Okay… for all of you that have ever heard of triops, you know that water conditioner thingy you have to put in the water??? (looks like a tea bag) Well, it was all weird and stuff… it looked like a cloud… it was on the bottom of it… so, i washed it off. so, the pressure of the water punctured a hole in it… so i had to throw it away. can triops live without it??? you are supposed to keep it in for 8 days… and it was in there for about 3. will they live??? i just want to know…
Triops (tadpole/shield shrimp) eggs will not hatch in tap water that has been dechlorinated and treated to remove heavy metals. Is it because the eggs are sensitive to calcium or bicarbonate ions? Or are the eggs simply sensitive to a certain threshold of osmotic pressure?
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