The Original Sea Monkeys - Ocean Zoo - Grow Your Own Pets Science Kit- Includes Eggs, Food, and Water Purifier, Color May Vary

The volcano kit arrived and I set it up on a window sill. There are instructions included but there are also plenty of good youtube videos showing how to set the tanks up. I have put the tank on a heat mat as it is still chilly here and they hatch and grow better in warmer conditions. I filled it up with bottled spring water and added the first packet. I added the second packet a day later and gave the tank water another good swish around with a turkey baster to get all the salt crystals dissolved. There is no pipette or sea monkey air pump ( Aqua Leash ) with this kit so you'll need something to stir the water and something aerate the tank ( I have a plastic spoon, 10ml pipette and a turkey baster ). As the water was a bit on the cool side despite the heat mat, the hatching wasn't immediate but after 3 full days I have had about 20 tiny Sea Monkeys swimming around in the tank. The warmer the water, the faster they would grow so mine are growing slowly. They started hatching on the Wednesday so I will give them their first small feed on Monday and see how they get on from there. Whether they survive or not from then on will be down to me. The tank came as described and after following the instructions and a few youtube vids my Sea Monkeys have hatched . They are really tiny when they hatch ( like pin head small ) and hard to spot so you have to let your eyes adjust to the tank water in order to sea them and you need to be really close to the tank. 20 Sea Monkeys isn't a bad first hatch to start with so I'm quite happy. ( Aqua Dragons kits have a lot more eggs so you get a large first hatch but then a lot might die off ) I'm also using a grow light to see if I can get a little bit of natural algae growing in the tank to provide natural food. So the tank is sturdy enough, wasn't expensive, the eggs hatched as expected and hopefully I'll be able to enjoy raising my new Sea Monkeys.

I've previously bought a Original Monkey kit when my 1st Granddaughter (now 8) was younger & had no issues at all & my g/d loved seeing them grow, so much so I purchased them again as a Christmas gift for my 3y old G/D as her Sister kept telling her about them. We we're all so excited setting it all up but disappointingly this time not 1 single Sea Monkey hatched. We followed instructions to the letter, as we did last time & I know its not guaranteed they would all hatch but explaining to a 3yr old who has heard her sister talk about these for such a long time that no Sea Monkeys have hatched... there was tears 😪. As others have said I'm not sure if it is a bad batch of eggs but agree it is very disappointing. I have tried to contact the seller to ask if I could just purchase some more eggs (as I was hoping if I could get some more then the g/k wouldn't know 😬) but sadly I haven't heard back & don't know how to just buy the eggs. So this time it was a big fail.

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This product is SOLID and has been on the market for years! It is a good value educational sort of product but my only gripe is WHY do you not allow customers to select a colour? It can't be that hard surely? Annoyingly I got this for my sons 6th birthday and guess what colour we got...Yep... PINK! 😂. I have fond memories from about 20 years ago when me and my cousin brought these exact kits! We were in constant competition on whos would grow the biggest, until one hot summers day, I became the victor! He had kept his on the windowsill over a scorching hot summer and they eventually boiled to death so be careful where you put them... they are supposed to like direct sunlight but if you see them squirming about, it might mean they are on the verge of boiling to death. I have never seen or heard of these kits failing to hatch. They are just super simple to setup and my kids were hyped waiting for them to hatch and grow. The novelty does wear off with the kids though and the tank just ends up taking up windowsill space, with the sea monkeys just aimlessly swimming about with no real ambitions or enjoyment in life. As long as they are happy, I will let them live out their days in the windowsill... A batch of sea monkeys are for life not just for Christmas!

Great little kit , sea monkeys took about 5 days to start hatching, and now we have loads . And some more hatching every day. Then didn’t hatch instantly like the instructions said but they did eventually.

Or invest a new one whatever works for Ur cunoenys bugget ist get rid of the tiny little box and give customers a chose of something more stable this tank as u call it is far to unstable and easy to knock over may be offer a a I literally or a 500 mill tank that is not fancy but stable next ud sergest u stop including that very hassel time consuming to measure s;irilina and in its place provide a test tube in a bottell like the labs use and fill the pipette in it with artimio fluid or some other live micro slguie and put more care inpho in the boolet like the need for a half warter change at 6 weeks or 7 weeks co. Hers the ting tired so hard not to over feed I need up unfeeding them lost them a few days befoūr the 8 week feed and not one of them had the poop track visible and honest the liquid food is easier to gage wish ud gad it from the day inset the kit up any how not knowing if I had unhatched eggs I siphoned off half my tank water this was 4444444444 days ago I added nmire spring warter and enough salt to shake a ppt of 25 persent gi be DC up take and ye as it bought my ppt df ok down from 9 to o 8 or 8.5 niuw to days later if a a few hatched bsbes so u dholdcxlso tell cyxomnhers thll need a salinetry mneter to monitor the salt and. Hp tester or dtrips or pen bare minsmuen needed togivd them the best chance or nay be u cold put a kit of such things together and sell them in a box as seamonky exesserys I'm hoping this time to keep them longer cos no pofrder for them yet just daily vitsms til it looks like they are ready for solids and Ur spoon needs to be made smaller if this is not possible then advice in care sheet his many times owners should dip a damp stick in the powder food I think my ideas would make it more easy to I'm eep sea monkeys espechilly in a one liter tank one cold hath more then 1 packet at a time bug other wise I'm dying to see wat to they like in life full grown

After reading reviews I was a tad sceptical. I kept checking and finally after two weeks they have hatched and my daughter has 6 little sea monkeys 🫶🏻 I think they took so long to hatch due to the recent temperatures. We look forward to watching them grow, great gift for any child and very fascinating for any adult.

Terrible product, no idea how long these have been with the seller as they have no expiry date and followed all the instructions exactly but they didn’t hatch, this is the second batch I have bought, I used mermaids previously which didn’t work so knowing I had these work as a child, thought they were a sure thing. I bought these as a gift for Xmas for my daughter who is 4 year old who has been crying every day checking them over the space of a week, she has even sung to them thinking that would work :/ but I think the quality of this product is so poor and hit and miss and the water is green from day one which doesn’t look to be the case for others who are hatching them. Both of us have been disappointed by this product and it’s non refundable which means money down the drain as well with no offer of replacement as an option. The eggs came out and there was mostly blue and green in the pounder which I think is food but wondering if there were even any eggs. Wouldn’t buy them again.