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What is a triop and can I keep them in a community fish tank?

I was off college and was at the bookstore with a date, and I discovered these “science” project kits. They were made for kids, but being a lover of plants and animals, I found the Triops kit the most interesting. It reminded me of the “seamonkies” kits you usually see in Walmart or the “grow your own butterflies” kits on commercials.

Such kits seem so tiny for the animals to thrive and live long lives and are considered cruel (to me, anyway).

I’m a fishkeeper and own two community tanks. Would I be able to buy triops and keep them in my 29g tropical freshwater aquarium?
My 29g is understocked with 5 platies and a betta.
I wish to add bamboo shrimp afterwards.

can i use a fish tank heater instead of a lamp to use to hatch triops?

can i use a fish tank heater instead of a lamp to use to hatch triops?

Help on hatching/raising triops?

Getting some triops, I know they get about two inches, I’ve got a 5 gallon tank for them, I’ve got a heater I will be using when they get older (It’s a spare fish tank one) and I’ve got loads of live plants I could spare for them. Can get sand for the bottom, but when I first hatch them, should I add about a gallon of water? Leave it for a day or so, then add the eggs? Also, once they’ve laid the eggs and died. What do you do with the eggs? Will they just hatch in the water?

Thanks

how can i clean my fish tank for first time use?

Hi, I just bought a brand new 10 gallon glass fish tank from Petco and i am planning on raising Triops Longicaudatus in it.

The tank itself is pretty dusty, inside and out. I think it is because it was just in the store for a long amount of time.

How can I clean out this tank so i can begin assembling the tank?

Can I just rinse the tank out with tapwater and wipe it dry with some paper towels? or is that a bad idea?

Theres this organism I see in a dirty fish tank what is it?

I used to have a fish tank that’s really dirty, like for months. The fishes were all gold fishes if i remembered it correctly. When i took a look in the fish tank, i see this little moving thing that looks/shapes like a triops cancriformis in the pile of poops. Anyone knows what it is? I’ve been wondering what it was for years.
The only living things in there are a few gold fishes, what else can sprout out of that fish tank?