Trilobites?.......

[bae1994]

yeah should hatch

dont know about care tho

but yeah id give it a go if i was you

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Also in Africa is Triops numidicus which is debated to be the same species:

There are some new species available too, but the African species are rare to be able to buy.

I only realise now that 'three fingers' replying on that thread are actually keeping these and these photos and the link is to his own stocks!!... I wonder if he's still around?

Those in the hand, are the species which I had, and I did not handle them because of those scorpion like prickers at the back....Now I am even more keen.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

I just checked his Profile & see he is still active... For some reason, I'm unable to send him a pm, so this is to 3 fingers:
... Can you please provide some more info on keeping (rearing these Triops... I'm going to organise a bucket of sand from the banks of that dam, & give it a go).

 

[three-fingers]

No problem, taking some of the sand could work very well, but there's an element of chance to it. You may need to try a few times to get sand with eggs in it.

The T.numidicus pics aren't my own stock, I've only kept T.longicaudatus (both long and short form), T.australiensis and T.cancriformis. Now that it's winter again I can try Lepidurus apus, but right at this moment of time I only have T.cancriformis up and running.

All very similar to raise, I wrote guide in the freshwater invert profiles section : http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/276695-triops/

Here's some pics of my past stock (before I got a decent camera, bear in mind ):

 

[keenonfish]

Hey TF some lovely shots there not seen the squat armered version before now - very mean looking! Tried keeping these myself once but they all died after about three weeks and not sure why!

If you are selling some eggs let me know please wouldn't mind trying again, especially the European species..

Btw just added you to my contacts on flickr some nice pics you got there - will have a browse later

 

[llamalord305]

Check out this site. Pretty dead, but has some good info on hatching and species.

http/mytriops.com/articles/

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Now, that water source has dried up, (4 years after the floods) and for the first time since 1987/8, I had the opportunity to return to the area, visiting my son who still lives in the area..... So obviously, I decided to get a bucket full of the sand from the borders of this "dam" as I remember it.

When we got there though..... someone have in the meantime erected an electric fence around the area where I thought the water level rose to..... my son was not brave enough to test the fence.... (neither was I) and since we did not take a spade along.... I scooped some sand from the banks.... (more than 10m) above the (recalled) water level....

I have a tank prepared for the sand and will be delighted if either the Triops or transparrent shrimps appears..... I do not feel very confident though, but let's see what happens.

 

[bae1994]

keep us posted (should of just thrown your son at it

 

[three-fingers]

Awesome, I'll be keeping an eye on this .

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Awesome, I'll be keeping an eye on this .

I was hoping you'd respond.....

 

[fishnovice]

Now this is once again, where the blond in me comes forth...... I have googled them, and there are lots of pics..... I copy them, & then I cannot post them... anyone who knows how to do that,.... please assist & get us a pic of a Trilobite on this thread, so that we all know what we're talking about.....

Ha!!!!... I figured it out..... This is a Trilobite, and on all accounts, it is called PREHISTORIC.....I had a few in my tanks, but they do not last for long....

Awesome - I'd love to have some if you can get them to UK
I thought trilobites were long extinct, died out with dinosaurs and were only known from fossil records

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Awesome - I'd love to have some if you can get them to UK
I thought trilobites were long extinct, died out with dinosaurs and were only known from fossil records

No Fishnovice.... later on in the thread they were positively ID'd by 3 fingers that they are in fact Triops.... I've had the sand in water now for 3 days and watching very closely, but still no movement, so I assume I've drawn a dud.

 

[three-fingers]

Not all triops cysts hatch out after the first hydration, a certain percentage (depends on the species, but not much data is around on it) hatch after the second or even third hydration.

Also, the pH, temperature and overall hardness of the water can make very big differences too.
Usually for best results try to use distilled water or as close as possible (RO, de-ionised and rain water work very well too), but cant say that for certain for all species.

This is how triops have survived when things like dinosaurs went extinct - the cysts can last for even potentially hundreds of years at a time waiting just for the perfect conditions.

Also, some hatch out after different lengths of time (24 hours - 1 week it seems for T.longicaudatus).

I'm currently struggling to get Lepidurus apus cysts to hatch lol (messing around with ice and fans), so your not the only one struggling to get less studied species notostraca to hatch out .

For best results try to find out the temperature conditions from times that you know they hatched out, and find out what type of water flooded their pools (rain water? flood water? from what river? how do I aim for that rivers water chemistry etc.).

You can store the mud to try again a different way if you like whenever you fancy giving it another shot . Its possible theres quite a few cysts in there but they just haven't been triggered right, but then its possible theres none too lol.