Sea-Monkeys Ocean Of Fun | RARE!

Unboxing & review of the Sea-Monkey Ocean of Fun kit and Sea Diamonds.

In this video I do a detailed unboxing of the 1996 Monkeys Ocean of Fun tank from Exploratoy. The set comes with sea-diamonds, so I show exactly what they are and how they work in a tank of fully grown adult sea monkeys. I also show my robo-diver and nasa space shuttle tanks in this video, and give some tips for raising sea-monkeys and keeping them alive.

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[Boredchinchilla]

Someone in that factory was a genius. They took all the tiny bits of the plastic from making the tanks that would have been thrown out and sold a spoonful of trash for $1.00 ($.50s/h) because they called them “Sea Diamonds”.

[umbrellacorp.]

I think my kids will love this as their first pets.
It's also a good way of teaching your kids responsibility and how to take care of something.

[Dther]

You know, I’ve always wondered... what if the intent with Sea Diamonds was that, after sinking, they’d stay for a while and grow a light coating of aquarium floor algae? Then, in a few weeks, the water would evaporate, suspending little bits of food-covered particulate in the tank for sea monkeys to try and “burrow” at, which they sometimes do when there’s not enough suspended microalgae in the water. I wonder if a smarter modern approach like a neutrally buoyant algae-covered tetherball would capture the imagination of sea monkeys “playing” with their environment.

[LolaEbola]

This was my first sea monkey tank... Wish my mom wouldn't have tossed it on my summer vacation as a child in the 90's

[scarletnight]

I love hearing the little history of stuff like the illustration of the mail order lid, its crazy how things we take for granted can have large stories

[joshprice]

Bless Todd for letting us have access to these items.

For if not for him, we'd only see them gathering dust on a shelf by some guy wanting it to gain value.

[danandtab]

I forget how I found your channel, but I dived down a rabbit hole where I learned more about this topic than I ever thought I would. When my kid is old enough we'll have to raise some sea monkeys together. lol Thanks for the fun.

[ReneDeLaRosa-in]

I was absolutely terrified of SeaMonkeys for several years haha. The box art promising these strange humanoid sea creatures that could come out and interact with you gave me chills. I remember a box having a picture of a real child with a SeaMonkey sitting on their shoulder. 😂 But when I was about 10 or 11 years old this was my first and only SeaMonkey kit I ever owned. I foolishly took it to school one day and a girl in my class picked them up, tipped them over, and spilled half of the contents on to the floor. I was devastated and am still salty about it more than 20 years later lol 😂 thanks to your channel I am treating myself to another chance to keep SeaMonkeys.

[sammy_sand_utubeyt]

👀Sea diamonds!! I personally haven’t seen any of those seal of approval stickers here in the US

[photobygil]

This is the first Picocosmos video I watched (back when it was uploaded under your first channel name, btw). But this wasn't my first kit. It was more like my 20th. And I was SO disappointed by the "Sea Diamonds" - something I'd been curious about for years, due to the fanciful description in the old manuals. These shapeless bits of dull plastic were nothing like a diamond or cut gem, which I was expecting, & my sea-monkeys didn't cavort or interact in any way with them. This was the first sea-monkey product I threw away in anger, actually. And this coming from someone who (back in the fifth grade!) somehow got over the discovery that sea-monkeys themselves are nothing like their promotional illustrations. The fun of hatching & raising them is something I can't explain, but totally buy into, whereas these "Sea Diamonds" really bothered me, & I didn't like the feeling that I'd been scammed. However, I did like the unusual day-glo tank, so it wasn't a complete loss. Sorry for the rant, I just really couldn't justify marketing which was THAT misleading. Still love sea-monkeys to this day, though. And this awesome channel!

[CamelotGaming]

It's 5 am, I'm barely awake, I want to sleep, but I have to watch videos about sea monkeys now that this randomly showed up in my YouTube recommendations.

Damn you YouTube algorithm, this is just going to be another rabbit hole like AntsCanada isn't it?

[ozmosize]

I can’t believe you had real sea diamonds. Genuinely impressed!

[pepsirica]

Incredible footage, loving the new camera work 🙌🏻 the tank actually looks a lot cooler than I expected. Most of all, I was so excited to finally see sea diamonds! I read about them in my handbook as a child and always wanted them! First time seeing them in action and I’m actually loving it (please don’t judge too harshly lol)

[SirenaSpades]

I was a huge Sea Monkey fan as a kid in the 70's, I had a lot of accessories and kits including those Sea Diamonds, the racetrack, necklace, etc. I was super into them.

[TheArchDandy]

Oh WOW those packets, the booklet. The nostalgia is so strong. I'd forgotten all about these illustrations. Thank you!

[chasetaulbee]

Wow, this was so nostalgic. I remember having this same kit as a kid. With the Sea Diamonds and all.

[kernowmcrae]

This was MY tank! A friend of mine had a red standard ocean zoo, and I got this one with the sea diamonds thinking they would play with them!

[ameliawilder]

Wow seeing this just took my back to my childhood... Very suddenly, almost a pan kind of sudden. Man, until this video I forgot about these existing! I was always so intrigued by them.

[lShishkaBerryl]

I USED TO HAVE THIS!!! I bought it on sale in a dusty shop around 98-99. I never got my diamonds to float lol.

[kiwii]

Another awesome video it really shows how much time and effort you put into your content, I really love the colour of these tanks- I have the ocean of light set :)