My Triops

[Kevin_D]

I was amazed when I first saw that picture on mytriops.com

I have eggs of a species i'll be attempting to hatch soon, Triops australiensis, three-fingers what are your experiences with that species, I guess they are the same to hatch and keep as the others?

 

[TriopsLaura]

yeah one died wednesday night, and 2 more this morning

poor lil buggers

I dont want em to die haha

 

[fall-apart-dave]

Wow! So big then! Wonder what they taste like...

Might have to get me some, they look so cool! Plus, could use them as turtle food in a pinch! lol!

 

[three-fingers]

I was amazed when I first saw that picture on mytriops.com

I have eggs of a species i'll be attempting to hatch soon, Triops australiensis, three-fingers what are your experiences with that species, I guess they are the same to hatch and keep as the others?

Yeah it's big aint it? See the triops article on that Russian site too?

T.australiensis are like T.longicaudatus except they need a higher temperature (I always go for 27 celcius, but I doubt it needs to be that high), seem to grow much faster, have a slightly different shell shape and their colour is more pale (though that probably varies with water chemistry). I think they swam about more too, using more of the open water .

 

[fall-apart-dave]

Were would I obtain some of the bigger ones then?

 

[three-fingers]

teachingmaterials.at .

T.cancriformis, the bigger the tank the bigger they seem to get. Another factor that makes them grow bigger is the night and day time temperature (you want a cool nigh temp or around 18 degrees celcius, and a high day time temp up to about 28 celcius. I wouldn't recommend the higher temps in a small tank though.

Even in the smallest tanks they can reach a biggish size: <a href="http/mytriops.com/gallery/MyTriopsC/DSCF0006" target="_blank">http/mytriops.com/gallery/MyTriopsC/DSCF0006</a>.