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FS: assassin snails and triops eggs

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:21 pm
by LilGreenPuffer
Hey, I need to unload three assassin snails and some T. newberryi eggs.

The assassin snails are $2 each, and shipping is $12 - they come in a Styrofoam-insulated Priority box with a heat pack.

The eggs are $10 shipped (or $7 if you get the assassins too), and they come with some powdered high-protein food for the hatchlings and a hatching guide. They look similar to T. longicaudatus and their care is identical. Loads of info here (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=21532&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=triops) and at my site (there's a link in my signature).

Triops make excellent puffer food. They're as easy to hatch as brine shrimp, but are the size of adult ghost shrimp. They're incredibly easy to raise, they grow quickly, and they can be fed off at any age/size. T. newberryi gets up to about 2". They don't require filtration, just regular water changes and possibly aeration, and only need a heater if it's cold; stable temperatures aren't too important to them. They'll eat anything that used to be alive, plant or animal, or anything that's sold as fish/shrimp food. If you keep some triops through adulthood, they'll lay thousands of eggs, and you can hatch more. You don't have to hatch them immediately after purchase. The longest recorded diapause period in captivity was 27 years, and they hatched good as new.

They also make really fun pets!

I'll cut you a deal if you want to buy a lot of eggs for puffer food, as long as you actually use them as puffer food and don't resell them in small packages/at a profit.

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Re: FS: assassin snails and triops eggs

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:56 am
by hadla
hey, would you be willing to trade a few triops eggs for a vial of brine shrimp eggs? i bought it at my lfs last year and i dont think ill ever use them. i can pay you a few dollars if you want. the eggs are 6 grams(net weight as on the card) and the whole package is still sealed.

Re: FS: assassin snails and triops eggs

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:32 am
by LilGreenPuffer
I already have loads of brine shrimp eggs and nothing to do with them. Sorry!

Re: FS: assassin snails and triops eggs

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:50 pm
by hadla
lol, its ok. do you usually have triops eggs? cause i cant buy any now, but i want to once i move in april so it will be one less tank to move. i cant wait to hatch some!

Re: FS: assassin snails and triops eggs

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:02 pm
by LilGreenPuffer
I'll probably have them, but you could also get them now and keep them as long as you want. Longest delay between laying and hatching on record is 27 years - no reduction in hatch rate. :)

Re: FS: assassin snails and triops eggs

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:16 am
by suvattii2012
Triops are great for food i often use them. So is the triopsforum :D

Re: FS: assassin snails and triops eggs

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:42 pm
by LilGreenPuffer
I didn't know you were a member! What's your username?

I'm so rarely on there during the semester... Good thing I have Kannachan13 to help.

Re: FS: assassin snails and triops eggs

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:23 pm
by suvattii2012
LilGreenPuffer wrote:I didn't know you were a member! What's your username?

I'm so rarely on there during the semester... Good thing I have Kannachan13 to help.

Im Tcans lol :shock: Quite a few new members latly.

Re: FS: assassin snails and triops eggs

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:31 pm
by LilGreenPuffer
Ah. I didn't know that was you.

Re: FS: assassin snails and triops eggs

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:56 am
by suvattii2012
I see yes.