How to Care for Triops
Fill your tank with about 1 liter (1/4 of gallon) distilled or bottled spring water (preferably bottled spring water) ., Stir in your packet of triop eggs and wait for at least 18 hours., Wait another 3 days after the majority of triops have...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Fill your tank with about 1 liter (1/4 of gallon) distilled or bottled spring water (preferably bottled spring water) .
Make sure the water is between 23 and 29 degrees Celsius or between 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit and there is a light before adding the eggs.
Put a piece of black paper behind the tank.
If you bought a kit and it came with detritus (eggs), follow the instructions and add this. -
Step 2: Stir in your packet of triop eggs and wait for at least 18 hours.
After this time, look closely at the tank.
You should be able to see little white specks swimming over the black background.
Some of these are your triops! The other creatures (Fairy Shrimp, Cyclops, Water Fleas etc.) will probably be eaten by the triops, so don't worry. , After that waiting period, you can raise the water temperature to 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit)and have them on a day/night schedule.
Feed them the food the kit gave you or use tropical fish pellets, not goldfish pellets.
Crush them between two spoons, then add half of this to the tank. , At 7 days and over, feed them a full pellet to each triops 2-3 times a day.
Keep feeding till they don't eat anymore, then take out the excess food they don't eat. -
Step 3: Wait another 3 days after the majority of triops have hatched.
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Step 4: Continue to feed once a day till they are 5 days old
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Step 5: then they eat 2-3 times a day.
Detailed Guide
Make sure the water is between 23 and 29 degrees Celsius or between 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit and there is a light before adding the eggs.
Put a piece of black paper behind the tank.
If you bought a kit and it came with detritus (eggs), follow the instructions and add this.
After this time, look closely at the tank.
You should be able to see little white specks swimming over the black background.
Some of these are your triops! The other creatures (Fairy Shrimp, Cyclops, Water Fleas etc.) will probably be eaten by the triops, so don't worry. , After that waiting period, you can raise the water temperature to 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit)and have them on a day/night schedule.
Feed them the food the kit gave you or use tropical fish pellets, not goldfish pellets.
Crush them between two spoons, then add half of this to the tank. , At 7 days and over, feed them a full pellet to each triops 2-3 times a day.
Keep feeding till they don't eat anymore, then take out the excess food they don't eat.
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