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anna
14-05-09, 02:56 PM
:( Ok this made me feel VERY OLD......

My niece and I were talking about her wanting a pet; she has wanted one for a while now and, as dutiful aunt has been eager for her to keep nagging her mom for one ;) (For similar reasons that I try to get the nosiest toys or things with a LOT of glitter or messy paints ;))


She then tells me that she wants’ sea monkeys?? WTF I had to blag it until I could look on Google as to what she was talking about so as not to appear "uncool"....... I must be getting old :(:( ... What happened to just wanting a rabbit?

zsv650
14-05-09, 02:58 PM
sea monkey's are a bugger to keep i found mind you good for feeding to the malawi's lol.

Woz
14-05-09, 02:59 PM
I must be getting old :(:(

Don't know how old but I remember seeing adverts for Sea Monkeys in the back of comics in the 70's

zobers
14-05-09, 03:00 PM
The sea monkeys i had were scary! Actually i think they were called triops but very similar to sea monkeys, didn't realise they were a 'cool' pet to have this day and age. :S

anna
14-05-09, 03:12 PM
Don't know how old but I remember seeing adverts for Sea Monkeys in the back of comics in the 70's

ok... I was just blind then I guess slightly better then being old ;)

The sea monkeys i had were scary! Actually i think they were called triops but very similar to sea monkeys, didn't realise they were a 'cool' pet to have this day and age. :S

Yup, apparently you can get different types of tanks for them now, space ships, sunken pirate ships blagh blagh.

jimmy__riddle
14-05-09, 03:15 PM
when i was small i had seamonkeys. they fell over, dried out on the carpet so i scraped the dry mess into the container and they still survived!

Spiderman
14-05-09, 03:17 PM
Don't know how old but I remember seeing adverts for Sea Monkeys in the back of comics in the 70's

Same here..and they looked so much better on the packaging didn't they? lol.

ok... I was just blind then I guess slightly better then being old ;)

Well you also had to be a bit of a boy i guess to read those Marvel & DC Comics of the day.

Did you never see the episode of South Park when Cartman was set on getting some...and his dissapointment when he did? Well worth watching to give you an insight into what your neice will go thru ;)

pencil shavings
14-05-09, 03:23 PM
get some for cheap in a fish shop, wack them in some brackish water and away you go :)

zsv650
14-05-09, 03:24 PM
get some for cheap in a fish shop, wack them in some brackish water and away you go :)
think there the same as brine shrimp aint they.:)

pencil shavings
14-05-09, 03:36 PM
think there the same as brine shrimp aint they.:)

yep :)

tasty snacks for my fish :smt079

Venom
14-05-09, 03:38 PM
Do sea monkeys really look like this?

http://www.seamonkeyworship.com/images/ulguidseam.gif

zsv650
14-05-09, 03:39 PM
yeah my malawi cichlids thought so too hahaha.

pencil shavings
14-05-09, 03:42 PM
yeah my malawi cichlids thought so too hahaha.

nice :cool:

mine are abit more docile than that, just got some copper harliquin razabars, neon rainbows, and a lone pearl gourami following the death of her man. couple of BN plecs and 3 amano shrimp.

shrimp vs sea monkey is very funny!! :smt110

zsv650
14-05-09, 03:44 PM
nice :cool:

mine are abit more docile than that, just got some copper harliquin razabars, neon rainbows, and a lone pearl gourami following the death of her man. couple of BN plecs and 3 amano shrimp.

shrimp vs sea monkey is very funny!! :smt110
theyre the biggest pain in the **** ever tbh they keep destroying my tank hahaha then biting me when i'm cleaning it little git's really clever though.

Speedy Claire
14-05-09, 04:32 PM
What`s a sea monkey?

zsv650
14-05-09, 04:33 PM
What`s a sea monkey?
type brine shrimp pic into google.:)

Speedy Claire
14-05-09, 04:36 PM
http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=brine+shrimp+pic&form=QBIR#

zsv650
14-05-09, 04:37 PM
yeah them bassically.

Venom
14-05-09, 04:49 PM
yeah them bassically.
Ugly! So the packaging of them living in a castle is a lie? :(

Speedy Claire
14-05-09, 05:03 PM
yeah them bassically.
:confused:

pencil shavings
14-05-09, 05:04 PM
http://starliquid.com/shop/images/large/brine-large.gif

this is them to clear up any confusion lol

zsv650
14-05-09, 05:06 PM
sodding ugly thing's good fish food though.

Speedy Claire
14-05-09, 05:06 PM
Yuk

zsv650
14-05-09, 05:07 PM
Yuk
how they ever became considered a pet i'll never know :D

anna
14-05-09, 05:37 PM
What`s a sea monkey?

Yeh I´m not the only one!!!

Ugly! So the packaging of them living in a castle is a lie? :(

No apparently you can buy tanks that have castles in them for them to live in if you want.

how they ever became considered a pet i'll never know :D

:winner:

kwak zzr
14-05-09, 05:38 PM
sea monkeys are great at DIEING

Bluefish
14-05-09, 06:22 PM
they have got to be the cheapest and easyest (pets) for want of a better word to keep.

Venom
14-05-09, 07:25 PM
No apparently you can buy tanks that have castles in them for them to live in if you want.

Yes, but completely pointless. I expected them to wander in, sit on their throne. Throw a party. etc.

They are just ugly crustaceans and probably won't even know it's there.

Spiderman
14-05-09, 07:35 PM
Seriously - all of you who have no idea what the whole deal is with Sea Monkeys please go find that episode of Soth Park online somewhere as its MUST SEE MATERIAL if you want to know the truth.

zsv650
14-05-09, 07:37 PM
what season which episode i havnt seen that one but i will.

madness
14-05-09, 07:39 PM
Buy her a puppy instead!

zsv650
14-05-09, 07:41 PM
Buy her a puppy instead!
you cant feed them to fish though :smt077

Spiderman
14-05-09, 07:43 PM
what season which episode i havnt seen that one but i will.

Sorry dunno - i caught it by chance a while back on a repeat. I'm sure if you searched google would find something.

Venom
14-05-09, 07:44 PM
you cant feed them to fish though :smt077

Yes, her niece will feed her pets to fish :rolleyes:

pencil shavings
14-05-09, 07:46 PM
Seriously - all of you who have no idea what the whole deal is with Sea Monkeys please go find that episode of Soth Park online somewhere as its MUST SEE MATERIAL if you want to know the truth.

South Park knows best :p

very good eppisode - full and honest explanation of sea monkeys IIRC

pencil shavings
14-05-09, 07:48 PM
oh and its called 'the simpsons already did it' s6 ep7 :)

Venom
14-05-09, 07:50 PM
The Episode is Ep 607 'Simpsons Already Did It'

Now if someone can find me a link

zsv650
14-05-09, 07:52 PM
xepisodes.com

pencil shavings
14-05-09, 07:53 PM
http://www.free-tv-video-online.info/internet/southpark/season_6.html

use firefox

madness
14-05-09, 07:53 PM
you cant feed them to fish though :smt077

Depends on the size of your fish! ;)

Spiderman
14-05-09, 08:25 PM
Oh man. I just watched the first 5mins or so, until Cartmans realization...and i'm still laughing. Forgot how funny it was. :smt081

Anna you must watch this if you care for your neice at all. She'll need you to be there for her.

Venom
14-05-09, 08:29 PM
Great episode :lol:

Anna you must watch this if you care for your neice at all. She'll need you to be there for her.

Nah, all she needs to add that stuff that Cartman sucked out of a hose with his eyes closed, and you'll have a underwater civilisation

pencil shavings
14-05-09, 09:13 PM
im going to watch this again tonight i think :)

anna
14-05-09, 09:32 PM
I couldnt open the link posted ... someone please PM me with it...... I feel it my duty as an Aunt to stop any upset this pet might cause ;)

And for the comment about the puppy... believe me I wish I could get someone locally to take her one.. and then take a picture of my sisters face!!!! (evil aunty anna skulks away laughing MWAHAHAHAhahahaha)

Venom
14-05-09, 09:37 PM
I couldnt open the link posted ... someone please PM me with it...... I feel it my duty as an Aunt to stop any upset this pet might cause ;)

And for the comment about the puppy... believe me I wish I could get someone locally to take her one.. and then take a picture of my sisters face!!!! (evil aunty anna skulks away laughing MWAHAHAHAhahahaha)

Direct link to vid.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=19504908

Do they live near here....

anna
14-05-09, 10:17 PM
Anna you must watch this if you care for your neice at all. She'll need you to be there for her.


Oh my god,... I think a puppy is safer..:safe:

Spiderman
14-05-09, 10:55 PM
Now you know the truth about the Sea Monkeys you are prepared with the right ideas on how to ake then Super Sea Monkeys.

if you so choose of course :evil:

lukemillar
15-05-09, 12:26 AM
If you feed Sea Monkeys Jack Daniels, then they die.

pencil shavings
15-05-09, 01:40 AM
If you feed Sea Monkeys Jack Daniels, then they die.

:winner:


except I think it would take alot of sea monkeys along time die from eating Jack Daniels ;)

lukemillar
15-05-09, 02:17 AM
except I think it would take alot of sea monkeys along time die from eating Jack Daniels ;)

I think someone has been feeding you Jack Daniels ;)

Lissa
15-05-09, 05:58 AM
Depends on the size of your fish! ;)
Or the type!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/19280piranha.jpg