Four Week Old Sea Monkeys Mating

I wish I had started this blog when I began my adventure into the Sea Monkey world.  However, I was skeptical that it would even work regardless of the two year lifespan money back guarantee.

It has been exactly four weeks now since I began my first tank.  I now have 12-15 adults and roughly 50-60 babies in my one gallon tank! They are absolutely loving having more space to swim and play in! As of now I have only had one Sea Monkey to die in the entire four weeks, so I suppose I'm doing a pretty good job at this thing. :)

At this point, my Sea Monkeys have already began to mate.  It seems the females are a bit apprehensive to this, as they try to shake off the males who are firmly gripped to the base of their tails.  Obviously the females just have to deal with it due to the fact that the male's whiskers are very firm grippers, and they refuse to let go no matter how hard the females try to get away.

The picture above is one I captured of my Sea Monkeys that have been mating for two days now.  They can actually stay like this for up to a week! As of this morning I awoke to find three sets of adults doing the nasty! I'm pretty happy about this, because I never thought I would be lucky enough to catch this actually going on in my own tank!

About a week ago is when I first saw a pair mating.  That particular female has a nice sized egg sack now full of pink eggs, however this hasn't stopped another male from trying to mate with her again today.  Weird.

Below is a picture of my already pregnant female being mated with...again.  I don't quite understand as to why the male attached to her decided to try to mate with her, considering the fact that she is already pregnant.  I guess male crustaceans and human males aren't so different after all!

Directly where her tail and body meet is the egg sack, which will actually grow even bigger before she gives birth.  I hope when she finally decides to birth her babies that I can get some pictures of that as well.  From what I have read from my extensive research, it's pretty harsh to watch.

The one thing I am worried about is that when mating, sometimes the male won't allow the female to eat.  When this happens obviously the female dies.  Even if this does occur, her body still releases the eggs! I hope I don't run into this problem and haven't seen any evidence of it so far.

That's about all I have for my fourth week update.  I will be posting consistently about what's going on with my colony, so keep an eye out for new posts!