Sea-Monkey Packet Experiments!

Testing out every single novelty Sea-Monkey pouch on real Sea-Monkeys!
(water purifier, instant live eggs, growth food, plasma 3, banana treat, grow-kwikly, cupid's arrow, red magic, super food, sea medic, sea diamonds, racing fuel)

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[TodMachin]

Truly ambitious and well done, John. All of my packets remain unused and sealed in plastic as part of the collection … so it’s great to FINALLY see these “IN ACTION.” (Or NOT in action as the case may be.)

I love how you handled the “Living Plasma” / “Plasma II” / “Plasma III” / “Packet 3” / Packet 4” - and “Jumbo Living Plasma” confusion. That was about as clear and concise as that confusing mess could have been explained.

I agree with your overall assessment of these supplemental ingredient packets — they basically sneak duplicate ingredients into your tank to keep your colony growing and keep children engaged in their minuscule pets. “Even the crappy Sea-Diamonds.” HA! The real value for me is in the hyperbole and humor. That seems to be the baseline for all things Sea-Monkeys — and Harold was most certainly the master at that.

This was a huge undertaking. Congrats on getting this one behind you. — Tod

[cbqrdtk]

As a kid in the 70's my mother told me they were a scam, and not living things, and not to waste the money on them. I figured they just moved around due to some chemical reaction for a while. Like those baking soda-powered plastic toys, you would get in cereal boxes. All these years later they were Brine Shrimp. I can't believe I was so misled as a child. I feel cheated now.

[Sneezebeef]

i never knew i'd be so enthralled by a 46 minute video about sea monkeys of all things

[Silentgrace]

I’m admittedly rather confused where the YouTube algo decided I should watch a 46 minute video on brine shrimp (maybe pulling from my binge of the Leon the Lobster videos six months ago) but I will say this was surprisingly interesting and informative! I didn’t know brine shrimp, or the community surrounding them, could grow and thrive as well as it clearly has. Thanks for the video!

[jclark]

I do not think the importance of the artwork used in the Sea-Monkey business can ever be OVER-Stated! The Artwork MADE the entire phenomenon thread and cloth!
The Artist can Never Be given Enough Credit!

[XXavierSin-XXs]

So the creator of Sea Monkeys is a genius who resold brine shrimp eggs in 12 packets with different artwork. Dude really had a grand idea.

[Crimson_Aura]

In 5th grade we has sea monkeys as a class pet, but they all ate each other until there was one left and it was GIGANTIC

[RonHarrisMe]

In 1973, I was 10 years old. I ordered a Sea Monkey Kit from the back of a Comic Book. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a very fun kit. It taught me patience for sure. I got them to live for a few months, carefully not to over feed them. Ah, the memories.

[aslurmyfrog]

In hospital we give certain patients "banana bags", which a bags of IV solution with additional b vitamins (including thiamine) and electrolytes. The vitamins turn the solution yellow, thus the name.

[CullenCraft]

I like to think the extra eggs in the packets aren't on purpose - and that their factory is just overflowing with SeaMonkey cysts and those things get EVERYWHERE

[therupoe]

Sea Diamonds give your pets the authentic ocean experience… micro plastics

[sabbat]

i am delighted to be informed that sea monkey autism exists. i'll be watching more in the future

[Bunker]

As a Utah Native, I've long known about the Brine Shrimp growing in The Great Salt Lake. The Union Pacific Railroad Causeway that divided the Lake in half has changed the salinity and, hence, the biome and associated color of the water. This can easily be seen on satellite imagery. Fun fact: We used to have a Flamingo, affectionately known as "Pink Floyd" who escaped the Tracy Aviary in 1988 and took up residence on and around Antelope Island. His pink color was maintained through the carotenoid nutrients in the Brine Shrimp he was consuming. As a Chilean Flamingo, the high-altitude terminal lake environment worked for him. He'd leave when the weather turned too cold and come back every year. 2005 was his last visit. I never saw him, but I saw his fellow Flamingos during a school field trip to the Tracy Aviary back in 1989. Excellent video.

[IIIAnchani]

I have no intention of getting a weird shrimp aquarium.
Why am I watching this?
Idk, but I definitely will keep watching this xP

[newmonengineering]

Seeing those old manuals really made me wish we had some sort of internet archive of everything from the 1900. So many published manuals are gone, but had such classic charm and marketing over the years. It would be so nice to browse through history in marketing and manuals from 1920s, 50s, etc. So many fun pictures, gimmics and marketing scams. You made an awesome video, i had to watch the whole thing. I have had sea monkeys on more than one occasion growing up. It was an awesome history review.

[Baughbe]

Sea-monkeys started my aquatic life hobby in my childhood. From cheap sea-monkey plastic tank kit bought from one of those poorly printed ads in a kids magazine, to seahorses and a real tank... to doing a 55 gallon sea salt aquarium with clownfish, sea anemones, hermit crabs and snails. All starting with sea-monkeys.

[jenndoesstuff]

I was really not expecting this to be a full investigative deep dive into sea monkies/brine shrimp, but I loved the detail and the history behind the pop culture phenomenon!

[steelplasma]

Earlier last year I tried raising Sea Monkeys again with the hope of them breeding and making multiple generations. While I was initially happy to see many mating seamonkeys I couldn't get algae to grow at all. I had an adjustable heater and light aeration (took time to get the airflow to make not be overwhelming).

I initially thought they were making natural babies when I saw new tiny sea monkeys but became suspicious after new babies appeared after most of the original ones died and they hadn't mated in weeks. When only one adult was alive I added #3 food packet and saw a few new baby seamonkeys the next day.

[dizzydragon]

Its so nice to see a breakdown of the packets, some of them are so lost to time

[Itsme-xfsx]

In Germany they called saline crabs (we Germans love our precious language). And in my childhood there were a package of saline crab eggs and algae food. You take just tap water in a glass, the right amount of salt and algae. That's all and works