Tag Archives: lamp

can you use a normal light to hatch triops?

I just got triop eggs and was going to hatch then my brother says you need a office lamp that points down is this true. Im going to use a heater for heat so I only need the light to hatch them and the light I have is very bright.

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?

would a small heater be okay for Triops?

I know you need to keep the water kind of warm, but most of the instructions I’ve found say leave a lamp on 24 hours. Since I do plan to sleep at some point, I am wondering if a small heater would be okay, or would it make the water too warm.

Triops: drying and rehatching…?

So my triops will be in a bigger tank so but when all the triops have laid their eggs and died happily, Its a really deep tank with pepples and do i basicly dump out the water then put it under a heat lamp so the water evapourates then collect the eggs then hatch other eggs? I’m really not sure, and no one seems to want to answer… Please Please help me! :D

whats the secret to raising triops (aquasaurs)?

ok i have tried to hatch and raise aquasaurs (triops) i successfully hatched and raised 6 only for them to die, it says on all the sale websites of these all you need is a lamp over the tanks to keep the water raised between 70 to 80 degrees, which means leaving on all the time i suppose, i had a glass tank with a water heater in that you can get for tropical fish, as the lamp was not keeping the water a steady temaperature it would raise when heating was on in the house and drop over night. i used bottled water as suggested, on asking some aquatic centres they say they only live about a couple of weeks, others say up to 90 days. i have read these are easy to keep, it was hard work and quite expensive for heaters and water ect. i now have guppies in my fish tank by the way when i gave up but i would like to try again