hot temperature water or cold
or in between??
just so u know this is a triop
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Do triops need …….?
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Those things are so temperature sensitive… It has to be slightly warmer than room temperature (around 70-76 degrees or so) but not too hot or they will all die. I tried raising them last year and it was sooo freakin hard. Good luck to you, lol.
Oh and not sure if it’s in the booklet they come with but tap water will kill them off. I think you have to use distilled water or something (I forget).
I went through 4 packages of eggs because they kept dying from the water temperature getting “Off” from what they needed. I ended up putting a reptilian lamp near (not too close) their tank (just a round fishbowl). I ended up turning it off when it was twilight for a few hours as I heard keeping it on 24-7 was not good for fish and assumed it was the same for them. They liked this, I think, as they lived for a long time once I got the hang of it.
Don’t keep them near a window or near a draft or it will chill the bowl at night and kill them off (I learned the hard way, haha).
They will periodically shed their own skin and eat all the fish that are smaller than them. Turtle food is good for them to eat when you run out of the pellets they give you. Mine got fat.
Eventually you will only end up with 2 large ones, then only one as they will fight to the death as a survival instinct and eat their competitors. Happy Triops hatching, they are a high maintenance pet
Tried raising them myself
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