Q and A, My Sea Monkeys have not appeared?

Melissa left the following comment on my last blog post:

Um Hi... My name is Melissa and I just bought sea monkeys... I'm not sure if it worked or not I waiting 24 hours and put the eggs in but nothing's there.... does it take a while to see them??

I replied by e-mail: After 24 hours the Sea Monkeys can be hard to see, but they also can take longer than 14 hours to appear when it's cold out. I've attached a chart that will advise you on how long you might have to wait. If you follow the instructions, wait the time recommended on the chart, and they still don't appear let me know.

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Sea Monkey Diary

I've started a new batch of Monkeys at work. This time I have just about every packet you can buy; Packets 1, 2 and 3 as well as Red-Magic Sea-Monkey Vitamins, Gro-Quickly Growth Stimulator, Banana Treat, Plasma III, (which used to be Packet 4) and Cupid's Arrow Sea-Monkey Mating Powder (yes, you read that right) so this should be the best batch ever and I'll have plenty to blog about.

I started today with Packet 1, Water Purifier. I skipped the 24 hour waiting period. (Consider this a BIG spoiler alert) After reading the official patent for Sea Monkeys I realized that the wait is part of the "magic" trick. Now, I love a good magic trick SO if I'm hatchin' a batch with kids I'll wait the 24 hours, but for now, I gave the water purifier a few minutes and then dumped in packet two. It's still a bit cold here so we didn't actually see any little white dots twirling about until about 48 hours later.

I'm aerating the tank every day and my little white dots are growing. I'll feed them for the first time on Monday March 10th.

The Terwiliger Family

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Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley is one of my fiancée and I's favorite artists. She is yet another amazing member of the awesome group of artists who go by the name, The Seven Deadly Sinners. The majority of the art in our online gallery here comes from these sinners. Check them out at www.7deadlysinners.typepad.com.

Vintage Sea Monkey Commericals!

Visit Sea Monkey Uncle's youtube page for more fun.

Sea Monkey Queens

Travis Louie created these two beautiful paintings. First we have Amelia Queen of The Sea Monkeys, and the second painting is Ophelia Queen of The Sea Monkeys.

Apparently Ophelia was the second painting but was based on the original sketch for Sea Monkey Queen.

I can't decide which I like better. Be sure to visit Mr. Louie's website where you'll find no more Sea Monkeys, but many more amazing paintings; www.TravisLouie.com