I while back I told yall I found a vernal pool full of fairy shrimp on my family's land here in Texas. Well it finally dried up so I could collect some dirt....
... shortly ... The same exact thing happened to one of my Triops Cancriformis today. It hasn't died yet but it's acting strange(looks like its going to die)....
Sorry I haven't been around much lately... School has been crazy this semester. How are things here in the group? I have recently completed a research project...
Hey i was looking at a bucket in my backyard today and looked in this bucked and notciced 100+ clam shrimp swimming around WEIRD and BEALIVE ME i know they...
... cool... Was the project *on* L.l. or just involving them? Would it be of interest to folks here, and can you share it? -- be safe. flip Ich habe keine...
BTW Hi folks... It's been a while... I've been monitoring things, approving posts, etc... but not really been reading... I just purged ~1300 backlog messages...
Hi, I'm working on my first tank of Triops, from a kit I got at Walmart, and I'm pretty sure the largest Triop in the tank is eating all the smaller ones. I've...
... Wow that's some interesting stuff there. How did you replicate the alkaline water to raise them? Love the photos, they are neat looking critters. Got any...
I just wanted to know if you could send me some of the dirt in that pool if I sent you postage. Michelle A. Stutzman enightstar@... "Surrender!" "Oh!...
I'll send postage as well, if you're game. ^_^ Michelle Stutzman <enightstar@...> wrote:I just wanted to know if you could send me some of the dirt in...
How can you tell the difference between males and females? One of my triops has little white sacs or somthing what is that? what does that mean? Also will they...
... Though they are the specialists of alkaline water, they tolerate a wide range (pH 7.0 to pH 11). I maintained them at a pH of about 8.5, slightly more...
... The project was split into two, first of which was the hatching requirements of the Alkali Fairy Shrimp (they will just as readily hatch at 0.1°c as at...
... they havent hatched in a week then something is wrong. ... __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on...
If ya'll really want some I'll be glad to send ya'll some dirt if ya'll cover postage. I don't think I have enought with me right now for the two of you, but I...
I'm not sure really lol my friend wanted me to find out like if theres a certain sand i should use because i read they lay their eggs in a sand and other...
... I hope you're going back to that lake when it's dry to collect some dirt to share with the rest of us! I'd love to see those giant fairy shrimp! Has anyone...
I actually crush sea kelp tablets and mix it in w/ their crushed food i feed to them. It has helped w/ the moulting problems i have had in the past. The sea...
oh yeah, i forgot that part... It's http://www.geocities.com/bamaud/Triopsisinformationpage.html ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
I'm raising triops out of the kit I got at Super WalMart, and they used to be in a half-gallon double betta hex until I moved everything over to a much larger...
Hi! I'm new to the group, and I just got a set of eggs and food last night! I've been interested in Triops for several years, bout could never locate any- now...
... Males never develope any egg sacs or dig that much, females (hermaphrodites) do. ... That's it's egg sacs. Pretty soon it will lay them ... Yes, but being...
RoDnEy, You might try this page, http://mytriops.com/articles/faq.stm . It's had alot of good info on it for me. And has any one bought eggs(only for $300)...
Didnt know the tank was that small. Im using a 5-6 liter one now, and I have three Triops in that one. I do want a bigger one though. I started feeding my own...
... your triops can do selfing in which they fertilize there own eggs and that sac means u gonna be a grandfather and u need tons of sand for it to dig in and...
... that ... He does indeed strangely green, the water seems clean though, so I dont think its algae. Did they lay any eggs yet? Perhaps you can try again...
So the email method of approving messages sometimes doesn't work. I actually went to the group via the website and approves several old messages. Sorry for the...
... Steve, What was the male/female sex ratio? did you notice any diffrence in the males vs females or were they all self-compatible females? I would trade you...
... Theres a good chance it will lay eggs. Some are capable of fertilizing themselves, it happened with my first batch some 10 years ago and I still have eggs...
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