http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWx0nkP0bKk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS0JWBW2 ... re=channel
They're basically just these awesome little shrimp thingies, up to 3" long, which haven't evolved much (at all, really) since the Triassic. They live in little mud puddles (like bettas don't) and lay their eggs during the rainy season. Then the puddles dry up, the adults die, and the eggs go into diapause, like brine shrimp. When it rains and the puddles fill up again, the eggs hatch.
Here's a species profile. The girl who wrote the profile, Eden Marel, posted some pictures of her setup, and she was immediately bombarded by so many questions about their care that she wrote this:
http://www.ultimatebettas.com/index.php ... 47682&st=0
She's had quite a bit of breeding success and now sells her eggs:
http://www.ultimatebettas.com/index.php ... ntry474138
(Up through Feb. 28, she's offering a "buy 2, get 1 free" deal, $4 for all three bags + shipping included.)
So, my eggs are on the way, and I'm getting ready for my hatchlings!
Tank: 3-5g Kritter Keeper.
Substrate: Black flourite sand. (I have a little too much in the puffer tank and I'm tired of stirring it!)
Decor/aquascape: A few live plants, plus whatever I can scrounge from my spare supplies.
Filtration: None! These guys actually don't require very clean water; they're designed to live in "little mud puddles," like some people think bettas are. I'll provide very light aeration with an airstone.
Heating: Not strictly necessary, but I'll be using a 25w Tetra heater.
Food: Whatever I'm feeding the rest of the zoo that day, plus some flake food and freeze-dried brine shrimp and so forth.
My main goal, other than to just have some fun, is to attain viable eggs from my first generation and hatch them when I get settled into the dorms next semester. After that, if I'm lucky, I'd like to keep producing new generations of triops and have a supply of eggs for sale or trade. Possibly the LFSs would be interested.
Pictures to come!
Not right now is more like it. 
