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It came with 2 packets of eggs in Detritus, the contents said only one packet of eggs and a packet of food. I understand the Detritus will keep the Triops going for the first couple of days, but will I have to buy specific Triops food after this? (I’ve read that you can feed them fish pellets/blood worms etc but I’m assuming this isn’t until they’re a few weeks old XD)

Hi, I got a Triops Hatching Kit and when I opened it I realized 2 bags. One of the bags contained something that looked like parsley (Detritus I believe) and the other contained little balls like fish food. I was not sure which one was the eggs so I put the flakes in there because I read up some stuff on the internet. The detritus is floating which concerned me as I figured it would sink to the bottom. Am I doing this correctly?

Hello, I got some triops eggs off ebay, but there wasn’t any food or detritus or conditioner in the package. The triops have hatched for a day but I have nothing small enough that they can feed on.

Some websites have mentioned yeast but on the same page stated that they shouldn’t be feed until the third day after hatching. When exactly does their yolk supply run out and are able to feed on yeast?
1 second ago – 3 days left to answer.
My baby triops are the *size* of frozen brine shrimp, so I highly doubt they can eat them O.o

Hello, I’ve tried hatching a batch of triops eggs and used only distilled water, plenty of light and controlled temperature. 6 days have passed with no hatching so I’m assuming something went wrong. I read on some websites that very often Triops kits come with dry organic matter (usually leaves) that are supposed to provide baby triops with nutrition for the first few days. My kit did not supply this, so I used plain dry leaves from my garden. Didn’t work. Neither did my tank where I put fairy shrimp eggs (for triops food) and the exact same conditions as the triops hatching tank.

I started another tank for fairy shrimp eggs using only water and no dried leaves. Temperature, light and water quality were all highly controlled. Still no hatching after 4 days.

Where have I screwed up? Is it possible for ALL the eggs in my kit to be dead?