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Also, Triops will eat them, so if you get any, you will want to separate them. Actually just about everything will eat them. But sometimes Triops get whats coming to them. http://www.ksvp.org/images/wysally/800/800sal_vs_triops2.jpg As for what fairy shrimp are, yes some of us know- http://www.iturn...

I dont know if its a fact or not, but Ive always had better algae growth with incandescent over compact fluorescent. It may just be the extra heat but Im curious if anyone else has noticed a difference, or perhaps knows why.

It sounds like you may be buying from a Lab distributor. I have been told that fairy shrimp wont hatch unless I buy their $200 hatchery, lol. They may have specific requirements for hatching if they guarantee a percentage success rate.

I don't think they are, it just may have looked that way. Did you actually see them tearing up the shrimp? It could be the shrimp was covered in some sort of bacteria they were going after. They are filter feeders and not equipped. I did see them swarming one fairy shrimp while it was still alive. ...

I was able to net a couple clam shrimp and some fairy shrimp last weekend in south Kansas. These are different species of both types from the ones Ive found in the past. http://www.ksvp.org/images/800/clam1.jpg http://www.ksvp.org/images/800/clam2.jpg http://www.ksvp.org/images/800/fairy1.jpg http:/...

Be wary of these little guys. If you get enough of them they will attack things much larger than themselves. I had a bunch of these take out 2 full size fairy shrimp this week. They just swarmed the fairy shrimp like little pirranahs. I had no idea these little guys were even carnivores.

I finally got a new digital camera, and I took some new pics of Ostracods. Its still a point and shoot, so this is pretty good for something that is 1 mm long. These photos show the true color of these critters much better. http://www.iturnrocks.com/images/inverts/aquatic/ostracod/ostracod1.jpg http...

They generally dont last long in ponds that have fish. Fish find them yummy.

if youre just adding water for evap, you dont need to use distilled, just regular non-cholorinated water like bottled water. You only need distilled for the initial hatching, or unless you are trying to coax a second hatching. Usually now I hatch with distilled in a 1 quart container then after a we...

I have never had a second set of eggs hatch without a dry cycle. This may happen in the wild, but I think it would be difficult to recreate it in captivity. Usually when my fairy shrimp die out, the seed shrimp take over, and I imagine they would kill any new fairy shrimp nauplii. The seed shrimp wi...

What country are you in? Fairy shrimp grow about as fast as Triops, they just dont grow quite as large. Fairy shrimp I have raised have always lived about a month longer than Triops. I would say on average they reach adult size in 3 weeks. But then there are many factors that affect their growth rat...

Its probably just an antennae, you just cant see the other one. The males have large horn like appendages on their heads, but that appears to be a female.

Heres a pic of the "horns" on a male of the same species.

I have a friend from another forum that takes really clear pics.

Here is one of her pics of Thamnocephalus platyurus


I imagine this takes some patience, and a decent camera probly doesnt hurt.

Now THAT'S an odd-looking shrimp. :shock: Is that an egg sack? I'd like to see a pic of one in a tank. yes, that is an egg sac. Thats the only pic of that species that I have, but here are a couple pics of other species in a tank. http://www.iturnrocks.com/images/hometank/inverts/fairy08.JPG http:/...

Here is a photo of a Branchinecta gigas from Colorado. http://www.iturnrocks.com/images/dasis/bgigas.jpg I have some soil from this pool, but Im gonna hold out till I can set up a larger tank. As for Triops growing larger with a bigger tank. People often confuse the instructions for hatching Triops ...