Life and Death in a Jar

Mars tank 5/5/2001 click to expand

The Martians are continuing to grow at an alarming rate. None of them have started dying off as experienced in the initial weeks of the other two tanks and I am continuing to aerate them daily. This tank has taken first place as the most successful experiment by far. The tank is just alive with Sea-Monkeys darting all over the place, over and under the arches and around the landing pod. I wonder what they make of the "monkey-naut" suspended on the teather? They are almost ready for their first dose of plasma in just a few days.

Murky Magic Castle tank click to expand

Alpha male "Jaws" in the Galleon tank click to expand

All the lovin' of the past week seems to be over for a while in the other two tanks... (could be because I turned the temperature down hehe). The colony in the Galleon tank seems to be holding it's own fairly well. New Sea-Monkeys have been born and I haven't seen any evidence of any deaths. The castle tank is pretty murky these days... I think I will Sea-Medic them; I found a dead Sea-Monkey in the Castle tank this afternoon. It was a female. I don't know the cause of death. I removed the blackened body and aerated the tank really good. Looks like we have a sick tank to take care of. The Magic Castle tank will get a daily aeration for a while and I will hold off on feeding them until the water clears up.

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