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Why aren’t my sea monkeys growing?Where are they?Are they dead?

I bought them from wal-mart and brought them home.I put the purifier in but I just couldn’t wait 24 hours so put half of the eggs in that same day.the next day when I got home the sea monkeys had hatched so I put hte rest of the eggs in.6 days later i put the food in.some of the monkeys weren’t even moving.A couple of days later i didn’t see any monkeys.I thought the algae were the monkeys until i looked on the internet and saw what they looked like.There is nothing in my tank but green goowy stuff at the bottom.When i filled the tank up the first time i used bottled water but when the water level droped i used faucet water.But that was after the monkeys disappeared.Whats going on?
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Sea monkeys?

If I can grow enough algae in the bottom of my tank will i not have to airate their tank anymore and not feed them as often. The algae covers half of the bottom of the tank about a half inch thick. I airate them once a day and they seem to be fine.

Can I cultivate Algae from sea monkey food?

My sea monkeys died and I don’t want to get any more for a while, I want to cultivate the algae in the food (for no reason, just curiosity) I have the whole packet of algae in the water under a florescent bulb with a bubbler in there… I have the tiny tank tool and a peice of stocking in there to begin the culture, will it grow???
Thanks, I don’t know if the algae will grow because I used a little bit of miracle grow in the water I used to add to the tank (after the monkeys died, they died from low temps) Right now I think the algae cultures haw enough air, because they are in a 20 ounce bottle with a 5 gallon aquarium air pump, I am concerned about light, though, The water is really dark, but I have it right under the light…. I don’t know why I am growing it, I can’t put any animals in it to eat the algae, since they are growing in a small amount of miracle grow.

artemia growing their own algae – summer 2010

see how they take care that they can access from 2 sides and algae are not sticking to glass, so they have their own algae wall
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Why is the water in my triop tank cloudy?

I got triops 3 weeks ago and i clean the water every week but yesterday i cleaned it out and it looked clear but after one night its cloudy again so ive added in some brine shrimp to eat the algae and bacteria.