triops good food?

[moe]

I just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on triops and if there a good source of food?

[recoiljpr]

My only worry would be their really hard butt exoskeleton. My kids grew those things once as an experiment (Triops are also freshwater they won't live in saltwater). I would say enriched brine shrimp are better (but, I am biased because those are my personal favorite).

[moe]

(Triops are also freshwater they won't live in saltwater). I would say enriched brine shrimp are better (but, I am biased because those are my personal favorite).

thx for the head up I didn't know they were freshwater. I take it u breed your own brine eh?

[recoiljpr]

Yep, i'm working on a 10 gallon with lift tubes for a continous culture to see if I can do it without having to keep using eggs. I'm using 2 2-liter soda bottles right now. I've made enough mistakes to be dangerous. :-)

If you need any assistance, let me know and i'll be happy to help.

[moe]

Yep, i'm working on a 10 gallon with lift tubes for a continous culture to see if I can do it without having to keep using eggs. I'm using 2 2-liter soda bottles right now. I've made enough mistakes to be dangerous. :-)

If you need any assistance, let me know and i'll be happy to help.

I would love the help. I have some ace tubes and I tired phyto. turn out that I was giving a wrong recipe from a thread I read on a other site. I also tried brine however there were too small.

[recoiljpr]

I would love the help. I have some ace tubes and I tired phyto. turn out that I was giving a wrong recipe from a thread I read on a other site. I also tried brine however there were too small.

How long were you growing out the brine cultures? Nauplii are very small but adult brine shrimp can get pretty darn large (3/4"). As long as you soak them in something like Selco/Selcon and get them gut loaded, it gets enough HUFA's to the fish to be healthy. Just don't enrich your main culture, you need to strain off part of the culture. Otherwise, you risk contaminating your culture.

Brine shrimp are MUCH easier to culture then phyto. I ended up going store purchased phyto, as in the end it's a lot easier. It's harder to crash a brine shrimp culture although it is possible to crash brine shrimp as well. They are just more forgiving. If you treat a brine shrimp culture as you would your normal tank, it will be a good self-perpetuating system.

Send me a PM if you ever need anything!

[moe]

cool maybe you could help with my set up. I will shoot u a pm I really want to get this down, I already make frozen food nevertheless I want to master the brine for hobby sake.