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Triops eating ghost shrimp [bird's eye view]

Posted on May 5, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

I think my betta was bullying one of the ghost shrimp and killed him. The ghost shrimp laid motionless as I poked him and did not move when I net him up. Nor was he pink or white which usually meant they are dead, he was as clear as can be. I put him in the Triops tank, not wanting him to go to waste and as a Triops snatched him up I saw him move his swimmerets very weakly. I fell really bad now, but there was nothing I could do to save his life even if I took him away from the Triops. T_T

One of my Triops sheds its exoskeleton and, unfortunately, all of the eggs in its egg pouches :{ You can see a bunch of the eggs getting sucked right into the filter. :/ I immediately unplugged the filter and managed to salvage some of the eggs that were still stuck to the exoskeleton, but most of them were lost. Yes, that is the Cowboys-Eagles playoffs game in the background. Yes, the Cowboys destroyed the Eagles. And yes, that is me whispering “No, no, no, no,” in horror at 0:22.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Wild Science – Antlantis… Triops, Shrimp, Grass & Cress.

Posted on April 11, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

Antlantis… Grass @ 4 Weeks, Cress @ 3 Weeks, Shrimp and Triops (200x Zoom) @ 5 Days. No ants at this time. FB: Ben 10 Ultimate Alien 2010 Competition.

Triopmaster12's webcam video how to hatch triops

Triopmaster12′s webcam video August 11, 2011 06:18 PM this is my fist vid from a web cam telling you how to hatch triops :) (MY FIRST VID)

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I WANT SOME CLEANING SHRIMP/FISH TO KEEP MY FISH TANK CLEAN, HOW ABOUT TRIOPS? OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF CREATURE?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

HI GUYS AND GIRLS PLEASE HELP/ADVISE ME !
here is a list of the fish i want and a list of the fish i already have(starting with the fish i want in the future)… Kribensis x1
Ram cichlid x1
red cherry shrimp x3
Debuwi catfish x1
Octicinclus x6
One more bamboo shrimp

Existing tank mates;
5 minnows + 1 white cloud minnow,
1 Sliver tip tetra,
5 neons,
2 black tetra.
2 glow light tetra.
2 octicinclus
One bamboo shrimp
10 guppies(guppy fry,one adult male).
… im thinking about getting red cherry shrimp , but i kinda want something very unususal to finnish off my bottom feeding capacity if tripops are not a good choice and RCS are too standard then what else is there that might go well in my tank that do a great job of cleaning up? ( i dont want cory catfish) i want something fun to look at and hard workers so what would u suggest? … btw its just over three foot long and holds 140 litres of water, MY FILTER IS THE FLUVAL U4(AMAZING CLEARS COMPLETLY FILTHY WATER IN ONE HOUR IN MY TANK BTW).(thats the tank im talking about) sorry for the huuuge question btw and please share links and photos and advice to me. IM A BEGINNER AND ANY ADVICE/GUIDENCE/ TIPS ABOUT MY FISH OR MY TANK WOULD BE FATASTIC.. THE MAIN QUESTION IS , WILL THE TRIOPS EAT OR KILL ANY OF MY FISH? (CAN I KEEP THE TRIOPS IN A NET HATCHERY until the triops are a nice size and wont get eaten?) SO THEY ARE NOT EATEN BY MY EXISTING FISH? AND WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN OF TRIOPS PLEASE? (sorry about the caps and non caps i was going to make the whole thing non caps but im in a real hurry!) please try to answer all my questions please?

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why have i got so many creatures but only one triop?

Posted on January 2, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

all of the things in the water are not triops except my one triop will it eat them all or will they eat the triop one of them is a fairy shrimp but the other hop up and down but are not daphnia and they are some white and others are yellow also my one triop isn’t growing could you please give me a list for all these reasons please also if my triop does grow does it need to mate to produce eggs and how do i know if its male or female also can i buy cheap gravel or sand from the supermarket and also please give me the best possible answers and please explain as much as possible thanks.

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How to Hatch Triops / Fairy Shrimp prt 2

Posted on November 21, 2011 by admin| 32 Comments

Part one of a short how to video on hatching Triops / Fairy Shrimp eggs. How to Hatch Triops / Fairy Shrimp prt 1 www.youtube.com

these little critters hatched about 2 weeks ago in water i was about to throw out as was stagnant and not looking like any of the triops were going to hatch, but wow these guys are really growing fast and so far…. fingers crossedf theres not been any losses through canabalistic behaviour as they are famous for eating each other, nice lol not these are so interesting and better than sea monkeys or brine shrimp in my opinion. so enjoy and look forward to your comments, please be nice though, cheers Triops cancriformis are not the same as the commonly sold Triops longicaudatus, a species which needs heated aquaria for raising. T cancriformis is happy in water that you’d keep your goldfish in 20 Celsius compared to 28 c for T Longicausdatus *No heaters required*. T cancriformis also happens to be the largest Triops species in the world with some individuals measuring in at a colossal 4.5 inches (11 cm) in length. To give a comparison, this giant out grows the common T longicaudatis by nearly double its size!

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