Triops

[daisychicken]

Ds2 had a triops kit for Christmas... We've set it up and got 3 ranging from about 0.5-1cm long. They will be a week old on Saturday.

Has anyone got/had triops? Can you tell me what tank is best and what to feed them? I know they don't live very long & they are carnivores but that's about the extent of my knowledge!

[Mogz]

I kept mine in a small 'goldfish' bowl and fed them the commercial food that came with the kit, iirc there was a bit in the info leaflet to order more.

[Grumpla]

mytriops.com/articles/faq1.stm

Seems pretty conprehensive.I expect if you just leave them to stagnate in a tiny jar they will die off pretty quickly but if you do regular water changes with dechlorinated water you could get them laying eggs themselves, that would be pretty cool!

[daisychicken]

I've been reading up on that site Grumpla just wondered if anyone here had advice.

I've found a tank online that I think is big enough but will have a look in town first (& collect some gravel/sand from the local shop). I'm unsure about whether they really need a bubbler and heat (barr the light I've got over the mini-tank currently)... bit more research I think!