Or will the osmotic pressure of the water be incorrect? Background: I have fish tanks, one of which is 2.5g. It has 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and around 5ppm...
... Metal is toxic to invertebrates, especially copper. Did the spoon have copper in it? Any copper decorations on it? Did a kid toss a penny in the tank?...
... Pretty obvious I would have thought. The direct sun can heat up a small quantity of water to very high levels. You don't want to cook your animals? ;-) You...
... Well you can. But don't be surprised by a low level of hatching. See http://mytriops.com/articles/faq2.stm#whypurewater ... Correct. ... GH needs to be...
Hi folks. I've had my triops living for about a month, maybe a little longer. My kids decided dad was not feeding them enough and now thier all dead but 1.. Oh...
Boiling will kill Triop eggs, right? As Triops are not native where I live, I wanted to be sure to kill any eggs that may be in some sand from a Triops tank...
... Sure. Boil for 10 mins. If you have a steam pot, boil it in that. That way the temperature goes even higher. -- Stuart Halliday http://mytriops.com/ 200...
take the sand up, spoon-by-spoon? nah, thats 4 a laugh.., ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... it is vertualy imposible :-< sorry mate Aprater ... Yahoo!...
... Dry out sand. Filter out the bigger particles of sand using a tea leaf strainer. Triops eggs are dark pink, spherical, slightly sticky and very very small!...
Take a look at Stuarts Mytriops webpage. http://www.mytriops.com/articles/preparing_eggs_detritus.stm I used a similar one to the one he describes with the...
I have 3 (used to have 4 but 1 died this weekend) triops, and when the others pass away I want to raise 2 more tanks so I have lots and lots of triops. Anyway,...
... Ok, sure. But what nasty stuff is in your water? You didn't say, so we can't advise. Why not just buy a water filter kit for your tap water? Most DIY,...
... you can, but it's also fairly easy to collect rainwater. You can use distilled or springwater from the store... 8 2l bottles is about 4 gallons @...
How big are your triops. Mine are about 5-7 weeks old and are only 3 cm (including tail,that fork, Cancriformis).Will they get bigger? There are 2 of them (I...
... Bit small for Triops cancriformis if you're including the tail! My Triops cancriformis at 60days are usually quite a bit bigger! See my gallery pics. ...
... Which folks are these? Distilled water will only hold copper in it if a copper coil was used to boil the water. Even then it's in really tiny amounts. ...
My boyfriend bought me this little pouch of triops, food, and this tea bag looking thing that appears to be filled with dirt and broken sticks that the company...
Ok first i hope you havent put your seamonkeys in with the triops becuse they will probibly eat all of them.Also you probibly didnt know that triops are...
Oh no, I haven't had Sea Monkeys in years and yes I know they are cannibals, however I have no clue how to separate them. How do I catch them and how do I...
Welcome to the wonderful world of Triops. I think you're going to enjoy it. Anyway, as I always advise people, take a look at Stuarts MyTriops page....
They are Triops longicaudatus, it says so in the instructions. I will check that page out right away. What about that nasty bag thing? Will I have to move that...
... Only 2? I suppose you didn't use pure water then? You get more hatching with distilled or deionized water. If you do a 50% water change you'll probably get...
... Thanks Solomon, If you find it useful...you know what to do. ;-) ... Detritus http://mytriops.com/articles/faq2.stm#detritus What is detritus used for? See...
... Not really, T granarius are male biased, they have way more males than females. Also the T. longcaudatus I collected from Shallow Water location have a...
Oh silly me! I meant the chlorine and other such stuff in the water. Can you just use water treatment for fish tanks? I have an internal filter for my tank...
... Yes of course but we're not talking about these were we? ;-) ... He got his eggs from a NSI kit (ie Seaopolis ). So it's 99% females. I thought that was...
That site was great and answered alot of my questions and I really like those pink triops! They are so neat! It's kind of funny to discover that it IS a bag...
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