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Add a living feature to your desk, USB Sea Monkeys! Follow the step-by-step instructable and you to can be the talk of the office. This little project...
Retail bottled water gives you both the container and the water. I chose this bottle simply for its cool shape and labeling. Any bottled 'spring' wate...
I got a cheap USB coffee warmer from ebay. This one both plugs into a USB port on the computer and it has a USB 'out' port on the back. Sea Monkeys ...
Yes the coffee warmer will get to darn hot. So I fooled around with a thermometer and several options for having it warm the water with out cooking th...
This spacer was just a little bit too big to fit snuggly. I had to shave the ends of the white rods down a bit to get a good fit. I used a small hand ...
I got a small adjustable, goose neck, LED, USB light form ebay cheap, cheap. Not much to say about this step...see the picture...
Ok, here's the hard stuff! 1) Put the base on the desk. 2) Place the spacer on the base. 3) Plug the light into the back of the base. 4) Plug the ba...
OK, now place the water bottle on the spacer and let it warm up for a day or longer. Remember, you want the water to be up there around 80-100 degrees...
I got the Sea Monkey eggs from: http://www.arizonafairyshrimp.com/index.html though you can get them from many sources. You are looking for fresh wat...
1) Read the information that comes with the eggs. 2) A small amount is more then enough for this little container. 3) The light is good, but you will...
Feeding these twisted little monkeys is an easy task. Get a little pack of yeast in the baking isle at the grocery store. Don't worry about refrigerat...
Use very very little of the food! You can fowl the water quickly with too much of a good thing. Give then 6-7 grains of the yeast every other day. Tha...
*You will likely have less survive then hatch, it happens. * The extra eggs you have will last darn near forever if you just keep them dry. *The survi...
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