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how long does it take for triops to hatch?
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They take a few days to hatch. They are pretty rubbish, you only get 1-3 triops every time. Waste of money really…
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Follow the instructions. You should see something within 6 days.
http://www.triops.com/index.php?link=faq#1
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Here is an article with some good info about hatching and raising Triops.
Most of the kits have Triops longicaudatus, so if that’s way you got yours, If the eggs have not hatched within 48 hours of hydration, they are probably not going to. Anything that has hatched in a day is probably fairy shrimp, daphnia, or cyclops, all kind of interesting animals but intended as food for the Triops in this case.
Once it’s been more than two days with T. longicaudatus eggs, if they haven’t hatched pour off the water, tip the tank and let the substrate dry out. Once the eggs have been dry for a week, you can try again. Check your kit’s instructions against the article linked below and where they conflict, go with the article.
http://mytriops.com/articles/triops_care.stm
Also take a look around the site. Some of the photos may be ours. My son has done well with some of the species, especially cancriformis, which is a much longer lived and larger growing species, although it starts out slowly. Ours have laid hundreds if not thousands of eggs, and so we can hatch out more any time we want. A good place to get eggs of other species is on Aquabid.com There can be a dozen different kinds being auctioned there, though just now checking, most all have ended, so you might have to check back until the new auctions go up. The link below includes all kinds of invertebrates as well as Triops, known also as tadpole shrimp.
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwinverts
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