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I have one triop and he/she was digging underneath a sea shell I had in the tank and now i dont see it, what could of happened?

How long does it take for them to hatch once you add the nutrients? I have a 10 gallon cycled tank, how many could I have in there at once, if any? Do they need a heater, my temp with out a heater is 68-70 degrees? What do you feed them? What are their life spans? Will the reproduce in captivity? Any other info I will need to keep them? What stores sell them?

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

my triops (aquasaurs) are upside down on the bottom of my tank and when they do move they seem to be swimming in a circle i changed the water for fresh bottled water again but they still are on there backs and some have died i have a undergravel filter and an iarstone in the tank so everything should be ok its a 12″ x 8″ glass fish tank, i never realised these are so difficult to keep

I just ordered some of them triops off of ebay and i have read up they get pretty big.. so i have a old 10 gallon tank i dont use.. what all should i do to get it prepared and how long should it be set up before i put them in it? i got the delux triop kits so they will live in the tank included until ready to be moved.. i own alot of fish but triops arent the same.. and distilled water isnt cheap so i was woundering if i could just use the water purifirer i use in the regular fish tanks? or should i just buy distilled water? also should i buy a uv lamp for them? and any other comments will be appericated im trying with them again so hopefully i will succeed and have them live a good 3-4 months as like the seamonkeys i tried over and they lasted a year and a half please please leave tips and comments on your expericence thanks