Why have some of my dead sea monkeys turned black?
Some of my sea monkeys
died. there on the bottom of the tank but i have alot left. but why are they
black? do they turn black when they die.
Seamonkeys do seem to go a blackish grey colour when they die.
For the CSI fans amongst you, into all that gruesome detail this is for you - I suspect it is a kind of fungi or bacteria that make these dearly departed souls go black as there bodies begin to break down. For the most part this colour change is caused by a decomposing type of organism which when present will accelerate the disappearance of these sad little reminders of once frolicking and healthy pets.
Finally at some point all that will be left is the very molecules that their bodies were composed of and these molecules now freely floating in the water column will go to fertilize your algae garden that should by now be growing quite nicely on the bottom of their tank, what with all those extra nutrients available ;)
One day you will see a new little Sea monkey happily harvesting some algae to munch on for lunch and in that instant you will see the full miracle that is life - From birth to death and life again, and all in a few weeks. Gee nature is so perfect sigh! But I digress,
One other thing to look out for, - Occasionally there is a type of ailment that the little shrimp get that can affect one or two legs and makes the infected bit turn black But thankfully this illness is fairly rare.
We are doing research on a range of medicines for Sea Monkeys and Sea Dragons and hope to have them available shortly.
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