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How to put mystery snail in a holding container..?

Posted on March 13, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

Hello, I currently have a 10 gallon tank with some sand and a few plants. The only inhabitant right now is a mystery snail (my Triops died so hes the only thing left)

I want to get African Dwarf Frogs, but in order to do this, I want to change my substrate from sand to eco-complete (so I can add more plants and theyll stay healthier)

The 10 gallon tank is the only tank I have, so where should I put the snail while I am cleaning the tank? I have small, containers that I can keep him in for the time being, like small glass containers and such.

But for heat, should I just keep a lamp over the container he is in? Or will the intense light harm the snail?

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A strange thing hatched in my Triops kit?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

I bought this triops kit from a website, and weird things hatched in it. Only one of them appears to be a triops, and about 5 weird shrimp things hatched too. Are they shrimp? They’re actually kind of cute and they do cool flips, so I’m not upset about that packaging mistake. But there’s also this strange, creepy looking thing, that’s very small, white, and a bit translucent, but it’s still visible. I have no idea what it is. It has the body shape of an owl, and it has little black eyes on each side of it’s upper half. It also has what appears to be antlers, shaped like little Ys on its head, and the fan part of the Y is webbed. It doesn’t glide about the water like the others; it sort of hops about in the fishbowl. It kinda looks like a pokemon >:L What is it?

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my triops have not hatched 24 hours later?

Posted on February 1, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

i previously had a triops that layed eggs, so i collected them. i would like to know if i did the correct thing in the next step (this is my question). firstly i dried the triops eggs + sand, then i frozen the sand and eggs in a air tight container for 2 days, then i added the triops to fresh water. i know they still have time to hatch but i was getting worried as all the triops i have had in the past have hatched less than 24 hours later. i can see the triops eggs on the top of the water. they are a light pink colour and a bit larger than the sand

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how do i take care of my new little pets?

Posted on December 17, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

ok so for my little brothers birthday my cousin got him one of those kits for a pet. kinda like the frogs thing watching the tadpoles turn into frogs. well this one is different the pets are called Triops. in the picture they look like little horseshoe crabs. and idk how to take care of them other than what the instructions say and all it says is how to set up the tank, and what to do with the eggs and basic stuff like that. plz help me!! and it would help to give some experiences on what to expect.

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Theres this organism I see in a dirty fish tank what is it?

Posted on December 10, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

I used to have a fish tank that’s really dirty, like for months. The fishes were all gold fishes if i remembered it correctly. When i took a look in the fish tank, i see this little moving thing that looks/shapes like a triops cancriformis in the pile of poops. Anyone knows what it is? I’ve been wondering what it was for years.
The only living things in there are a few gold fishes, what else can sprout out of that fish tank?

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