# What do you feed sea monkeys? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 19, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992 "2002-10-19T17:26:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/1 "2002-10-19T17:26:15Z")
Tiny cheeseburgers? Shrimpenfurters? Algae? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/2 "2002-10-19T17:54:48Z")
Sea bananas. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/3 "2002-10-19T17:56:43Z")
Dammit, I wanted to say it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/4 "2002-10-19T19:37:14Z")
I knew there’d be a rush, so I feel gratified to be the first to plant my flag. It’s not exactly the Everest of wise-ass comebacks, but it’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/5 "2002-10-19T20:00:41Z")
The kits usually come with a little sachet of powdered food that lasts longer than the devotion of their human owners. Someone told me that there wasn’t much difference between the powder and dried bakers yeast; don’t know how true that is. And yes, I wish I’d got here in time to say Sea Bananas. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/6 "2002-10-19T20:57:51Z")
In this case it is the devotion of Killifish. An effort to stagger production and have a snack always ready resulted in about a gazillion of the little bastards hatching at once. A web search did mention baker’s yeast. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/7 "2002-10-19T21:29:13Z")
Aha, I found something else. Apparently if you keep their water in the sunlight, algae will grow in it and they will eat that. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/8 "2002-10-19T21:40:53Z")
I dumped in some algae. I hope they don’t go on strike or someting. Hell, Peta could be after my ass! ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/9 "2002-10-20T00:57:40Z")
Aren’t algae carnivorous? 😛 That was worse than the sea bananas. Sorry. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/10 "2002-10-20T01:13:39Z")
Smarty pants. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/11 "2002-10-20T01:41:01Z")
This sort of reminds me of an old sketch on that show on MTV, “The State”. They did this thing, where this guy was taking care of a friend’s house, while said friend was away on vacation. The friend mentions he has pets, and it turns out that he has sea monkeys. The guy says that he had sea monkeys as a child, but accidentally spilled them. No big deal, he says, since they were just microscopic. Turns out, sea monkeys grow to human size! Then they beat up the guy for killing his own sea monkeys! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/12 "2002-10-20T01:54:42Z")
Oh, shit. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/13 "2002-10-20T02:55:57Z")
[south park] Dude! Where did you get all that semen?!? Well, some old guy gave it to me for free but he made me suck it out of a hose… [/south park] ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/14 "2002-10-20T03:02:02Z")
WTF? ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/15 "2002-10-20T03:11:14Z")
Haven’t you seen the South Park episode where they mix semen and sea monkeys,and it creates a tiny civilization? They try to receate the phenomenon but have to collect vast amounts of semen. I guess it does come off as fairly odd without prior knowledge… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/16 "2002-10-20T03:21:11Z")
Fairly odd? FAIRLY ODD?!?! I’ve been FEEDING them to FISH! _Thousands, millions_of the tiny crustaceans to FISH, I thought they were going to grow up and eviscerate me in the middle of the night, now this! You’re damn right it’s fairly odd! Good Gad, I’m so _sorry_ about the weekend feeder… ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/17 "2002-10-20T05:15:36Z")
[Artemia Food](http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=6&pCatId=4983) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-sea-monkeys/132992/18 "2002-10-20T15:25:11Z")
Thank you, Eleusis, thank you! I only hope it arrives in time…