Sea Monkey FAIL

Who could have imagined that Sea Monkeys could survive in a a pot noodle pouch for so long?!... oh wait, they can't.
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[@Bogwedgle]

THERE WERE 3 STEPS DUDE. 3 steps. That is it.

[@Schwillz]

You purified the water, then stuck your grubby finger in. Go figure. Bloody hell Mike, I managed to do this when I was four years old.

[@urkelheimer]

The first packet is the eggs they misled you

[@aleenavaldez9539]

SCWillz same I was three though

[@sonjamajstoravich5665]

What the hell is his problem !?

[@whyendoubleyou-9133]

Lol

[@cyric77]

just don't be kinda rude just say it nicely

[@pythiasibyls6269]

The "Water Purifier" packet contains batch 1 of eggs. Letting it sit for 24 hours gives them time to grow. The "Egg" packet contains batch 2 of eggs and the blue coloring so you can see the Sea Monkeys that you started yesterday.

[@WobblesandBean]

Oh dear...Mike, they WERE alive. You can catch a couple of the tiny things swimming around early on in the video. But you didn't put any of the food in, so...good job.

[@jellybot1944]

ya

[@lauracole178]

i seen that too

[@rebeccamarcott371]

Amelia Bee no...because they are eggs. That could be anything, the eggs sinking. The eggs need time to hatch.

[@rus6341]

Amelia Bee i see them too. Moving in a way that cant be just the eggs settling.

[@aleenavaldez9539]

Wobbles and Bean lol

[@DieselWeasel]

Mistake #1: Tap water. Mistake #2: You didn't put in any food. Try again.

[@Rathdrgnknight]

Mistake 3: overfilled

[@supernintendo182]

Mistake 4: Dipping your hand in the water.

[@SilverFeet]

Mistake 5: tap water Mistake 6: no indirect sunlight

[@DieselWeasel]

+Brian Jensen Re-read the original comment I made. Tap water was the first thing mentioned.

[@SilverFeet]

It needed to be mentioned twice

[@tdp2612]

Didnt feed them Didnt use warm water Didnt use sterile water Didnt care

[@danxepha4535]

Didn't follow the instructions. Killed the tiny animals.

[@ComboMon-]

The water purifier are the eggs and the "eggs" are a blue dye that make the sea monkeys visible because of how microscopic and clear they are. The reason it makes you wait overnight is to give the shrimp time to hatch. This makes it seem like the "sea monkeys" hatch instantly. It sure fooled me when I used to have it Edit: eh..I think you did it wrong...

[@adamsime5316]

1. You starved them because you didn't feed them XD 2. please try again that was hilarious

[@TimTomJimJom]

you can't feed something that isn't hatched

[@besnikrudnick3781]

+TimTom JimJom Maybe he just did not see them because when they are barely hatched they are almost impossible to see, especially through a plastic container

[@adamsime5316]

+TimTom JimJom there was a feed packet he was meant to put in but he forgot lol

[@bucwhovian8305]

+TimTom JimJom Most animals that hatch from eggs, need feeding right away when they are born, so I'm guessing he was supposed to put that in before they hatched.

[@Artsificial]

+Buc Whovian Haven't rewatched yet, but Mike either only put the food in or didn't put the food in at all. It was a three step process. Complicated, like.

[@ChillyPeppers]

Mike, did you touch your willy before putting it in the water? Because the instructions did call for non-willy water.

[@CybertronianDestron]

Mike, you're the equivalent to that girl from Finding Nemo.

[@zeeblue1220]

CybertronianDestron Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.

[@Ami_Hime]

Dory

[@nimanao]

Do you think he'd react like this if we gave him a packet of seeds?

[@TheFastfoodcritic]

+lordellie2 yes

[@jonmahashintina]

+lordellie2 "It's not growing! It's been a bloody week! What more do I have to do to grow pot?"

[@emmittmorgans8076]

+lordellie2 "Grow your own food! Amuse your friends!"

[@GamersCharisma]

I had the same issue with the exact same product. Followed all directions and got nothing. And I got mine around the same time this video was posted, so it could potentially be a bad batch from the manufacturer.

[@GamersCharisma]

A whole lot can go wrong between packaging and you using the product, especially when it involves live creatures.

[@Larry]

You can buy brine shrimp from most aquatic pet shops, the one near me used to scoop them out in an old happy meal plastic mug :D

[@donkyleone]

Oh hello friend larry

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

You're like a spooky magician, Larry. A spooky magician.

[@cloudy1606]

Larry Bundy Jr oh god

[@crazycanetoad5468]

Bundy

[@therealkzero]

mike...You've become the horrible people using/doing things in the infomercials lmao

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

poor little things, he had about 6 in there swimming around after 24 hours that I could see, but he starved em to death :( should have gone to spec savers.

[@AveryMarx0]

Mike you have failed where thousands of children have succeeded :(

[@dreamman2897]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHA 😂

[@jamaustin2099]

If I put 2 packs of sea monkeys do I feed them more food?

[@ren1724]

@@jamaustin2099 you shouldn’t put more than one if you have this type of tank. It should be 12oz

[@CoOzEbOy1]

"go away life giving oxygen bubbles!"

[@SolstaceWinters]

"You may be small, and your flippers are quite tiny, but one day you will become *BANJO, KING OF THE SEAMONKEYS!!*" ~Space Ghost.

[@thehousealwayswins8398]

Actually, when the brine shrimp first hatch they are incredibly tiny and can be mistaken for non-living debris. In the earlier footage, you can see tiny black things moving around; that was probably the baby shrimp. You didn't add the food packet so they starved to death and/or ate each other.

[@OF01975]

The House Always Wins bro you dont know shit ive had see monkeys for my whole life i know them better than anyone else and i know for a fact they wouldnt ever thinking of eating a brother

[@gloriousforever3451]

The House Always Wins they are white

[@arthurneddysmith]

No. Just no. The instructions clearly stated that you are NOT to feed them until day five. After that, it's once every week. I have the same kit and it specifically warns against feeding early or more often than above.

[@user-ye9bc7nw2c]

@@arthurneddysmith you still have them?

[@akanesaotome5924]

Buy yourself pet rock

[@AngelBlkraptor]

He'd drown it...

[@widdzissenpai9425]

So true...

[@POKEMANZZ3]

+Angel Blkraptor no hed burn it cooking with it

[@Pehmokettu]

+akane saotome No, he would put his willy in it. LOL.

[@meadowrose3031]

wtf no that is werd

[@Mrvideosandgames]

As soon as he put his cheesy hand in there, I knew they would die.

[@whysipwhenyoucansucc2365]

Gosh im cringing SO HARD right now, you could see the Sea Monkeys, its just that they were really small. BEST PET OWNER 2016!!!

[@enzyme20056]

There are some eggs one the number one packet, so that when you add the number 2 packet it seems like they hatch instantly.

[@DisableYT]

Is this technically a snuff film now?

[@yz4043]

Disable I feel terrible that I laughed at that

[@OF01975]

Nobody sniffed in the video though, actuall he did when he sniff the bag he say it smells like detergent so yes actuall is sniffing film

[@uxleumas]

1.you have to feed them! 2.do it again it was hilarious

[@Dreadjaws]

You somehow killed the unkillable creatures, Mike. Can't you do anything right, Mike? CAN'T YOU?

[@ChesuMori]

Mike, I couldn't help but notice that you poured water from a measuring cup. That wasn't tap water, was it? The reason the instructions show bottled water is because tap water contains small amounts chlorine and such, which would kill the eggs.

[@lordcrypto]

+Do You Feel It? The "Purifier" is just salt and brine shrimp eggs.

[@ChesuMori]

***** Dechlorinator DOES have a limited shelf life, though.

[@SigEpBlue]

+paindrain Depends on the specific area and aquifer, but I agree with you on the chlorine oxidizing virtually completely after a day. Speaking of water source quality, my sympathies to the people around Toledo, Ohio right now. Their water source, Lake Erie, is a warm, shallow pool of green slime. Who knows how many, or how much, chemicals they're having to dump into that supply to make it 'potable'. :(

[@seigeengine]

I'm pretty sure you can see a couple moving around at the 24 hour mark when he zooms in.

[@CoOzEbOy1]

+seigeengine yeah there was totally a bunch in there! was he joking?

[@robot797]

i did saw some live and movement inthere did you feed them?

[@evanb2679]

the whole pint of the first packet was to PURIFY it and when you stuck your bloody hand in the water it just defeated the purpose

[@nobodyimportant2470]

The point of the first packet was not to purify the water. It was to re-hydrate the eggs and let them hatch. Packet 2 doesn't contain any eggs but instead has a dye to make the shrimp that hatched over night easy to see. It is a magic trick where you make it look like they instantly come to life by misdirecting the audience into thinking the first packet is just cleaning the water.

[@jamaustin2099]

If I put 2 packs of sea monkeys do I feed them more food?

[@LatsunReChaRu]

Apparently step 1 is actually the eggs, step 2 is a dye to make them easier to see (It worked, you just didn't notice) then they starved to death. The debris down the bottom in the end were their corpses.

[@drunkinmonk1991]

How did you manage to mess it up? 6yo me managed to get them growing lol.

[@samosatheena]

please dont throw them away, i had one when i was younger and i had only realized i had them until a month! theyre just impossible to see right now ao just give it a wait

[@OF01975]

samosatheena he should fucking throw them off a cliff or mix in acid into the thing hahahahah

[@dreamman2897]

o 44 you’re savage. I wish you get thrown out.

[@dreamman2897]

o 44 I know! Im savage too!

[@chimpaflimp]

It wouldn't be a Mike Jeavons video without blatant disregard for the instructions.

[@TMoney9961]

Okay, let's purify the water. *Proceeds to stick his filthy hand in the water*

[@joannafinney169]

Firstly you put your grubby fingers in secondly you did not feed them and tap water

[@andrewskater8813]

you can see the shrimps moving and alive at around 5.25. They are tiny brown specs that move in quick movements.

[@Truekingr6]

purifies water, then dips dirty fingers in said concoction.

[@alfierussell7698]

You forgot to put the food sachet in....

[@annietrinity1833]

Also, if you want a good pet behind glass, get an ant farm; they actually do something. Sea monkeys aren't even at the level of pet fish; they're what you feed your pet fish.

[@victoriapschen]

Haha the lazy sods starved to death. Mine hatched in 24 hours.

[@tamzin00]

When are you supposed to feed them?

[@lolwhat1633]

@@tamzin00 when they hungry

[@themoderndayminstrel]

I know you used that pyrex glass to pour the water in, did you get it out of the tap? I saw the picture had a bottle of water filling it up. Not sure if that would make much of a difference thought because of the purifier, but you never know!

[@fireaza]

+themoderndayminstrel I seem to recall this being an important point when I had sea monkeys as a kid. I always used bottled water.

[@PROkiller16]

+themoderndayminstrel The chemicals in tap water ends up killing them.

[@YujiUedaFan]

+themoderndayminstrel When I was young, I remembered my mum would boil the water before putting it in.

[@themoderndayminstrel]

+QuakeRiley I had a feeling!

[@pandaphil]

+themoderndayminstrel Honestly. This is first year stuff. Tap water has chlorine, which is poisonous to most animal life.

[@Cevetan]

I remember adverts in comic books for those and that I wondered if they really looked like those cute humanoid creatures... Well having a father that was a biology teacher burst that bubble pretty fast and I never ordered some. Preferred to spend my allowance on chocolate and more comic books ^^

[@Sifar333]

i see babies. they are really small

[@Slade951]

Do you know animals eat? Human aren't the only one that eat food.

[@MrBriano9]

You probably had to put the "tank" on a windowsill

[@N-GinAndTonicTM]

When you really think about it, Mike just spent 8 days shouting at dead animals; telling them to wake up.

[@conman2317]

the first packet contains eggs they just don't tell you, so that when you pour the second packet there are already live brine shrimp!

[@corygwyn301]

there not eggs in the first packet there in the second i have them

[@conman2317]

Cory Gwyn They don't tell you about the eggs in the first packet purposely, so you can have "instant" live ones when you put the second one in, check out this article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Monkeys Under the "Use" section it explains this.

[@breadsoup3708]

Clorox Bleach I have seen you befor

[@liamnolan6757]

They are instantly live because of a process called criptobiosis. They "freeze" in time until the environment is suitable. There aren't fake eggs and then live brine shrimp or sea monkeys in the other sachet. One contains eggs and one contains edible algae.

[@CoOzEbOy1]

is he blind? u could totally see them after day 1! I saw 2 in the same magnifying circle!

[@Crows_Den]

When I got these guys, I started feeding them once a week starting when I put the eggs in. I'm not sure if you did that, but it's important! These guys are teeny tiny when they hatch, and most kits have a magnifying glass to help you see them when they're small. I kept these little dudes as pets for months before they fell ill and died. It might also be the the purifier just wasn't strong enough, since you over filled the water. They tell you to purify the water since most tap water has chlorine and such chemicals that can be really REALLY dangerous to hatching shrimp. (once they're older, they're a little bit more hardy, but to be safe, you should always use a de-chlorinator.

[@RainbowPowerRangerX]

Buying a puppy is more instant than this.

[@sangeet302]

No I don't think so because I know everything about sea monkeys but puppy r cute

[@cockroach___]

I bought a kit from the clearance section of Walmart for.. I kid you not.. $1.50. They grew in 1 day and they're going strong so far

[@bellithtsai7758]

This what happened to me and I fed them every 2 days like the packet said. Or should I feed them after they start to grow? Because they didn't grow at all yet.

[@LordToasterOven]

I bet there's one against the window, screaming "GOD LEFT ME UNFINISHED!!!!!!".

[@exile1478]

1: you fully disolve the purifier and wait 24hrs not overnight. 2: dont use tap water. 3: depending on temperature of water they can take up to a week to hatch. 4: Do not smoke use air fresheners or furniture polishes in the same room as the chemicals will get into the water and kill them. Oh and the spot is not undetermined, look on the side of the tank and there is a fill level.

[@k1l2l3y]

Poor little Brine Shrimp.

[@Vince_Steele]

They probably hatched and starved to death because they weren't big enough for you to see them, so you didn't give them their weekly dose of powdered nourishment.

[@Horsegirllovesya]

Fun fact, the first packet is actually the brine shrimp eggs. You leave it 24hrs for them to grow to a decent size. The the second packet is just a dye. Basically you can’t see them until dye is added because they are so small and transparent. This therefore gives the illusion of “instant” growth

[@Horsegirllovesya]

Also basically that means you should put food in right away cause as soon as you add the first packet they’re in there

[@jaynadiah5498]

Those sea monkeys dont stand a chance with our Mike lol

[@xigbar1994]

I had sea monkeys as a kid and they live for a fairly long time. Except if you accidentally knock them down the sink as I did, never been so traumatized in my life.

[@ZargAtHome]

Just a couple tips here, Mike. 1. Don't use tap water . 2. The big secret to seamonkeys is the eggs are actually in the first package , so when you jostled around with your finger and the stir device , you may have damaged the viability of the rehydraded seamonkey eggs That were already in the tank . The pouched marked with a number 2 is only dye and food So you can actually see the damn things.

[@NekoSteamBoy]

Actually it could be because you Overfilled it. Seamonkeys need a Specific Amount of Salt Water and the second bag is specialy Designed to Salt the water to the fill line i had severall packs as a child and all (except one) hatched the one that didnt hatched was made with only 20ml to much water! So yeah you screwed up its not directly the companys fault ;)

[@RAFMnBgaming]

specific doesn't seem like a good idea for nature.

[@daniellea5986]

Nah nekosteamboy, it would not matter.

[@jamaustin2099]

If I put 2 packs of sea monkeys do I feed them more food?

[@MarkyDav]

I had one as a kid. Didn't work. Still the story book it came with was cute.

[@harshbarj]

I have done several of these and they have always hatched within seconds. They are VERY small and you do need to feed them within a day or two. The #2 pack has the eggs and some food. But you still need to feed them regularly. I clearly say a few right after you put in the eggs, but did not see them again after that. Did you feed them?

[@ObsidianStray]

They fare better in proper tank setups than these little cups. If you take good care of them and give them something like sand to lay eggs in, you can wait until they've died naturally and then dry out the tank. Once the sand has dried completely, the eggs will be primed to activate whenever they're rehydrated. (This is because the animals evolved to survive in cycles of rainy seasons and drought.) They aren't guaranteed to lay eggs every time, of course; you've got to take good care of them.

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

"without further adieu"hahaha

[@bucwhovian8305]

Most animals need feeding right away when they hatch, so I'm guessing that food needed to be put in at the same time as the eggs. Also I don't think using tap water is a good idea.

[@pldoolittle]

After a number of batches (over several decades) only one "failed". It also turned the water blue, and was the only batch I have purchased that did that.

[@skinnyjason3666]

did you remeber to put them by a window so they get some sun? or did you even air there water?

[@emideegibbins3189]

The only reason they didnt hatch is because you didnt put in any food in..... THE BABIES BLOODY STARVED!!

[@sarahnielsen8057]

I had that thing 16 years ago as a child. It worked very well. I wonder why the design hadn't changed in 13 years though.

[@imogenreynolds5311]

2:28 I love the way he says “ThIs Is GoInG tO bE a LoNg ProCeSs “ 🤦🏼‍♂️ *me sitting at home like * - ar.... are you dumb ? Like a are you dumb ?😂

[@llamasandanime]

I had sea monkeys in my college dorm a couple of years back. Two things I remember1. Tap water is poisonous to seamonkeys 2. I remember stirring them every eight hours or so to aerate the eggs.

[@GAnimeRO]

Keep in mind, in Europe we don't have 99% chlorine coming out of our taps.

[@InfinitysProductions]

People saying the reason it didn't work was because it was tap water: Did you miss the water conditioner he put in as step one? That was a dechlorinator. So no. Using tap water was NOT wrong.

[@lPsychoMax]

Before even seeing this I can imaging them screaming "kill me" :(

[@verdatum]

I'm surprised that the comments aren't littered with the fact that the gimmick is that the shrimp are actually in the "water purifying packet". It takes 24 hours because the shrimp take that long to become active (there are no "eggs" there are just brine shrimp that have gone into stasis). The 2nd packet is basically just a blue stain that makes the otherwise invisible shrimp become "instantly" visible. As to why Mike's shrimp seem to have died....dunno; don't really care, honestly. This was 3 years ago after all.

[@tamzin00]

Mine haven’t hatched yet. It’s been two days. When do I feed them?

[@stripey777]

Did you feed them at day 5?

[@claytonbrewer749]

did you feed them?

[@NormanMatchem]

I remember my family got one of these around 2000 give or take a year. I don't recall anything coming from it either...

[@MariaLincoln]

was your water 28 degrees?

[@kaimcgee625]

If Im not mistaken they did hatch, I saw movement after the first couple of days.

[@ElizabethDermody]

You want those bubbles. :) thats so they can breathe. You do have to stir the 2nd package. :)

[@pigwarts]

I honestly can't tell if you mucked up on purpose or not.

[@culwin]

They tricked you into making a dump cake. A brine shrimp dump cake.

[@princeprostane4618]

3 steps 3 STEPS! All u had to do is add the water

[@WynRhodesTCB]

The eggs are actually in packet 2. That gives them 24 hours to hatch and packet 3 is a blue dye that makes them much more visible to our eyes. Instant hatching alas isn't real.

[@Dj-gw6er]

Fun fact the first packet is actually the eggs 2nd is just blue dye so your able to see them

[@ludymilamalaquias1863]

Dj 7 uh the second pack has blue dye and some more egg

[@sarahhhh3898]

That’s true!

[@beth5337]

@@sarahhhh3898 its not cause it says "water purifier" on the front of it I have them duhhh

[@ren1724]

@@beth5337 it’s water purifier “salt ect” because these shrimp live in salt water and eggs the second pack is some more eggs, die and a bit of food and salt.

[@deemacgee]

...wherein Mike spends three weeks yelling at a jar of corpses.

[@steeplejock]

I remember in the primary school timetable we had periods for Reading and also for Comprehension. Did something go wrong with your upbringing?

[@dustbowlhammer7119]

Sea monkeys need love to thrive, I was doing this by age 10 sucessfully. lol, I just hatched some, it took. 48 hours roughly, and it's cool out. "use distilled water"

[@Gozzo1997]

i had one like 5 or 6 years ago, it worked and they grew pretty big until i accidently knocked the little tank over..... oops

[@shooteberyone]

How did he not notice the full line.

[@Th3Pr0digalS0n]

the “purifying pouch” actually has the eggs in it. the 24hour waiting period is to let them grow big enough to see. the second pouch is to color shrimp as they are clear. if you never feed them they will die quite quickly.

[@dylanwest723]

these were like real life tamagochi's boring and die instantly

[@Vulken2000]

To commenters. Instructions say no direct sunlight. The lights were off and we could clearly see in the room, so yes, they recieved indirect sunlight, so don't go there. Instructions said no food until day five. Instructions said to use bottled water. Depending on where you live, tap water is purified to the same level. So I doubt that was the problem. Also if seamonkeys died from a little finger being dipped into the water, they clearly wouldn't exist to begin with. Also, instruction didn't specify water level.

[@lucymay226]

Instructions do specify water level. It says to fill line

[@liamnolan6757]

criptobiosis is why the shrimp come to life. They are brine shrimp. If the environment isn't suitable, they go into a "frozen" state for a while.

[@izzykleist680]

Mike, you’re obviously not seeing them. Plus, when they first hatch they’re SUPER tiny to see them. Here’s the things you did wrong to improve next time: 1. You didn’t feed them. When you feed them you’re supposed to see algae at the bottom of the tank. It’s PRETTY CLEAR that you haven’t been feeding them once a week. 2. You have to keep an eye on them ALL THE TIME. If you don’t keep an eye on them, you won’t see if they have hatched or not. My Sea Monkeys hatched within a couple of hours. 3. You didn’t use distilled water! Distilled water has the more nutrients for the Sea Monkeys rather than Tap Water. I used distilled water and they are as healthy as they can be! 4. You overfilled the tank! Now this may seem to us that this is not a big deal, but it’s a HUGE deal for the Sea Monkeys. Keeping the water at the line means you only have to do 1 pack of Water Purifier, and the Sea Monkey eggs! Hope you guys take my advice!:) Izzy

[@meunsterchease9983]

Fun fact. Thr water purifier has the eggs in it. While the egg package is just blue die so you can see them.

[@LAMEBOY88]

the “water purifier” actually contains the eggs. the second pouch is colouring, that makes them easier to see. they don’t actually hatch instantly. they’ve been hatching a whole 24hours before you add the “live eggs”.

[@Blackspawn20]

Might be because you stuck your fingers/ the stirrer thing in the water after you purified it.