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help its a matter of life or death. 10 points best answer?

Posted on February 19, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

today 3 of my triops have died and i only have a slight idea why. i know its not through old age since they’re only like a week and half old. for the last few days they havent been eating their food so i have now bought some new food but i dont know if their eating it. i only have one left and i dont want him to die. also alot of algea has been growing recently and im in the middle of 100% water change (i know how to do it properly and know he’s in no harm because im not adding him straight away and changing his water he’s in now to the one in the tank) please help me
Yes thanks for everything so far and I know 100% water change is deadly but I am doing itcarefully and slowly as I’m doing it over a couple of days, it was instinct coz I initially thought it might be something in the water :/ I sure do hope he lives

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Please help with hatching triops?

Posted on October 10, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

I tried to grow some Triops the other day, I used bottled spring water, and the Triops detritus and eggs that came with the package. I kept the water at about 23 – 24 degrees but after 3 days there is nothing hatched at all? I’m thinking of trying again with water that I’ve retrieved from the river near us, is that a good idea?

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Triop idea failed….need help!?

Posted on June 30, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

Okay
I was going to do an experiment (I use that term lightly) on Triops! The experiment was going to go like this: separating the batch of eggs into 3 groups and feeding one bloodworms, one the given food, and one fish flakes. Hurray, right? NOT
They didn’t hatch because the heat source is not was not adequate enough
So…
that failed

Requirements:
Project board
display(optional)
Experiment
Research paper

Getting more eggs and/or a more adequate heat source are both out of the question for now.

I was thinking of something on the lines of the aquatic field, but I’m not sure what to do?
Any humane ideas?

Oh also, the rules are very strict about vertebrate animals too

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Good presents for my younger brother?

Posted on June 30, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

My brother’s eight, has no responsibility, likes to play, and likes video games, but he is fascinated by animals. I saw these things, like “Sea Monkeys”, but they’re called “Triops (longicaudatus)”. They are like a type of shrimp that you hatch and feed, and they don’t require much care at all. I think he would really enjoy this, but I was wondering if it is a good idea? And I did think of a ant farm, but our parents would kill us if they got out.

Here is a link to the product I want to buy: http://www.discoverthis.com/triopsdlx.html

It also has all 5- star reviews, and good comments.

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is it a good idea to mix triops with my guppies?

Posted on June 24, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

i know that triops eat anything organic if it fits in its mouth. so would guppies make its next meal or not( if the triops are full size?

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