Positioning the mouse cursor within the area of a button and clicking activates the desired control. The changeable control panel will reveal the ADD EGG button, which activates an automatic egg insertion process. Once an egg has been added, the ADD EGG control is disabled. It is activated, however, up until the egg hatches, if you wish to abort the egg insertion process for some reason. The output displays on the system status panel are explained below.
Healthy worms have the brightest colors, while weaker worms show increasingly dimmer body color.
Until a newly inserted egg hatches, the aquarium operates in automatic mode, with user controls disabled, to ensure an optimum environment is available to the hatchlings. The status panel readouts provide you with the information you need to adjust the aquarium's temperature and gas level, and to feed the worms at the proper time. Return to Contents Feeding Like most infants, the new hatchling seaworms are born hungry. Return to Contents Water Temperature SeaWorms thrive in a temperature range of 95 to 105 degrees F. Variations from this range weaken the worms at an increasing rate as the temperature rises or falls from optimum. Because the aquarium has both heating and cooling mechanisms, this level is fairly easy to control.