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You can buy a kit that will supply you with triop food, eggs and sand and a small container. The container supplied is normally very small and is only big enough to keep one triop in. First buy distiller water (DO NOT USE TAP WATER AS IT CONTAINS TO MUCH CHLORINE/CHLORIDE AND WILL KILL THEM) Your water should contain either no chloride/chlorine or a maximum of 10mg. Poor about 3/4 of your water into the container. Poor half of your eggs in once the water has reached room temperature. Put your container (with the eggs and water in) under a desk lamp at a maximum of 75 watts. Wait 24 hours and they should have hatched! If there doesn't appear to be any don't through anything away for 7 days because by then your triops will become clearly visible. Anything under 7 days and your triops might still be microscopic! After 3 days start feeding them a VERY small pinch of the food. Only add sand after 2-3 weeks. Enjoy your triops!!
What else can I help you with?
What kind of water do you use to hatch triops?
hard water.
Can you use distilled water to grow and hatch triops?
Yes, distilled water can be used to grow and hatch triops. However, it's important to make sure the water is free from any contaminants and at the proper temperature to support the development of the triops. Maintaining water quality and conditions is crucial for the health and growth of triops.
Why will not your triops hatch?
I dont know, what did you do to them? Maybe they dont wana look at you incase they scared by your face
How do you breed triops?
Well, usually Triops will just breed if there's two of them, because Triops are mostly hermaphrodites, meaning one could breed with the other, because they can be either male or female. Triops will lay their eggs on pretty much any object, from rocks to plants to substrate. Triops will have visible eggs, just like a lobster would under it's tail, triops will generate eggs in the same area. What I do is look for the eggs, wait for them to disappear, and remove the two (or however many) adults you have, because triops who are in the same area will eat the eggs. Then wait for the eggs to hatch, grow, and start again. Keep in mind most of the eggs will die, and only a few will hatch. I hope this helped!!!
What is the stage triops eggs remain in that allows them to wait many years for perfect conditions to hatch in?
suspended animation
How long will it take for a triops egg to hatch?
it may take 3 days all the way to a week mabe.
Will your triops die without a nutrient pack?
You should put the Nutrient Pack into the water BEFORE you add the eggs - if you do not, then yes, any newly-hatched Triops will die as the Nutrient Pack provides microscopic food for them, and they will starve to death without it. At the time that they hatch, they are too small to feed from the food pellets that the Triops kits provide.
Can a grown Triops eat a baby Triops?
yes it can because triops are cannibals.
Does sand hurt the triops?
A sandy bottom shouldn't bother triops. In fact triops like sand in the bottom of the tank because they can lay their eggs in the sand and cover them up. This prevents other triops from eating the eggs, and lets you hatch another batch later. Just make sure you wash the sand first, and don't use ocean sand because it contains salt that could mess up the pH for your triops. This link has more information on what kind of sand triops like and how much to add : http://www.triopsguys.com/triop-tank-setup-for-t-australiensis-21/
Your triops ate the female triops?
Yes, this is because triops are racist, and the females tend to be darker.
How many species of triops are there?
According to Wikipedia, there are ten recognized species of triops, and according to "rainbowaq-triops", there are at least 15 known species of triops.
Are triops living?
Yes, Triops are living creatures.
