Gwen Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 they are pretty cool… i got 3 of them that i can tell, but they are pretty small right now... i hope they survive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elder-Bunny Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 The dino fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kender the great Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 their cool. o.O where did you get them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darknisss Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Did you use fresh water or tap water?Sand/gravel in the bowl?Plan to get the mating eggs out to hatch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 I got them from a dino museum…I used bottled water, and it came with some rocks to put in the tank. How do you get them to mate? That would be pretty cool if i had a mating pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Don't get your hopes up. My little sister was raising some, and one ate all the others. Now they're all dead because they grew old and died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 what was that sayinggod creates dinosaurgod kills dinosaurgod creates manman kills godman creates dinosaurdinosaur eats manwoman inherits the earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Refuge Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 They don't mate; they are Asexual (for those who don't know, it means one Triop has both sex organs, so it does not need to mate, it can procreate on it's own). Each one will lay an egg (or eggs) before it dies (kinda like that Water Horse).Once all of them are dead, dump out the water, and let the gravel they were in dry out; then, after days later, fill it back up with water and watch the next generation grow xDAlso, Triops can get pretty big too…They eat just about anything. Put them in an Aquarium with some tropical community fish, and chances are they will end up eating the other fish. No limit to how big they can get either, the more they eat, the bigger they can get.Take a look at this monster:@Vyse:> Don't get your hopes up. My little sister was raising some, and one ate all the others. Now they're all dead because they grew old and died.Before they died, (of old age, not the eaten ones), they laid eggs (see the above part of my post). If it was just one left, chances are it laid an egg before it died xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 It didn't(obviously) because no more hatched. Either that, or my mom stupidly emptied the tank before any _could_ hatch. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Refuge Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 @HailBlazR:> It didn't(obviously) because no more hatched. Either that, or my mom stupidly emptied the tank before any _could_ hatch. Oh well.Well, before any hatches, you would need to empty the tank('s water) out, but you'd need to let the gravel completely dry out for afew days (as in, the gravel is dry for afew days). Then, once you put water in again, the new generation would live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Thanks Admiral… I'll have to keep that in mind.I used to catch them in a watering hole for cows when i would go to nebraska. I had no idea what the were at the time, but they were very neat. Mind you we also used to cactch leaches too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homicidal Monkey Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 leaches are Ducking awsome. feed them cows/~~prisoners~~.oh yeah, apparently Triops are native to California, so you CAN release them into a neighborhood lake/river… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuleloan Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 @‪‫‬â€Â‮‪‫‬â€ÂAdmiral:> They don't mate; they are Asexual (for those who don't know, it means one Triop has both sex organs, so it does not need to mate, it can procreate on it's own). Each one will lay an egg (or eggs) before it dies (kinda like that Water Horse).> > Once all of them are dead, dump out the water, and let the gravel they were in dry out; then, after days later, fill it back up with water and watch the next generation grow xD> > Also, Triops can get pretty big too…> > They eat just about anything. Put them in an Aquarium with some tropical community fish, and chances are they will end up eating the other fish. No limit to how big they can get either, the more they eat, the bigger they can get.> > Take a look at this monster:> > > Before they died, (of old age, not the eaten ones), they laid eggs (see the above part of my post). If it was just one left, chances are it laid an egg before it died xDthere are only males and hermaphrodites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 they kind of ripped me off. I only got 3 eggs… at least only 3 eggs grew, and one of them is a fairy shrimp, and not a triop.Oh well fairy shrimp are pretty cool too.I need for them to get a little bigger before i can change their water. Its growing some sort of film on top from the plant stuff they included with the rocks. >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrig94 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 they look pretty nasty…I would probably just stick with beta fishes...those things are BEAST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Refuge Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 @shrig94:> they look pretty nasty…I would probably just stick with beta fishes...those things are BEAST!I have a 13 year old Betta, his name is "Betta" and he pwns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrig94 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 1337 B37A F1$# 0wnR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 my albino busy nose is much better than a beta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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