albino triops

[aje88]

hey its THE AJE and its been about 18 hours since ive put the triops eggs in.im so happy because they hatched.i just feel sorry for one of these triops because hes albino and is having trouble swiming. i was on fishforum and the people kept saying to sell it. my heart is to big to sell one of these poor fellows for money.now think if one of you had an albino mantis would you sell it. sopposily the albino triops are very rare and are truelly one of a kind. hes red when my others are brown and hes clear to. its very sad and im going to raise him well.

 

[superfreak]

how cool!!

 

[cloud jaguar]

what is a triops?

 

[PhilinYuma]

what is a triops?

A triops is a prehistoric animal like a triceratops. Over the millenia, though, the cerat has atrophied and is now vestigial.

 

[AmandaLynn]

what is a triops?

They look kinda like tiny Horseshoe crabs.

 

[PhilinYuma]

They look kinda like tiny Horseshoe crabs.

That's what I meant! :lol:

You'd better Google it quick, Arakanis, before Rick sets his animated thingy on you!

 

[cloud jaguar]

AH, THANKS phil - i guess i just assumed it was misspelled since I had never heard of it! Wow, those are cool! daddy like!!!!! Darn it! Now that is a new pet which i MUST have

here is a link to a pic of it http://mytriops.com/articles/images/Triops_numidicus.jpg

 

[hierodula]

those are huge i used to have some triops before and they were only about 2 in. at the most

 

[AmandaLynn]

AH, THANKS phil - i guess i just assumed it was misspelled since I had never heard of it! Wow, those are cool! daddy like!!!!! Darn it! Now that is a new pet which i MUST have here is a link to a pic of it http://mytriops.com/articles/images/Triops_numidicus.jpg

Whoa! Those are way bigger than the little ones I've raised as well.

 

[PhilinYuma]

Whoa! Those are way bigger than the little ones I've raised as well.

Yeah. More like this? http://www.wishlist.nu/wp-content/uploads/.../04/triops2.jpg

 

[AmandaLynn]

Yeah. More like this? http://www.wishlist.nu/wp-content/uploads/.../04/triops2.jpg

Yes! Those look familiar.

 

[cloud jaguar]

I went back to the site the pic is from and it says those are triops numidicus or triops granarius - apparently they are bigger than the other normal kind and are from middle east or india. That is the kind I want! the big ones!

 

[kamakiri]

Cool...an albino one has to be rare. Post up pics when you can...

Arkanis...you should try them...it's fun to do once in a while for me. I should probably check if the eggs I saved from the ones I had last year are still viable. Most hobby shops carry a kit for them.