30 Days of Triops - Hatching, Growth and Behavior + Feeding
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2022
- Hello everyone, it’s Pierre and welcome back to the channel!
This video shows the first 30 days of a Triops longicaudatus shrimp colony that I started recently with my son. It shows my tank setup, hatching and growth.
I started with a commercially available Triops kit and created an initial colony about a year ago. I collected the dried eggs after the shrimp died off (they don't live beyond a few weeks as they normally complete their life cycle in temporary flood pools). I made sure they were dry and stored them until I was ready to hatch another generation.
I used a 2.5 gallon tank and added all of the substrate that had eggs in it. I then filled it with dechlorinated water and added a small sponge filter, a thermometer set to 78 degrees F, a glass cover and an LED light. Within 24 hours, small nauplii hatched and then grew very quickly into adults. They molted often and occasionally preyed on each other. They also laid hundreds of eggs into the substrate and slowly died off after a few more weeks.
Triops longicaudatus is considered one of the larger species of these shrimp-like crustaceans. The name Triops means "3 eyes" and you can see this clearly when looking at a triops head on. There is a third "eye" called an ocellus between the 2 "normal" eyes. They look like small horseshoe crabs or even trilobites. They have long tails and many legs. They are extremely active and are always swimming and looking for food.
They have a very interesting life cycle where eggs lay dormant until rains come in the winter and spring, at which time they hatch. They mostly lay eggs without fertilization in the substrate of these vernal pools.
Have you kept Triops before? Leave a comment below!
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Loved these as a kid, thanks for the video, your set-up is amazing!
I found that if I put aquatic plants in the tank it completely stopped them eating one another. Hungry little buggers!
Thanks. Good video. Nice tank set up.
they realised is friendly and not forced
I remember getting these and then my grandmother accidentally threw the eggs away I was sad :/
These are adorable. Freshwater or saltwater?
What pack of Triops did you use?
picking up the 75g bukas pare - fingers crossed applesauce!
How soon after they hatch to you add that food? I normally feed them the powered algae that comes with the kit according to directions. I have found that I always get a great hatch but in the span of a three days, that have all died.
How often did you do water changes?
What type of gravel did u use
Im trying to hatch my own so far the 1 week deadline isnt here so atleast they still could
Wow, love paleobiology and had no idea this existed. Thougt it was cgi