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Can I hatch Triops eggs without detritus?
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Fairy shrimp are freshwater and many people get them mixed up with brine shrimp which are salt water. You may have brine shrimp which are salt water which needs 1.5 table spoons per litre of water. I can’t find any fairy shrimp anywhere!
Triops eggs are very special as they can be dried out and when they are dry they stop developing. This is called diapause 1. They can last in this stop called suspended animation up to 7 years. When they are put back into water they are depleated or atmospheric air which triggers diapause 2 and begins hatching.
Sometimes the diapause 1 fails and it can’t get past that to diapause 2 which enables it to hatch so you will have to redry the eggs again and leave them dry for 2 weeks.
Eggs die when they are more than 7 years old but sometimes the eggs don’t get properly fertilised because triops are hermaphrodites. They have to fertilise their own eggs which could genetically weaken them but they do this in the wild and they are not human so this doesn’t really apply to them!
You can get some help from my Aussie friends at ‘littleaussieproducts.com/forum’ at the billabong bugs section! They are Aussie triops.
Tell me if I’m using too big words.
Already raise Cancriformis species/European species, raise Killifish Nothobranchius and trying to breed bettas.
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Fairy shrimp are freshwater and many people get them mixed up with brine shrimp which are salt water. You may have brine shrimp which are salt water which needs 1.5 table spoons per litre of water. I can’t find any fairy shrimp anywhere!
Triops eggs are very special as they can be dried out and when they are dry they stop developing. This is called diapause 1. They can last in this stop called suspended animation up to 7 years. When they are put back into water they are depleated or atmospheric air which triggers diapause 2 and begins hatching.
Sometimes the diapause 1 fails and it can’t get past that to diapause 2 which enables it to hatch so you will have to redry the eggs again and leave them dry for 2 weeks.
Eggs die when they are more than 7 years old but sometimes the eggs don’t get properly fertilised because triops are hermaphrodites. They have to fertilise their own eggs which could genetically weaken them but they do this in the wild and they are not human so this doesn’t really apply to them!
You can get some help from my Aussie friends at ‘littleaussieproducts.com/forum’ at the billabong bugs section! They are Aussie triops.
Tell me if I’m using too big words.
Already raise Cancriformis species/European species, raise Killifish Nothobranchius and trying to breed bettas.
Report Spam/Abuse