I was originally planning to house sea monkeys but than i already have some and i wanted to see how triops are. Is it alright if I keep triops in A 1 gallon fish bowl?
Monthly Archives: February 2009
My First Triops Day 3-7
You can all watch them grow with me ^^
So today is actually day 8 for them, but in my last video I went from day 1-3 and now I’ve done day 3-7 using the same song! Its amazing thinking that just over a week ago it was a little egg ^^
Squiggles has started to be a lot more active, I’m guessing its just because he/shes growing lol. But its very interesting to watch! ^^
As I said at the end of the video, my smaller triop died, I’m guessing Squiggles killed it, but obviously I’m not certain!
I have a few plans for Squiggles…there are a few risks but being a beginner Squiggles is like an experiment to see if I can look after them and to find out what I can and can’t do! I thought I’d lost him/her once and to be honest I don’t really want to loose him/her for real…but obviously they don’t last long and I need to experiment a bit so I can get it right in the future!
My plan is to put Squiggles into a bigger tank which I bought the other day! It is long so has plenty of room for him/her…but its quite high and need to be 3/4 filled for the heater to work properly and keep the temperature where it needs to be!
Also, I know what triops are meant to be like and that they will eat smaller fish and each other and bigger fish might eat them etc…but I read on a website that they don’t harm Neon Tetras, is that true? And can Tetras survive in distilled water? I would love to be able to add them to the tank to add a bit of colour and make it all a bit more interesting…but I don’t really want to harm Squiggles or the fish! =S
What color Should Triops be when Hatched?
Are the eggs supposed to be white or brown cause i have a both. and when i hatched my triops i have 2 white ones and this tiny red thing what is it?
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My triops tank is FILTHY!
TRIOPS INFO:
you probably didn’t notice due to the size of the triops and crap quality of the webcam, the triops has two eyes that are quite close together, along with a naupliar ocellus in between (which is why people say triops have three eyes) Ocelli can sense light but not much else.
Triops(es?) are possibly the oldest species of animal to exist. They date back to the Triassic period, which is why they are sometimes known as dinosaur shrimp (they have changed very little in 70 million years.) If you know of an older animal species that still exists today, please comment and say so!
They reproduce mostly through parthenogenesis which is essential due to the male/female ratio. However they can also reproduce sexually and some populations even do so hermaphroditically (which is another reason why there is some question surrounding the gender of my triops)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Infraclass: Calamanostraca
Order: Notostraca
Family: Triopsidae
Genus: Triops
Species: T. longicaudatus (I believe, it may be cancriformis instead as the coloring between the two is similar, but Triops Cancriformis are rarer and native to the UK)
SUPERFLUOUS INFO NOBODY CARES ABOUT:
Seriously. I have problems with the genders of all my non-mammalian pets. I once had a toad named Jessica at age 5, but I believe Jessica was actually a Jesse. (My possible mistake has been immortalized in a children’s book called “What’s your name?: From Ariel to Zoe” in which they featured kids with mostly nontraditional names. I appear with Jessi(ca?) amongst other young children.)
Most of the information I got on triops(es) was through various sites found by google search, including the dubious wikipedia. If you have any corrections please let me know, I’ll edit.
How do I care for my triops ?
I got my triops a few days ago . One hached and im starting to think how i care for them and change the water ?
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