Chip wrote, "I suppose in theory the idea would work but the little triops spend a lot of time hunting amid the detritus for whatever grows there. They're ...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 9, 2001 1:22 pm
>My eggs are from Triops, Inc., (www.triops.com) and come in an envelope <br>>separate from the detritus. The detritus is in a "teabag" and the ...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 8, 2001 11:36 pm
>my last trio [sic] was 12 cm <br><br>I assume you're counting the furca/raami (the tail spines) which make up about 40% of a triops' length. It is standard...
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caos2040
Sep 8, 2001 10:21 pm
hi, im from mexico, my last trio was 12 cm my curren triop generation are decendents from him and just a spoon of the gravel from my triop made hungreds hatch,...
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dhakala
Sep 8, 2001 1:17 am
So I smothered my little babies. :-( OK, nothing but sand this time....
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 8, 2001 12:20 am
It leaches minerals into the water which apparently get incorporated into their exoskeleton. Next time they go to moult they can't pop the seal at the head...
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dhakala
Sep 7, 2001 11:13 pm
My eggs are from Triops, Inc., (www.triops.com) and come in an envelope separate from the detritus. The detritus is in a "teabag" and the instructions say to...
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dhakala
Sep 7, 2001 11:06 pm
Chip wrote, "There are only two things I've found that will kill adult triops (well, other than old age). Red lava stone in the tank and large number of ...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 7, 2001 7:01 pm
>1. Do I need to soak the detritus in the water for 30 hours before adding the eggs, or can I just dump in eggs and detritus simultaneously?<br><br>I would...
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vkobis
Sep 7, 2001 5:05 pm
The eggs are in the detritus.<br><br>I put the eggs in than I pour the water in. Mix it with a chop-stick and 2-3 days later.<br><br>Triops....
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vkobis
Sep 7, 2001 5:00 pm
My take on the pinch of eggs thing is...<br><br>I think it's a lot easier to raise two to adulthood than twelve. <br><br>I think in this case, less is ...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 7, 2001 3:46 pm
>I also never use distilled water, just cheap bottled. <br><br>The main reason I recommend distilled for hatching is it's idiot proof. On average, you could...
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dhakala
Sep 7, 2001 3:32 pm
"It aint what we don't know that gets us in trouble, it's what we think we know that aint so." - Mark Twain<br><br>I think the first thing I'll do when the new...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 7, 2001 3:20 pm
>Also never use the entire packet of eggs, a pinch is all you need.<br><br>This assumes there's a large amount of eggs in the packet. Unfortunately, quality...
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vkobis
Sep 7, 2001 11:41 am
Very nice website by the way.<br><br>-V-...
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vkobis
Sep 7, 2001 11:17 am
They don't need heaters, I've always kept mine in a sunny window.<br><br>I also never use distilled water, just cheap bottled. Once I used water from a vase ...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 7, 2001 2:56 am
It's not the heat, seriously. The whole nonsense about the heat might as well be "wave a dead chicken over the tank daily" to keep them alive. <br><br>In the...
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dhakala
Sep 6, 2001 3:27 pm
Grrr... I'm an idiot!<br><br>Turned off the aquarium light *and* the heater last night. Temp looks like it fell to 72 degs. - maybe less - and both triops...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 5, 2001 8:29 pm
Re: Joey Lewis/TriopsUSA<br><br>I don't think it's still in business. His last post on this board was back in February and the company website is no longer in...
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dhakala
Sep 5, 2001 4:14 pm
Thanks for saving me a lot of aggravation. :-)<br><br>You mentioned TriopsUSA, Joey Lewis's firm. Is he still in the triops biz?...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 5, 2001 1:34 am
Definitely don't dry it first. Triops don't dry so well :)<br><br>What I would try (I'm not sure if this would affect the catalyst or not) is fixing them in...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 5, 2001 1:29 am
Although, at about day 4 or 5 it is not uncommon for the first hatched ones to take out the stragglers who are bite size compared to them, there are a lot of...
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dhakala
Sep 4, 2001 10:40 pm
I have some casting resin around here and I'd like to preserve a triops corpse or two. Kinda like those clear paperweights with scorpions embedded in ...
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dhakala
Sep 4, 2001 6:57 pm
I got a lot of triops to hatch, but only two survived past three days. I assume the rest were eaten.<br><br>So, I'm going to try Petrie dishes next time, and...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 3, 2001 4:07 am
I'm not sure what you're seeing but it's not an egg sac. The egg sacs form on the 11th pair of the thoracic appendages. That's the last pair of highly ...
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dhakala
Sep 3, 2001 3:27 am
Thanks. I haven't seen it do this hole-digging thing before. This is my first attempt with triops.<br><br>There's a tiny dark pink spot on the underside of its...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 3, 2001 3:09 am
At seven days the guy is most likely just looking for food. But, if you've seen eggs in the sac, then the behavior you describe is what they generally do when...
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dhakala
Sep 3, 2001 2:42 am
I've had a triops for 7 days. It's about 3/4" long. Today it's started digging furiously straight down into the sand.<br><br>What's it up to? Laying eggs?...
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codemonkeyjr
Sep 2, 2001 12:33 am
First, take a look at my webpage:<br><br><a href=http://filebox.vt.edu/users/channum/triops_index.htm...
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razzberrie88
Sep 1, 2001 11:47 pm
HI! My son just got a triops growning kit today and I'm a bit confused about feeding them. The instructions say to crush one green and one brown pellet from ...
