Triops| Nauplii hatching at random during ongoing colony!
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Hey Whatsup you guys,
So unfortunately I came sick two weeks ago and had to heal for a bit untill i was able to do some UA-cam again.
some time has passend and im back with a new update for you guys!
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-Spontaneous Hatching during an ongoing Triops colony
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Been playing with these guys for about a year. Ive only had two grow up to lay eggs, but ive hatched hundreds of em... ive tried hatchery, and a half full tank... never got a single one out of the hatchery. Love these things, just wish i had better results!!
Ive been keeping them for years now and always used hatcheries and transferred them from these aswell. If you're interested: feel free to take up contact with me by Facebook / Instagram :
FB: Triassic Park Triops
IG: @Triassic_Park
We could discuss your setup for a bit and see if we can improve on some things :)
Hi there,
I talked to you not long ago on reddit. I was the first time owner with the 18 adults. Well, I also only have one survivor left. And noticed a spontaneous hatch as well.
I caught them with a pipette and moved them into a smaller enclosure to make sure, that they will find food and that they don't get eaten by the big one. I have around 20 and they grow every day. I'm a very happy and lucky owner. Hope they will get big, so I can move them back into the tank again.
That's great to hear!
Its fun when the spontaneous hatches happen, we also try to collect every one of them if possible.
We did have different outcomes however, some batches did survive well and some didnt at all. Let me know how it turns out in a few weeks !
Glad your back! Love the videos, good luck on the next generation!
I remember reading somewhere that around 70-90% of exoskeleton animals die from molting issues, also this phenomenon is called spring hatching. it happens if a huge rainstorm comes and refills the pond with low mineral water. some of the eggs that a triops lay have thinner shells that take than others some have very hard shells that take two or three rains to hatch. another thing I read a really long time ago was that some pheromones are exuded by adult triops that tell the eggs not to hatch, I don't know how true that is.
Hey, this has been happening in my colony I started about a month ago. I haven't done any significant water changes since the triops have started parthenogenically producing eggs. It has been a steady pace of about 1-2 triops hatching every few hours.
Did you leave them in the tank ? Or sucked them up into another hatchery ? How did it went for you ?
@@TriassicParkTriops I put them in another hatchery with a mix of distilled and spring water. However I was not successful in getting one to grow past a few days. Perhaps something was wrong with the water parameters? Maybe too soft? If tank water was acceptable to them then maybe i should've used tank water. They had a diet of spirulina, with no detritus.
A couple of questions: Is your hatchery container just floating at the top, or is it somehow attached to the tank? And, what do you do with the carcasses once they pass? (Toss in trash, bury, etc.) Seems it would get kind of smelly from the decomposition process?
Its floating! I dont attach them as I have to change the water every day. If you attach it and water starts to evaporate, there is a chance it will topple over and eventually sink.
I usually float it for that reason.
Just make sure the container isnt filled up to the rim and that should work.
I also made a model with airtubing in the top rim, giving it extra floatability. But it seemed to be a bit overkill;)
If its a single death you can also decide to let the other Triops "recycle it" but that does release ammonia due to decomposition in the first place. However, its natural that they do cannibalize on eachother in nature for resources.
( I have a video about Active and Passive cannibalism, explaining more about this)
The rest of my Triops are always buried, as they might contain viable eggs at an adult age. I dont want to contaminate the environment, so anything like dead Triops, wastewater, substrate and such are always dumped in a large plant pot with sand in it. There it just stays outside for that purpose. When its full, i probably store it for future purposes ( like checking after 30 years if the eggs still work)
Some of my prized Triops have been mummified and stored in: Glass pots, a handmade sarcophagus and in alcohol.
Great video as always :)
Much appreciated 🙏
Do you have a link for the hatching container you use? I plan to hatch some t. longicaudatus inside of my main aquarium where the triops will be held permanently using the same method you use. Do you have ventilation in the lid to allow airflow but prevent water contamination?
I dont use a lid on the hatchery to allow entrance for oxygen.
The hatchery isnt something special, its basically a microwave container to heat up your food 🙏
@@TriassicParkTriops how do you get it to stay at the surface? Does it hook the the rim?
Where is Napulii native to? Couldn't find any information on internet
what happens to the nauplii if they stay in the tank? Assuming you turn off your filter of course.
The tank is fairly big and searching for food would take some time. For this reason i catch them and replace them to a tinier hatchery, this way i can precisely feed them the correct amounts and such. The filter is never turned off as it processes the decaying matter and poops of the Triops. ( Nitrogen-Cycle)
The larger Triops could eat the smaller Triops aswell, so that's why i grow them up in a hatchery first