In message <006c01c4a783$6b4c3f90$6700a8c0@moms> ... Glad to help. ... Yes. They're suppose to last up to 20 years in egg form..! :-) This web page has...
Thanks for this informative site, as a science teacher with her second batch of triops ever, my fifth graders are constantly asking questions I can't answer,...
Why do you add half distilled and half spring? I have done some experiements with spring water in the past and it isn't good for the triops. In water with a...
Just wondering what tanks people are using. Anyone still using a bowl or makeshift container to house their triops? Or does everyone use aquariums now? Do any...
... cell will ... the cell I thought the reason the cell burst in animals was because of water entering the cell. Not the minerals etc leaving. It is trying to...
In message <cjok9r+8f76@eGroups.com> ... Because it lowers the osmotic pressure? ... Triops normally live in 'spring' water, so they are used to it. Why you...
In message <cjovaa+jqlq@eGroups.com> ... No it is the leaking of the minerals and liquid in the cell to the lower osmotic pressure outside the cell that causes...
lol ok mate, you win. One last thing though. The thing about not using spring water... If you hatch triops in Evian for example, I can almost guarantee they ...
In message <cjp3e4+1007m@eGroups.com> ... Well Evian may be 'spring water'. But if you look at its ingredients, it's amazing how much crap is in it mineral...
Thanks to both of you for your advice... I will try to collect rain water instead- lugging it from the grocery store is no fun anyway... The problem is that...
As for the osmotic pressure question, what if they've only been in distilled water since they were born??? ... From: Tori Gilbert [mailto:vg33@...] ...
... distilled ... When they are born the water is no longer pure H20 because the detrius the eggs are contained in helps to make the water contain the same...
... triops? Or I've used all kinds of containers. Shallower water tends to be better because it generally has more dissolved oxygen, but this becomes less of...
... This is most likely it. They don't normally die all at once unless something goes wrong. Overfeeding can: a) deplete the water of oxygen because of a...
... Triops come from vernal pools, which almost always have a high mineral content. This results in a slightly basic pH. It is very important that the pH not...
This is a fairly long post, but if you really want to understand the arguments of distilled vs. spring water and how it relates to our triops, you I hope you...
What method do you use to get green water? Do you just simply leave a tank of water outside for a few weeks? Use fertilizer in the water? Use grass clippings?...
Ok, good stuff, but if spring water is the way to go what sort of mineral content is favourable for the triops, I take it that you want something with low...
Hi there, I have just bought myself my very first triops kit. Any simle tips for a beginner. I would like to get them to grow as big as possible! Thanks, ...
Hello, my name is Eric, and I'm a triops lover...wait, is this triops lovers anonymous? hehe, sorry. Anyway (sorry, this is gonna' be a little long, as it's...
Well I had 2x 18 day old egg laying Triops yesterday and this morning I have none. They were kept in a 4 litre Aquarium tank with a air/sponge Filter and I did...
One of my little guys was trying to molt. He was on the floor of the aquarium with his little legs barely moving, bent at 90*, trying to stretch out his...
