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A strange thing hatched in my Triops kit?

I bought this triops kit from a website, and weird things hatched in it. Only one of them appears to be a triops, and about 5 weird shrimp things hatched too. Are they shrimp? They’re actually kind of cute and they do cool flips, so I’m not upset about that packaging mistake. But there’s also this strange, creepy looking thing, that’s very small, white, and a bit translucent, but it’s still visible. I have no idea what it is. It has the body shape of an owl, and it has little black eyes on each side of it’s upper half. It also has what appears to be antlers, shaped like little Ys on its head, and the fan part of the Y is webbed. It doesn’t glide about the water like the others; it sort of hops about in the fishbowl. It kinda looks like a pokemon >:L What is it?

Can I feed Triops sea monkey food?

I’ve raised several batches of Sea Monkeys in the past, so I’ve got quite a bit of food left over. I’m hatching Triops right now, and am wondering if I could just use the sea monkey food while the triops are babies, and then switch to the pellets (that came with the triops) when they are older.

The sea monkey food looks just liked a powdered form of the Triop pellets.

What’s in my Triops tank?

The eggs have been in the tank for about 3-4 days now, and there are some largish things swimming beneath the surface, they look a bit like daphnia. There are also the tiniest specks swimming on the surface of the water.. what are these? I would take a photo but they are too tiny to capture. Anyone got any ideas? Could they be baby Triops?

Two questions about Triops?

1. I was wondering whether or not using Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand is a good idea. I am preparing to move my Triops to a larger tank, so I poured some of the sand in and added water, but it looks a bit murky. Will this kill my Triops, or are my fears unfounded?

2. I’ve hatched a relatively large batch of six Triops. The fishbowl I’m moving them into is only one gallon. I read somewhere that 4-5 liters (1.05-1.32 gallons) will accommodate 2-3 Triops. I don’t want them to cannibalize each other, should I buy a couple more fishbowls?

My Triops Just Hatched!!!?

Ok so last night i put my triop eggs in and today i seen little white speck swimming around in the water. Just a little bit ago i looked in the tank and only seen a few after earlier seeing about 25 and there is a bunch of water conditioner floating aroung on top….could they be hiding in it or are they already being cannibals?????