Summary of Contents for Thames & Kosmos Wondery KIDS Wow in the World Sea Creatures Aquarium
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SEA CREA TURES SEA CREA TURES A QUARIUM A QUARIUM WARNING — Science Education Set. This set contains chemicals and/or parts that may be harmful if misused. Read cautions on individual containers and in manual carefully. Not to be used by children except under adult supervision.
SAFETY INFORMATION WARNING! Not suitable for children under 3 WARNING! Never look directly into the sun, years. Choking hazard — small parts may be either with your naked eye or through the swallowed or inhaled. Keep the packaging magnifying glass. You could blind yourself! and instructions as they contain important Never leave the magnifying glass unattended in information.
KIT CONTENTS BRINE SHRIMP BRINE SHRIMP SALT EGGS FOOD DECORATE YOUR aquarium WITH THE STICKERS! Part No. Description Quantity Part No. Description Quantity Aquarium tank with Magnifying glass with base clip Aquarium tank lid Pipette Salt packet Small scoop Brine shrimp eggs Sticker sheet packet Brine shrimp food...
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INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Welcome to your Sea Creatures Aquarium Wow-To Guide! GUY RAZ (WOW IN THE WORLD HOST) This guide has all the info you need for raising happy, healthy sea creatures. MINDY THOMAS (WOW IN THE WORLD HOST) These sea creatures you’re about to hatch are called “brine shrimp” ..
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PREPARING THE AQUARIUM Fill the aquarium tank full of tap Cut the corner off one of the water. This is a little more than salt packets and pour the entire two cups of water, or 500 ml. contents (15 g) of salt into the tank.
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HATCHING THE SEA CREATURES Once you have prepared the Now you have to wait for 1–2 aquarium, you can put the brine days. Look into your aquarium shrimp eggs into the water. Cut with the magnifying glass every the corner off the egg packet and day.
CARE AND FEEDING Feeding Do not feed your nauplii for the first few days. They live on nutrients that they have with them in their bodies. On the third day, add one level scoop of the food into the water. Repeat this about every two weeks.
HELPFUL TIPS • If you are having trouble seeing your brine • If you want to obtain more shrimp, position the tank so there is a soft white salt: Brine shrimp prefer a light behind it, so you can more clearly see the mixture of sodium chloride tiny things inside.
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Dormant cysts HATCHING Mature female brine shrimp release live embryos when the salinity is low. salinity If the MALE is too high, FEMALE the female lays NAUPLIus eggs, called dormant cysts. These hatch when the salinity decreases again. NAUPLII Next, they develop into the STAGES larval stage, called nauplii.
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MALE Over the course of the next few weeks, LARGE ANTENNA (CLAW) FEMALE look at individual brine shrimp with SMALL ANTENNA a magnifying glass every few days. Soon you will see changes: The body MOUTH becomes more elongated and a long forked tail forms.
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100 million years ago, Around the ancestors natural of the brine shrimp in this kit lived in salt lakes. For many millions of years, they dinosaurs! lived alongside the For most animals, salt lakes are not a nice extremely place to live. These lakes can get salty, because —...
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NEXT-LEVEL CHALLENGES Try these experiments on your own! 1. Use your tank as a bug jar. Scan this QR code to 2. Fill the tank with pond water and search for keep the WOW rolling living creatures in the water with the magnifying with additional glass.
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