Can I have live plants in my triops tank (10 gallon)? Also, if I do put live plants in, I should NOT use fertilizers, right? I was also wondering about tank...
I've got 5 or 6 strands of anacharis in my tank. It seems to be growing well enough, and the triops enjoy it. I've got a few ghost shrimp in the tank. As...
I have snails in my tank the ones that only get as big as a pencil eraser, and they have never bothered them. They had laid eggs on the plants and we can see...
I used Elodea in my ten gallon tank. Malaysian trumpet snails will burrow into the gravel and eat Triops eggs buried there. The fauna of the vernal pools would...
Are there any algae eating fish (instead of trumpet snails) that would not eat my plants nor mess with the triops or get eaten by the triops? Also, what kind...
... You might try those small alge eaters fish, the little white ones that kinda look like catfish, I don't know what fluorite is, I just use some fine grained...
Hello. Finally, my "Triassic Triops" packet arrived, complete with eggs, food, nutrient pack, and instructions. However, I have some questions/problems about...
Yes do not use aeration till the triops have hatched and are around 4-5 days old. Ours are 3 weeks old now and 2 inches long and come to the top of the water...
I got very few eggs as well, but 5 triops in the end, so it more or less worked out. I was very dissapointed to see just how few eggs they give you. I...
Thanks a lot to harfman and cindy40goats for the help with my new tank! I'll make sure to post the hatching results here. -The Deranged Cow ... sealed ... ...
Please do! It's always great to see how everyone's triops are doing! John ... with ... some ... tank ... to ... it. ... that ... five ... about ... enough ......
So far, I have been able to locate two Triops hatchlings, one about 1mm in length, and the other slightly smaller. Hopefully, the larger one will not...
Just looked into the habitat again, and saw 5 Triops hatchlings swimming in the corner of the tank! There must be more hatching today, or maybe I was just...
... Nothing like answering your own questions, I found this and thought it quite interesting: Eletrophoretic analysis of 31 populations, ranging from...
Deranged Cow, We put in 1/2 the eggs and had 4 triops by day 4 and was down to the 2 by day 10. We fed only the food that came with them the first 4 feedings....
Thanks a lot for answering all my questions so far. I decided to take the advice and put some more food in to add nutrients and reduce potential cannibalism. I...
Yes, I would guess they are different species. Triops double their size every day. If the others aren't getting as big as fast, they probably aren't Triops....
Yes diff. species for sure keep us posted on these others till you can tell what they are we had a few I believe fairy shrimp in ours the first few days after...
NOT different species. Just a different family or individual. We often find Triops of drasticly different sizes in the same ponds and the same hatch or ponds...
I saw on the discovery toys website a new sea monkey kit with colored sea monkeys. I don't need a whole new setup. Has anyone tried these eggs and seen the...
What site was this? ... From: dianalsw To: triopsforever@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 12:19 PM Subject: [Triops Forever] colored sea...
My triop, Pig, has grown to almost a centimeter in just four days! The other four hatchlings have grown as well, albeit slower, and can now clearly be...
www.discoverthis.com some site for science based toys...the eggs only come in a kit. I was wondering if anyone had actually seen the results of hatching them....
I have never herd of them but it sound interesting! Maybe I will get some, Oh has anyone downloaded the virtual sea monkeys for your desktop? My kids are...
IDENTIFICATION ... Even when they are tiny, they are easy to distinguish, at least within a few days... Seed shrimp and daphnia stay awfully darned small, but ...
Greetings, I'll introduce myself later.. Today I introduced sand into my Triops enviroment. Black Aquarium sand..listed as safe for freshwater tanks. I'd...
Hello to everyone out there into triops and other 'instant' pets,Thought I'd tell you all about my triops etc.I currently have 3 triops of about 4 weeks...
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