triops

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centralharbor

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Sep 23, 2004
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i'm sure someone must frequent think geek, but anyway i'm not too sure what to think of this, its an aquatic creature that has three eyes, just wanted to know if you guys think its a good idea to keep these, not with fish, just seperate, or do they not belong on a desk. im asking you guys because you guys are the foremost (at least for me) fish information place.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/75ab/
 
I had to google "triops" because I didn't even know what they were. On the one hand it seems inhumane to keep very many 2" creatures in a tank that small. On the other hand if their life cycle is really so short I'm not sure they'd have time to get cramped. I wonder if their natural lifespan is really so short? :confused:
 
6-10 weeks. I have seen them in the stires now and then and thought they were kind of neat. What I just learned from google is that they are part of the general category of tadpole shrimp. When I was young I saw a national geo. show in africa with a relitive of the triops. They lived only 1-2 weeks in the desert(when the rain came), laid eggs, died, then the eggs lay dormant till the next rain, usually 10-20 YEARS l8er!!
 
wow..... hardly seems the effort in trying to keep them on your desk. I think it promotes desktop aquariums in my opinion. Once these die... what will people do with those tanks besides get a fish or two. Hopefully one that fits....
 
Ah...go ahead and give them a try...lol...

I have seen those tanks at walmart for only about 3-4$ though. Could probably save some money buying the little tank there and just pick up a packet of the eggs...which should have instructions with them. :)
 
For a short term thing, they are decent. But--you can't keep very many of them, as they will readily cannibalize one another. Not very friendly. Feeding them is easy, but a requirement--they are eating machines, and the tank will start to reek without some good filtration (most packets do not tell you to filter the tank) or daily changes.
 
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