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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

How can you get triops to live long?

The only time I had triops was a while ago and it was a little kit with no filter and never called for water changes, so ti si pretty obviouse why they did not live long!
What temp water do they like?
How big to they get if allowed enough room to grow?
How many could you have per gallon?
Do they need a heater?
Oh wow black cat! I thought maybe because of the kits, with no filter and the tank cycling with them in it might cause an early death, I never knew they lives such a short life. Interesting info!

will my triops hatch?

i just bought a triops kit [one of those 'sea creature' things] and it said i have to heat the water to 22-29 degrees C for them to hatch and grow. i can’t keep the lamp on all day. if i don’t keep the lamp on all the time, will the eggs still hatch? how long should it stay on for? how long can it stay off?
The tempature in my house never drops below 22 degrees anyways, but the water feels ice cold. I’ll probably buy a flashlight, but will it have to be on all the time or will they be fine when they hatch?

what else can i keep with triops?

im starting up my triops again and this time i want to keep something else with them ive always wanted to keep shrimp, can i keep them with triops if so what type of shrimp can i keep with triops?
thanks for your help

Dan

Hatching triops.?

help! i have tried 3 times at hatching triops but every time only one has hatched. I have followed all the guidlines from instrucions and websites. Is this just my bad luck or is there somehing i can do about it or something i am doing wrong.