http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/ Triops Forever - Triop Lovers Unite! Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:58:15 GMT Stuart Halliday http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9026 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9026 ... Yes. ... When it appears. :-) But it's more likely to be NH3. ... Just get yourself a ammonia and nitrite liquid test kit. ... Dosage daily or bi-daily Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:54:13 GMT Stuart Halliday http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9025 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9025 ... I did mention the size to get. See thread 'Low survival rate....' -- Stuart Halliday http://mytriops.com/ 200 Million years in the making... Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:56:27 GMT AJ http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9024 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9024 So what's the right size? The smallest? xo, AJ "Your life is yours alone. Rise up and live it!" ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:57:13 GMT shinchanian http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9023 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9023 - They are all still very young and it's hard to tell how they die. I can tell when the adults are getting weaker though. But it's also the case that the Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:33:42 GMT Andrew Rosenbaum http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9022 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9022 How did they die? Was it an all of a sudden thing where you woke up one morning and found them dead or did you actually see them becoming weaker and weaker by Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:26:59 GMT Stuart Halliday http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9021 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9021 ... I said nitrite. :-) But more likely to be ammonia problems. -- Stuart Halliday http://mytriops.com/ 200 Million years in the making... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:54:01 GMT sawyer7271 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9020 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9020 Perhaps you're over feeding them? That would drive up the ammonia levels, and deprive the water of oxygen... I have a small tank (~1 gallon) that I rarely Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:53:52 GMT shinchanian http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9019 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9019 I've used all kinds of water and had similar results. I've used DI before and now I just use filtered water. - Hatching works out great, - I sprinkle dry Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:41:32 GMT Stuart Halliday http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9018 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9018 ... It is the latest technology in fish fry food. Try : http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/other-goldpearl-particle-c149.html Make sure you order the right sized Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:34:52 GMT Sam `Ohu Gon III http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9017 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9017 Stuart: please tell us more about Golden Pearl food, where one might get this, what it contains, etc. thanks! Sam [the Hawaii Triops guy] On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:12:32 GMT crazybirds@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9016 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9016 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:43:33 GMT Stuart Halliday http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9015 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9015 ... Are you measuring the pH or for Ammonia or Nitrite traces? Perhaps add Prime by Seachem to render the water non-toxic? Perhaps they starved? I now use Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:06 GMT shinchanian http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9014 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9014 Hi All I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but it's now becoming pretty consistent that I can't seem to get triops to live much longer than a week. I Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:29:45 GMT ali karkhane http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9013 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9013 my live ID is karkhaneh@.... I'm online now. would you please add me to have a conversation? ________________________________ From: Art Jones Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:28:08 GMT Art Jones http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9012 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/triopsforever/message/9012 AHNA ART JONES, AJ FOR SHORT. YOU MIGHT CONSIDER MARKETING TO DUBAI, ETC. TWIST MY ARM, I WILL DELIVER THERE OR ANYWHERE. GLAD TO HELP OUT IF I CAN. AJ ...