Hatching triops

[Rtc/tsn]

Decided to order and try my hand at triops and plan on trying to have atleast 2 in my 2.5g tank and then I wanna put a couple in my 30g with the cave tetras but not entirely sure how to hatch the eggs, I ordered from green water farms. I’m wondering if I can hatch them in a tiny dish using tank water from one of my fish tanks or if I need to use a certain type of water

 

[Rtc/tsn]

They’ve started to hatch. I’ll post a picture as soon as I can get one good enough to tell what it is.

 

[Deadeye]

Glad to hear the hatched - based on all the times I’ve kept them from the science kits it’s seemed like they always only needed plain old water to do their thing.
They’d most likely get eaten by any fish, but would be interesting on their own display.

 

[Rtc/tsn]

Glad to hear the hatched - based on all the times I’ve kept them from the science kits it’s seemed like they always only needed plain old water to do their thing.
They’d most likely get eaten by any fish, but would be interesting on their own display.

I don’t think that cave tetras will mess with them too much but if they do then I have plenty more eggs to hatch plus I’ll be putting a couple in my 2.5g. I used tank water from my 75g and the light from my 2.5g and left it overnight and I woke up worried they had gotten too cold cause the water felt ice cold but an hour later I looked at it and a saw a couple tiny dots shaking back and forth and now there’s maybe 15 of them hatched and I have them in a mason jar for now.

 

[deeda]

What food are you planning on feeding them?

 

[Rtc/tsn]

What food are you planning on feeding them?

On the box it came with it says for feeding instructions to feed with carrot, potato or lettuce so I was gonna feed tiny bits of potato after 3 days or after they look big enough to fit it in their mouths. If you have any suggestions though I’d like to hear them. For now I’ve been adding bits of water from my 40g where I’ve sucked up little organisms that I’ve been watching the tiny triops attack.

 

[deeda]

I've never kept them but there should be some good articles online such as Triops: Ancient Wonders

 

[jjohnwm]

I raised a batch of them for my granddaughters some years back. Grew fast, very active and interesting, not fussy about water conditions or parameters. They were very cannibalistic and quickly pared themselves down to a few adults that lived several months together once grown.

Each time I looked at them I was reminded of Horseshoe Crabs, but most of my family called them Facehuggers, a la "Alien".

 

[phreeflow]

I raised a batch of them for my granddaughters some years back. Grew fast, very active and interesting, not fussy about water conditions or parameters. They were very cannibalistic and quickly pared themselves down to a few adults that lived several months together once grown.

Each time I looked at them I was reminded of Horseshoe Crabs, but most of my family called them Facehuggers, a la "Alien".

Exactly my experience. Kids tried them several times but they always ended up eating each other so we’re left with just 1 or 2. They ate anything…I just gave them leftover fish food.

 

[Rtc/tsn]

Did my best to get a couple pictures but they’re just too tiny and fast to get anything too good