are just amazing!!! and puts a smile on my face.
Thanks 😊 do you have any tanks going at the moment?
Yes! I have two going on at the moment the magic castle and the ocean zoo.
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I don't actually have much interest in Sea Monkeys but your channel is just so awesome, I really enjoy your videos. All these different enclosures, species, and various scientific information you share is so great to see. Thanks for sharing all this interesting stuff in such an engaging and likeable way.
God, I’m not sure if I hate this or the watch more. Even for 12 hours. With this I’m thinking about vibrations if this went in a pocket, would turn the air bubbles into weapons. With the watch I’m thinking of the possible temperature increase…and the vibrations from walking etc. honestly, I wouldn’t be shocked with the “The Amazing Sea Monkeys Blender! Watch As Your Soup Is Made!”
It’s a cool slice from the past though, I’m so glad you double checked the seabubble - none of them got trapped in that hellhole.
Bloody amazing that you got the 8 year old eggs to hatch, that is so cool, I would love to get some old eggs hatching, to see if there’s any tricks I can use to revive them, and see what the oldest eggs I can use would be…
It's obvious from your other tiny tanks that sea monkeys don't mind confined spaces, but these would only be getting a tiny amount of oxygen, which seems like a problem. I also can't imagine the bubble surviving long, bouncing around with keys & such, but it's cute just to see it hanging from something for a short while. Thankyou again for trying out all these products!
I believe I bought my Sea-Bubble stand-alone from a tank insert order form. I used to take them on short trips with me. My original Sea-Bubble is missing a stopper now, I bought some cork stoppers but never tried them. I agree with you that it should be all clear,. There is a larger all clear version that has two sides similar to the maze, but both sides can hold Sea-Monkeys. I think it came with one of the pirate kits. Keep up the great videos...
Yep you’re right! There was an all clear version in some of the later Pirate Gold kits. I’ll be reviewing that set on the channel later this year :)
Thev way he just passively aggressively went at the girl is ridiculous 😂😂😂😅😅
I didn’t even mention how HUGE the Sea-Bubble looks in her hand. She must be absolutely tiny.. or there’s some photoshop trickery going on 😅
Really glad you changed your logo, the uncanny valley really was doing me in lol. Thx for all your hard work, will be enjoying many more of it in the future I'm sure.
Love the part where the sea monkeys go into the aquarium and sea monkey all over the place 😂
I loved when he said “its monke time” and monke’d all over the place*
I absolutely love the shape of this though
Me too! Just wish it was larger. There was another Sea-Bubble that came with some of the later Pirate Gold kits that was completely clear which I much prefer 👌
i rarely comment but this is one of the stranger ones that u've shown, tho i really like it :)
it does seem a little cruel to keep it in for 12 hrs as u said , it'd be best to keep them in for a minute or two
tho i dont own sea monkeys so im just living vicariously thru these videos
Thanks for making the amazing videos!!! Keep up the good work
I would feel bad for those sea monkeys if they were in a keychain, just not their habitat, so small. I love the background with all your sea monkey collectables! I need to up my game! Thanks Jon
“Creepy looking family” is right. That Big Slime Toys packaging disturbs me.
For short term incarceration, I think these devices are fine. All of the Sea-Monkey travel accessories are more of a gimmick and much less functional. I highly doubt that many kids left their Sea-Monkeys in their travel device for extended periods of time - if they used them at all. But as with most things in the world, using this requires implementing good judgement.
I’ve had countless Sea-Monkey travel accessories over the years and I’ve never put Sea-Monkeys in any of them. But as a gimmick, these things still amuse me and get my thumbs up. (So do your videos.)
When I was little I sent away for a moose brand sea-monkey necklace that might have been the precursor to this, since the kit suggested adding it to a keychain if you didn't want to wear it.
It wasnt the friendship necklace design though as it was a real sphere with no backdrop
I specifically bought it so I could take a couple of mine to show and tell, but I only used it once as by lunchtime I started getting stressed out leaving the two I had caught bottled up all day. I released them back into their tank as soon as I got home and both were doing fine, but I didn't like that icky feeling of taking them from their home.
I didn’t realise that Moose made a necklace 😮 I’ll have to do some research into it. I’m currently working on a video for the Moose Sea-Monkey racetrack
@@pico-cosmos I'm sorry I cant send you pictures or anything. It was a deep memory your video unlocked from my childhood lol.
I don't even know if it had a fancy box...I begged my mum to mail order it from the catalogue that came with my tank.
kind of unrelated but i got seamonkeys of my own yesterday and they hatched today! i love learning all these facts and interesting details about them. love your channel so much keep up the good work :)
I absolutely love these reviews keep up the amazing work john
Another excellent video John! Love the fact that limited products get opened and used. Excellent.
Unfortunately, my Sea Monkeys died despite the micro heater, air pump etc. Odd, but there were NO signs of 'bodies'. From a healthy colony to zero SM's in 4 days.
If you shine a light through the bottom of the 'Ocean' tank it looks great. I am considering installing an led light under the base and filing a slot for the wire so as to have a separate battery and switch.
Cheers mate! And sorry to hear about your colony. Sea-Monkeys can certainly be challenging at times. I think these rapid mass-mortality events are likely due to a fast deterioration in water quality / bacterial bloom :/ that can be hard to anticipate and mitigate. Love your idea of modding the Sea-Monkey tank! Let me know if you ever end up doing it 👍
cant stop watching your videos lol
:) thanks for supporting the channel!
Great video John! Love the editing!
Thanks man!
Really glad some of the eggs were able to hatch!
It’s sea monkin time !!!
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We might need a theme song! 😂
In theory that means that the sea monkeys that came up from the old kit have been selected to survive for longer periods of time, keep this lineage pattern going and maybe You could get a sea monkeys strain that last 20 years haha, just a tought
Lol I’ve heard that wild brine shrimp eggs can survive for over a century in the right conditions! No idea if it’s true though
I was looking for something about this comment because I'm over here so confused as how they're still
I had a sea monkey watch. It was my favorite watch in college.
I love it, I think it's adorable but would just leave them in there for a short time, too.
i can Imagine how pissed PETA is When this Sea-Monkey set Came out
Lol I don’t think PETA care about Brine Shrimp 😢
New profile pic too! Love it
Thanks 🙌 😊
I can't believe you got those 8 yr old eggs to hatch, you should keep updating us on their progress.
The way I carry my keys, probably not a great idea! Great video tho!
Me neither.. I’d break this thing the moment I step out the front door with it 😂
I love your videos. I have an Aqua Dragon Tank (1 Weeks old, 40-50 Dragons) and a Sea-Monkeys on Mars Tank (1 Day old, with 2 Monkeys yet ❤, hopefully more)
Your Videos are very helpfull, inspiring and informative. Because of you i bought Sea Monkeys to my Aqua Dragons. But i love it
Thank you very much!
Unfortunatelly i live in Germany, where Sea-Monkeys dont purchasable.
Moin moin :) glad to hear you’re enjoying the videos! Good luck with your tanks :) I’m going to be reviewing Aqua Dragons later this year
Hey Pico - Ivan from the group. The Sea-Bubble still in my collection (sadly missing the silicone plugs) is from a Pirate Plunder set. It doesn't have any printing on it like yours does with the Big Time Toys printing. I've never seen one like that, and it seems very weird to actually print that on there.
Ah thanks for letting me know! Glad to hear that some of them didn’t have the silly info printed on there 👍 Hopefully you managed to get some of the rubber plugs to make yours useable. I noticed they use the same ones as the Friendship Locket necklace
"Man child in his 30s" you are hilarious! Thanks for the video as always!
See they've redesigned the official handbook? I bought an instant life kit from Kmart yesterday in NZ. Looks so much cooler than the previous one
Yup! You’ll see my name in the bottom right corner on the page with photos of the Sea-Monkeys :)
@@pico-cosmos congrats!! That's awesome John! Just spotted it. So cool
Seems mean to keep them in a key-chain booping around all day. Reminds me of the goldfish from the 70's that they would put in platform shoes. This is product is probably something better left in the past.
It's amazing how long those eggs can last.
Also, I just googled the live animals in key-chains in Asia....why?! Why are they doing that? Ahhhh.
They have live annimal earrings with goldfish, looks very cruel. They also have spider chain rings that keeps a spider on your hand.
@@WolfmanLarryTalbot ack! What is wrong with people 😔
Thanks for so much good information on those little monster I love 💖
I love these Sea monkey videos a lot. I know you do to. I have a fun act I like to share. I’m not sure you’ve watched The Boss baby the first movie. There’s a scene during the Las Vegas chase. There’s a giant Sea Monkey tank with live sea people like u will see on the cover of Sea monkey product. Really cool detail and hidden touch for sea monkey lovers
Solid review, No hate on the review or reviewer.
The sea bubble is just a bad idea. I get they are brine shrimp but this is one step from those keychain bubbled animals he mentioned. It’s still a living animal that your shaking around with every movement you make. We got something similar over 15 years ago from a relative that was visiting from Thailand. I felt bad and didn’t wear mine but my brother did and the monkeys were dead by the next day.
Here is the thing. I´m an animal lover all around. That being said, being these brine shrimps I don´t see the problem to kepping them in the keychain. However, with this conditions:
1. Just a maximum of 2.
2. And, by all means, NOT FOR CHILDREN. They would be running up and down with them, maybe placing them directly under the sun, forgetting the key chain on school, risks of loosing it and/or getting it open and draining it.
This could be targeted to actual adults that would know how to care for them.
Hey Pico, I got the same heat mat as you yesterday but without thermostat thing. Will the temperature still be feasible for hatching?
So cool
I had the purple one of these growing up. I never used it outside of my room because it leaked water out the rubber stopper and I didnt want seamonkey water all over my backpack. I also figured if they didn't dry out over the day shaking them around would kill them
This is the only channel I have notifications turned on and I get very excited to see that red dot on the bell
Thanks man! I’m still trying to speed up my video production, they just take ages to make 😅
btw, foot long sunken ships , in my case a sunken submarine that is broken in half, is the center of my sea monkey mass scale sea society. I am culturing Porphyridium cruentum culture, which is red algae , and sea monkeys are always red in color and the buildup on the tank itself is red as well.
that's pretty amazing they can hatch from eggs that old!
My first SeaMonkey kit was the one with the travel egg lol
I mentioned on another video that I had a seamonkey-branded necklace in the early 90s (or maybe the late 80s?). After watching all of the other vintage product reviews, I went looking for it, but it seems to be extremely rare. I've only seen a single mention of it online, a pinterest scan of an illustrated ad for it from a comic book, but no pictures of the bubble itself. It may have been called the "living necklace" but I'm not sure if that was an official name.
Compared to this keychain, is was round, nearly perfectly spherical but for the knob at the top, and entirely clear, not half blue or purple. Unlike the friendship locket, mine was a spherical bubble of plastic, with a cap on top that a bit of cord went through.
Anyway, the idea goes back at least to the late 80s. Sadly, it was a very cheap plastic and it cracked easily, which I'm sure was a sad day for a lot of kids (it was for me). Hopefully this newer one is made a bit tougher.
The living sea gem! Check out the worthpoint website - they have expired ebay auctions. You’ll find some pics there
@@pico-cosmos Yeah! That's the one. Looks like it was also sold as a kit at one point with the 70s-era packet labels. I guess I got mine near the end of that product's life, which probably should have been a lot shorter than it was...
I got my sea monkeys a week ago and they are already grown! They started growing the day after I put the eggs in! ❤❤
🙌 congrats! Which tank are you using?
@@pico-cosmos Thank you so much! I am using the magic castle tank! It’s amazing! ❤️✨
🏰 Oo is yours the one with the pink and blue castle, or the new transparent crystal blue one? I love that tank, definitely been one of my favourites that I’ve tried so far
@@pico-cosmos I’ve got the pink and blue castle! The clear one is soooo cool but I didn’t realise it until after I got them. If I get more then I will have that tank as an option! ✨✨❤️
@@pico-cosmos That crystal blue one only seems to be available in Australia. I've been looking tonight and no such luck.
thank you for the video because it help me take care of sea monkey and help me what tank is good for sea monkey
Hi John,
Im from Greece and as i kid i loved sea monkeys although i never managed to keep them alive for too long.
Fun fact: sea monkeys were discontinued in Greece (around 2002-2003 i would say) because our stupid politicians thought that it was some kind of weird creatures created in a mad scientist lab! Yes, sea monkeys became an issue in greek parliament. The product hasn't been released here again since then.
However, sea monkey eggs (or artemia/brine shrimp) are sold in aquarium shops (as fish food :( ).
Since i dont have the water purifier and the food packets, i'm just trying to raise them using himalayan salt (i will try to find aquarium sea salt if i experience any problems with it) and spirulina powder.
7 days after the hatching and some sea monkeys are dying. My diy container seems to have a kind of slimy stuff that sea monkeys get trapped (it could be fungus).
Anyway, have you ever done a diy sea monkeys? Do you have any tips?
Also, i saw in one video of yours that you first fed sea monkeys 5-6 after the hatching. Is it safe to do so?
I remember this! I was in Greece when they got banned. Thalassopsixoules!
I’m planning on starting a 1 gallon sea monkey tank how many pairs of water purifier/ instant live eggs will I need?
12 starter kits 👌
Personally? I'd probably leave the keychain aquarium in the past. I could be absentminded at times so imagine a child having that and losing it with the Sea-Monkeys inside or forgetting they are in there and leave them for hours or even days on end. Poor critters 😅! On the other hand...I want that Purple Ocean Zoo, hands down. I want it just like I want the Pink Ocean Zoo that came with the friendship locket/necklace bubble. I don't care much for the keychain or the necklace itself (the reason for their collective value), I just want those fun pastel pink and purple Ocean Zoos for my collection 😢! Anyhow, if the keychains were to make a comeback maybe with a few design changes, like a bigger orifice to put the Sea-Monkeys in and out and also slightly bigger tank too might be favorable. I know the Aqua Maze keychain aquarium said in the packaging a minimum of 6hrs with a maximum of 12hrs for keeping the Sea-Monkeys in but it would be preferable to have in a new packaging to use in big bold letters the words "Temporarily" and "Few Hours" maybe a max time of 4hrs and to not take them to school. I admit I had mine for close to 10hrs in the keychain when I took them to work with me that day in the keychain but I was closely monitoring them all the time something a child might not really do. I do think kids can be responsible but something small like a keychain is easy to become forgettable I think. Like look at the Tamagotchis, how many of those died in the 90s because of neglect and school? Anyway, this was a great review and I'm glad the eggs hatched from the old packets! I think the limit for them being viable is 10 years, more than that and it's likely they won't hatch (from my experience), keep up the amazing work you're doing and I hope you have a great day!
in my opinion it wad a good idea for a small time period to show off to ur friends with out them poking the and trying to reach into it but yeah idk
I think it's cool to carry them around
I think it’s a bit odd like the to different colours just make it a bit weird and it’s to small for seamonkeys
Yeah they definitely should have made it at least a little bigger
I found a cool kit it comes with aquarium rocks killifish eggs and sea monkeys its so cool what comes with it all
The vibe for this one feels a bit different than the others. A little bit less warm, I guess. Still an interesting product.
Yeah I tried a slightly different approach with this one, I’m still experimenting to see what works with these product reviews 👍 The TH-cam algorithm is fickle to say the least lol
@@pico-cosmos I figured it was an algorithm thing, this one feels less personable and a bit more processed. I know negativity can help sell more, especially in the review genre. Hope you can keep growing though!
got question a man
1. if i am on a budget for this how do i warm it up in new zealand with heaters of any kind
2. how do i grow my own algae
1. Keep the tank in the warmest part of your house, perhaps up somewhere high. Tbh the USB aquarium heater is fairly inexpensive and since it’s only 10 watts it’s very cheap to run. But yeah.. there’s no super easy way to keep it warm.
2. I have a video showing how to do this on my channel :)
@@pico-cosmos Just curious what part of new zealand do you live in?
I had sea monkeys as a kid but always thought the portable devices were awful. Still do. They'd be ok for a few minutes like you used it but why would anyone want to tote them around in tiny containers - never made sense.
I asked this on your previous video but you may not have seen it lol,I currently have one male and one female sea monkeys ,any name ideas for the two?
Ah sorry sometimes I miss some of the comments 😅 You’ll have to call them Adam & Eve in the hope they manage to start a whole new colony! Ha
@@pico-cosmos indeed
You know that kid spun that sucker on her finger once the shot was taken, thats a look of pure evil.
I'm still trying to figure out the sweet spot for the watch, never had an original so don't know its volume to work from but this little eggs definately too small.
Nice new account foto.😊john
Thanks :) I want to start adding a bit more diversity into the content on this channel so I decided to change it. New videos coming soon 🙌
Is dust bad for a tank? On the bottom of my tank dust is building up and if I blow on it with my aqualeash it fills the tabk with dust particles
I have a 2 litre tank that’s over a year old and has no lid on it. Doesn’t seem to be a problem for me 🤷♂️
Hey period I need your help period I have one of that was ecosystems in a glass bubble and there is a little shrimp trapped inside that has been there for years. There were two others with him, But they have since passed away. I want to take him out and put him inside of a little aquarium where he can have a shot at A nice life, But the bottom of the glass bubble is Sea led with silicone. Have you ever seen anyone try to Breaks in one of these to save their recipients, And if so, How did they get through the huge layer of silicone at the bottom?
they really look sadistic🤣😂
You have to wonder about the marketing on these items tho, like
"Alright we want you to look really happy about this item okay?
"Wait are we putting animals in these?"
"Yea, but it's suppose to be fun, and you'll get paid for it"
"OH I like money, okay kids make sure you smile really big okay?"
😅😅😂😂
😂😂 this girl is probably still out there somewhere too. I wonder if she’s still using her Sea-Bubble 🤔🤣
Monkey + chain sometimes go well in the same sentence.
As always, loved the video!
I'm not too keen on this product itself to be honest, it's a little weird and I don't really see its point. I hate the idea of a school kid hanging their sea monkeys off their bag or off their keys - that seems like the movement (jangling of keys or it swinging off a backpack) would distress the monkeys.
(As an aside, I adore the design of the On Mars tank - really want one!)
i think its horrible that in ashia that they put little animals in key chains
I'm just starting my see monkey army😊and I have the sea monkeys on Mars to😅😊
It would be cool if he tried making a custom sea monkey tank for a video.
The idea is cute, but I dont think that those types of houseing shpuld be used for them. I also think more larger kits should be made
I could be wrong but it seems like the name Sea Bubble was also used for a necklace in the '80s which had a transparent plastic sphere with a gold cap and a red or white cord. I can't seem to find much about it on the net except that the predecessor was made of GLASS! WTF getting that broken on your chest by a swinging door or something would be so painful and dangerous!
Yup you’re right! I think I mentioned it and showed some photos in my video about the Friendship Necklace :)
I don't want the keychain for transporting animals, I just want it for the cute keychain design.
i think they could definetly make it bigger though.
My mother got me a sea monkeys on Mars kit as a birthday present, think I might try astaxanthin with them 🤔
The red food would look super cool in that tank!
Can they eat white string algae/Hair algae? Because I have lots of it growing.
I’m not sure, but I don’t think so. Sea-Monkeys can only eat very small algal cells
@@pico-cosmos What about wheat flour?
@@pico-cosmos Also, since I don't have heat mats can I put my Artermia salina in the sun (They live in a tic tac box)
@@Woodlouse29 No I wouldn't feed them what flour - only algae powders
@@Woodlouse29 No don't put them in the sun, they'll get too hot
very cool to look at, but definitely a relic of the past. there are still products and toys intended to transport or play with pets like this (people are always doing this to fish, but think of people putting their cats in those plastic domed backpacks that can be dangerous for example) and it's definitely not good for the animals :(
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i personally am against the idea of even simple animals being put in really small places, even animals that don't need a lot of space, this is definitely a product of it's time
I need one
yo dude where do you get sea monkey food or what do you use an alternative?
I usually culture live microalgae to feed my Sea-Monkeys, but if you’re looking for an easy dried food source check out my video titled “red sea-monkeys” 👍
@@pico-cosmos thank you
I like the bubble keychain, aesthetically pleasing and it looks like it has much more room. I didn't really like the maze, the watch was kinda ify and the friendship necklace is ugly- didn't really look like it has much room and ditto to maze one.
EDIT: Fixed Grammar.
What was the old Channel name it’s been bothering me for so long that I can’t remember it!
I do love the minor rebranding you have done though! 😁
It was artemia something
Haha yeah, “artemia daddy” was the old name
I think it’s a good idea but only put like 2 sea monkies
Its kinda sad that they never seen they are parents
Logo change seems like a corporation, not a person
I’m not a business man, I’m a business, man!
@@pico-cosmos What made you change the logo?
@@Ben-fp2ycI want to diversify the content on this channel rather than just focusing on Sea-Monkeys :)
Setting a precedent of using live creatures as fashion accessories bothers me a bit.
How many sea monkeys do you own in general O. O
Too many 🙃 I have a large 2 litre tank that has about 100 or so and a bunch of smaller tanks too
Do the original sea monkeys from the 1950s
Some uninformed kid would absolutely shake that thing around and murder the entire ecosystem. I didn't even know what sea monkeys were until basically last week and I'm 23, but I knew so many kids at school who would just touch your stuff without permission and there's no way they wouldn't rattle those shrimp
did you change you name on TH-cam I could've sworn it was sea daddy or something
Yeah I changed it a few months back :) it used to be “artemia daddy”
@@pico-cosmos ohhhhhh
7:21 tell me what the background song is called
Im 20 mins early ^__^!