i had some triops of my on and there is one thing that can help them grow is you see the stuff on the top take a spoon and scoop it of from kiki Stuart...
When you guys use filters do you cycle your tanks, or just let the filter run? ... bottles and ... food runs ... terribly well ... results as a ... day one. ...
... I use one of the bottles mentioned in this thread of course. If I had to wait until the tank cycled, all the Triops would be long dead. -- Stuart Halliday ...
... Depends what's in the filter of course. It will remove small particles from the water and if it has charcoal in it, it will also remove some chemicals. But...
As triops get older I wonder if they would eat shrimp pellets. If I put a pellet in the water it will soften up and should be easy to eat, and it provides...
I tried cycle once and it did nothing. Then on Stuarts recommendation, I used Stability. The Nitrites still spike, but it finishes cycling in about a week and...
... accurate????? ... No. Use a clip on light instead with a 40w or 60w bulb (any higher bulb is too much, especially with a small <10g tank). They cost about ...
... grow is you see the stuff on the top take a spoon and scoop it of Is this person talking about the slightly iridescent protein scum which can form on the...
I tried to raise triops in Sept but only a few hatched and they only survivied about 10 days. I used distilled water and follwed the directions very carefully....
... a filter in a 5 lites container? For any triops container I would not use a power filter, I would use a bubble filter. A bubble filter has a sponge on the...
... I have not heard of an aquarium heater pad, but I have heard of hermit crab heater pads for aquariums. These usually put out some heat but not enough to...
... I put in 2 hardy fish, like danios, for every 10 gallons then I let the filter run. I test the ammonia and nitrite every day, and it usually takes about...
I found A tiny box of Triop eggs in my Christmas stocking! (Santa knew I've been good) Lucky Me!! Ooooo...Maybe the Easter Triop will hide eggs around my house...
After the Triops hatched, I noticed lots of brown gunk at the bottom. They're excrements right? And a Triops had already begun eating another, and it's only 3...
I have several tanks with daphnia and free floating algae. If I hatch the triops in distilled water first, then put them in the daphni tanks after 7 days or...
... I used Stability on a 4 foot, 200L tank and added the bacteria twice a day for 2 weeks. Never had a nitrite spike myself. I added the 20 fish from my 60L...
... Wow. 3-4 weeks. You do know there are bacteria bottles that reduce this cycle time to 48 hours? -- Stuart Halliday http://mytriops.com/ 200 Million years...
... I don't recommend a clip-on lamp. This implies that the lamp is clipped onto the side of the tank and these types of clamps often slip and slide. The last...
... These are often sold as reptile heating pads these days as snakes, frogs, etc. are often placed in aquarium tanks. I use one myself under a 20L tank. -- ...
Hi my name is Evan and I am 8 years old. I got a triops kit for Christmas. I never knew about triops until I got the kit. I have 7 triops that are about 3/4...
One of my triops seem to be producing green balls (that are quite big) and it then picks one up and goes on his back and starts movindg it as if he is...
... Surely what you are seeing is a green food pellet you've put into the tank yourself, that has expanded due to the water swelling it and the Triops is ...
Hello....I am new to the world of triops.My setup is a 10 gallon aquarium.I have 4 gallons of distilled water in it..Right now the heater I am using is holding...
Hi! I'm new to the group. We have an aquasaur who has been going strong for more than the ninety days the instruction booklet told us to expect. I was...
... Triops longicaudatus typically live a lot less. But well down on getting one to that age. I think the record is 105 days. Got a picture you can give us? ...
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