I have had these critters called triops http://www.triops.com/index.php?link=product5 as a kid, but I was wondering, are they suitable for aquariums? They look really cool and I was wondering if anyone had tried them in an aquarium before.
Triops
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search the forums, i dont personally know but i have definitely seen 2 or 3 threads about these little creatures. id assume your fish would eat them though i could be entirely wrong lol. good luck
I just kinda read the triop hacthery.pfd and heres what it says
"HELPFUL HINTS! If your Triops fail to hatch, change the brand
of water and try again. DO NOT use cleaning or insecticide
chemicals in the vicinity of your Triops. DO NOT put your Triops
in a tank with other fish!"
So Im guessing no.
"HELPFUL HINTS! If your Triops fail to hatch, change the brand
of water and try again. DO NOT use cleaning or insecticide
chemicals in the vicinity of your Triops. DO NOT put your Triops
in a tank with other fish!"
So Im guessing no.
we never had a problem hatching them, not ever. just add water and they hatch. We di this 2 times a year or more, my kids love em. what we do is put them in a five gallon container... ( mini tank) add tank water and add eggs, we also add bubbles. every week or even every few days we take 75 percent of the water out, and take water back out from the 55 tank and put it back into the triops tank. this way they get fresher water or close to it since I do water changes every week or some times 2 times a week. and they grow like crazy. we even seem to have them longer then sugested since we keep there tank clean and aerated.
I had them from Walmart years back, loved them, but the little jug they were in was garbage, so I tried for the 55 gallon with tetras and corys. Unfortuantely even then harrased them and picked them to death. Reminds fish of brine shrimp...very hard to keep fish from eating.
From my experience, nearly every fish can harass a Triops to death...
HOWEVER,
a full grown Triops can eat a fish small and slow enough.
Most likely, the Triops will be harassed to death.
HOWEVER,
a full grown Triops can eat a fish small and slow enough.
Most likely, the Triops will be harassed to death.
wow very interesting. are they like sea monkey ish or are they actually big enough that you can see individuals clearly?
